Exhibit 99.1
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Blue Moon
Announces Initial Deep Drilling Step-Out Results from Nussir, Supplemented with
Increased Resource Confidence from Infill Drilling
TORONTO, Ontario – April
15, 2026 – Blue Moon Metals Inc. (“Blue
Moon” or the “Company”) (TSXV: MOON; NASDAQ: BMM), is
pleased to announce significant progress from its Q1-2026 drilling activities
at its Nussir Copper-Gold-Silver Project in Norway. The program, consisting of deep
navigational step-out drilling and surface infill drilling, is intended to
support ongoing geological evaluation. The deep directional drilling aims to
expand the currently known deep mineralization, targeting 1.2 km deep high-grade
intercepts to the west, whilst the shallow infill program in the east is
focused on the resource to be initially exploited by mining.
HIGHLIGHTS
•In Q1-2026, two daughter holes were
successfully completed from the mother hole NUS-DD-14-001, which previously returned
9.7 meters (7.4 meters true width) grading 0.93% Cu, 0.28 g/t Au, 11.5 g/t Ag
and 1.22% CuEq1 in 2014:
-NUS-DD-1401-02 intersected the target at 1,166.5
meters as a 200 meter step-out hole resulting in 1.75% Cu, 0.16 g/t Au and
27.91 g/t Ag (2.08% CuEq1) over 6.7 meters; and
-NUS-DD-1401-03A subsequently returned 0.86%
Cu, 0.16 g/t Au and 27.75 g/t Ag (1.19% CuEq1) over 3.0 meters
following an intersection at 1,120.7 meters, also as a 200 meter step-out hole.
1See Table 1 for metal equivalency
formula
•Completion of the second mother hole
NUS-DD-26-07 which itself successfully intercepted deep mineralization
resulting in a 6.85 meter section of mineralized material, coherent with the current
Nussir resource. Assay results are expected later in Q2.
•The deep mineralization to the West remains
open at depth and along strike.
•100% success rate for intersecting the known
mineralization in the surface infill program:
-1,477 meters completed of the planned 3,000-meter
program designed to increase the measured resource;
-NUS-DD-26-05 and NUS-DD-26-06 highlight
mineralization in a previous void in the current mineral resource estimate
(“MRE”), resulting from a formerly unconstraint fault; and
-The program has also supported the presence
of suspected mineralization in the parallel zone located some 60 meters above
the known resource. Blue Moon eagerly awaits results from the program expected
in Q2.
•Newly discovered, unsampled historical drill
holes that intersect the current target horizon. The 2 holes were found to be
stored at NGU’s Løkken core storage facility.
The VP Exploration of Blue Moon, Theodore
Veligrakis, stated:
“Drilling and delineation of deep, distal
targets is important to Blue Moon’s mission at the Nussir project with the aim
of showing that Nussir is a multi-generational mine, and one of the most
important copper mines in Europe. This highlights the company’s deep-rooted,
long-term commitment to expanding the project’s resource and geological
understanding; not just concentrating on the material outlined for immediate mining.
Coupling this ability to confirm future resources with targeted infill programs
is resulting in a truly exciting time for the Nussir Project. Few projects in
the world would deliver successive successful 200 m step out holes at over 1 km
depth. The team continues to strive for the project to benefit from a strong backbone
of mine reserves complimented by a significant mineral resource, all
underpinned with quality geological data.”
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Table 1,
Highlight summary of Nussir's latest assay results


Figure 1,
A plan view map displaying current drill hole locations across the Nussir
project. Note the defined resource classification resulting from the 2025 NI
43-101 Technical Report by Adam Wheeler
DEEP NAVIGATIONAL
DRILLING PROGRAM
Aiming to expand the current mineral resource
inventory at Nussir, the deep drilling program aided by Devico’s navigational drilling
techniques, is centered around the high-grade intercept of 9.7 meters at 1.22%
CuEq in hole NUS-DD-14-001. The 6 targets, each designed to bridge the 650-meter
gap between this known high-grade intercept and the current MRE, follow up on
the exploration target outlined in the NI 43-101 Technical Report by Adam
Wheeler. Note that the potential
quantity and grade of this exploration target is conceptual in nature, there
has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is
uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as
a mineral resource.
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“The Nussir deposit is open to the west and to depth. In particular, the current limit of Inferred resources excludes the influence of three deep drillhole intersections, because they are excessively distant to the grid of holes above. The block of material around these deeper intersections therefore represents an exploration target, with a tonnage between 8.5 Mt and 16.5 Mt, and a Cu grade between 0.7 and 1.3% Cu, between 9 and 17g/t Ag, and 0.1 to 0.15 g/t Au.” Adam Wheeler, Technical Report on the Mineral Resources of the Nussir and Ulveryggen Projects, Norway, January 2025 (amended and restated in Sept 2025).
