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- Altamira Gold Corp. is a junior mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and copper properties in the prolific Alta Floresta Gold Belt of Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The company holds a strategic portfolio of projects spanning over 100,000 hectares including its flagship Cajueiro project (28,557 hectares) hosting NI 43-101 compliant resources of 5.66 million tonnes grading 1.02 g/t gold for 185,000 ounces indicated and 12.66 million tonnes grading 1.26 g/t gold for 515,000 ounces inferred across the Central Zone and Maria Bonita porphyry gold deposit; Apiacas project (82,000 hectares) with multiple high chargeability targets at Mutum and disseminated sulphide mineralization; Santa Helena project targeting porphyry copper-gold systems near Anglo American's Jaca discovery; and others such as Colider (4,216 hectares), Nova Canaa (9,683 hectares) and Porta Aberta. Founded in 2014 and headquartered at 409 Granville Street, Suite 1500, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1T2, Canada, Altamira targets junior miners, institutional investors and strategic partners in the gold exploration sector with operations concentrated in western central Brazil's Juruena gold belt historically producing 7-10 million ounces placer gold. Recent developments include mobilization of a second diamond drill rig in November 2025 to accelerate programs at Maria Bonita, Central Resource Area and new porphyry targets within Cajueiro; receipt of $6.3 million from warrant exercises in November 2025 to fund expanded drilling; intersection of high-grade gold in new porphyry bodies at Morro Verde and Tavares Norte in November and October 2025 respectively; maiden NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for Maria Bonita in May 2025; closing of a $5.28 million non-brokered private placement in July 2025 led by Crescat Capital; environmental permits for trial mining licences at Cajueiro Central in September 2025; and appointment of porphyry expert Dr. Richard Sillitoe as technical advisor in December 2025.