Orbec Revises Hard Dollar Component of Placement

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Brossard, Québec--(Newsfile Corp. - October 23, 2024) - Mines D'Or Orbec Inc. (TSXV: BLUE) ("Orbec" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it is upsizing the hard dollar component of its non-brokered private placement which was the subject of its news releases dated October 21 and October 22, 2024 (the "Offering"). The Offering consists of (i) up to 9,090,909 common shares of the Company that qualify as "flow-through shares" (within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Tax Act (as defined below)) and section 359.1 of the Québec Tax Act (as defined below) (the "FT Shares") at a price of $0.055 per FT Share, for gross proceeds of up to $500,000 and (ii) up to 20,000,000 units of the Company (the "HD Units") at a price of $0.05 per HD Unit, for gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000, each HD Unit consisting of one common share of the Company and one share purchase warrant entitling the holder to acquire an additional common share of the Company (an "HD Warrant Share") at a price of $0.055 per HD Warrant Share for a period of three years following closing. The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of the Offering total approximately $1.5 million. The Company may adjust the division of the Offering between FT Shares and HD Units prior to closing.

The Offering is expected to close on or about November 2, 2024. Please refer to the Company's October 21 and 22, 2024 news releases for further information about the Offering.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

About Orbec

Orbec is a gold company that owns 100% of a large mineral claim position near Chibougamau, Québec. The Muus Gold Project covers approximately 25,250 hectares of prospective ground in the northeastern part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. The Muus Gold Project is prospective for gold mineralisation and is adjacent to and on strike with IAMGOLD's 5-million-ounce Nelligan Gold Project. Orbec has announced that exploration of the Muus Gold Project will advance in technical collaboration with IAMGOLD, which owns approximately 12.5% of the Company. Field work completed during 2022 established that the northern portion of the Muus Gold Project is also prospective for copper-gold volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation, as well as confirming that it is prospective for high-grade gold mineralisation similar to IAMGOLD's nearby Monster Lake gold deposit.