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Total Metals commences Exploration Drilling on its Critical Minerals Electrolode Project - Red Lake, Ontario

January 29, 2026 – TheNewswire - Toronto, ON - Total Metals Corp. (“ Total Metals ” or the “ Company ”) ( TSX-V: TT ) ( OTCQB : TTTMF ) ( FSE : O4N ) is pleased to announce it has commenced exploration diamond drilling on its Electrolode critical minerals exploration project located in Red Lake, Ontario. The project hosts numerous Zn-Cu-Ag-Au volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) style systems that have been explored by previous operators. The drill program, consisting of a minimum of 5,500 metres, has been designed for multiple purposes including confirmation and expansion of historic results, testing multiple electromagnetic (EM) conductors, quantifying variation of metal ratios to vector towards higher value copper-gold mineralization, testing interpreted cross-structures with potential to host gold mineralization, and determining whether other critical elements including gallium, germanium and indium are potentially additional value-added by-products.