Metallic Minerals Corp. announced that Dr. M. Stephen Enders has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Steve brings over 47 years of experience in mineral exploration and mining, working on some of the world's most significant copper and gold deposits.

Steve is a major addition to the Metallic team and the Company looks forward to his invaluable contributions to the advancement of the La Plata copper-silver-gold-PGE and Keno Silver projects. Steve's distinguished career includes former positions as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Exploration for Newmont Mining Corporation and President of Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation (now Freeport McMoRan). In addition, he was also a director of Copper Mountain Mining Corp.

(recently acquired by HudBay Mining) and former Executive Chairman, Director, and COO of EMX Royalty Corporation. As a co-founder of Cupric Canyon Capital LLC, Steve has been part of the team that has advanced the Khoemacau copper-silver mine in Botswana from exploration into production backed by private equity investors. In addition to his achievements in industry, Dr. Enders has served as Department Head for Geology and Geological Engineering and for Mining Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines until 2023 and is on the Board of Governors for the CSM Foundation.

Dr. Enders is an Honorary Lecturer and past President of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) as well as former President of the SEG Foundation Board of Trustees. He received the Distinguished Achievement Medal from the Colorado School of Mines in 2009, the Ben F. Dickerson Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration in 2014, and the Ralph W. Marsden Award from the Society of Economic Geologists in 2016. Dr. Enders holds a BSc degree in geological engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Arizona.