Of the three daughter holes from the first mother hole, two resulted in successful intercepts whilst one hole was abandoned due to technical difficulties prior to the anticipated mineralized zone. The recently completed NUS-DD-26-07, itself yielding an intercept of 6.85 meters of mineralization from the target horizon, will act as a mother hole for the following two targets.
This program, along with the ongoing infill drilling, is expected to provide extensive structural data for the Nussir deposit given Blue Moon’s commitment to solely produce orientated drill core. In the western section of the deposit, historical programs have not always been completed with orientated drilling techniques. Relogging of historical core, coupled with this new orientated data, will aid the onsite team’s structural appreciation of the deposit.

Figure 2, Mineralized
drill core from NUS-DD-1401-03A showing the brecciated dolomite horizon
encompassed within the local schists. Sample values (copper) are marked in red
whilst the white arrows mark the sample boundaries
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Figure 3, A cross
section of the deep navigational drilling that continues in the west of
Nussir's known mineralization.
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Figure 4, A long
section of the Nussir deposit showing drill traces and results along the main
trend.
SAMPLING and QAQC
Drill cores currently produced on the site
are in both NQ and HQ diameters; the phase 1 infill program is currently being
drilled in HQ for greater sample yield for upcoming metallurgical test work.
This resulting HQ drill core will be sampled with half sawn core for
metallurgical test work and quarter core for multi-element analysis. The NQ
drill core, produced from all other programs, will have half core samples for multi-element
analysis. The remaining half and quarter core will be retained by Blue Moon for
future reference.
Starting March 2026, Blue Moon’s samples from
Q1 drilling have been shipped and delivered to ALS Piteå in Sweden. Such
material has also been complimented by previously unsampled, mineralized
material, from historical drill cores stored at The
Geological Survey of Norway’s drill core archive at Løkken. Samples are prepared
at ALS Piteå before being shipped to ALS’s facility in Ireland where they are subjected
to fire assay and multi-element analysis (currently ME-ICP61 & PGM-ICP24). The
ALS laboratory in Piteå maintains ISO 17025 accreditation via SWEDAC.
Sample size is stipulated to be 1 meter, while
acknowledging boundaries such as lithological contacts. The current procedure
is to sample 15 meters either side of known and visual mineralization. QAQC samples, in the form of sample blanks,
duplicates and certified reference materials (CRM) are currently inserted every
8th sample, equating to an insertion rate of 12.5%. Duplicates are quarter
core whilst CRM material, closely matched to the Nussir mineralization, is
supplied from OREAS.
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MINERALIZATION
AT NUSSIR
The
Cu–Ag–Au mineralization at the Nussir deposit is characterized as stratiform due
to exceptional lateral continuity and grade homogeneity. It is hosted within a
dolomitic horizon of the fine-grained siliciclastic Gorahatjohka Formation,
located in the Paleoproterozoic Repparfjord Tectonic Window. The mineralized
horizon extends laterally for more than 10 km and remains open at depth.
The
primary Cu–Ag–Au mineralization consists predominantly of chalcocite, with
subordinate bornite–chalcopyrite assemblages. In the sedimentary host, the
mineralization, likely originally emplaced as fine-grained chalcocite, occurs
both as disseminations within the dolomitic matrix and as later vein- and
fracture-hosted phases.
The
dolomitic horizon appears to have acted as a mechanically favorable detachment
level, accommodating minor thrusting. This interpretation is supported by the
presence of quartz-calcite shear zones, frequently mineralized, consistently
developed along the hanging wall of the mineralized horizon. In some areas, the
original dolomitic horizon is no longer preserved, and mineralization is
instead confined to calcitic shear zones within the surrounding schists. This
suggests that the primary-early diagenetic mineralization also served as a
structurally controlled pathway for subsequent metamorphic remobilization and
local enrichment of Cu sulfides. This overprint is interpreted to have occurred
under upper greenschist to lower amphibolite facies conditions.
Geochemically,
distinct Ag/Cu ratios are observed where primary mineralization is preserved.
In contrast, zones affected by metamorphic remobilization, characterized by
fracture-controlled chalcopyrite and bornite mineralization in footwall and
hanging wall, show a decoupling of Cu and Ag. In addition, this metamorphic
overprint is typically enriched in Au and may locally exhibit elevated PGE
concentrations.
QUALIFIED
PERSONS
The
technical and scientific information of this news release has been reviewed and
approved by Mr. Lazaros Dalampiras, MAusIMM, CP(Geo), Blue Moon’s Head of
Mineral Resources, and a non-Independent Qualified Person, as defined by NI
43-101.
About
Blue Moon
Blue Moon is advancing 5 brownfield
polymetallic projects, including the Nussir copper-gold-silver project in
Norway, the NSG copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Norway, the Blue Moon
zinc-gold-silver-copper project in the United States, the Springer
tungsten-molybdenum project in the United States and the Apex germanium-gallium-copper project in the United States. All 5 projects are well located with
existing local infrastructure including roads, power and historical infrastructure.
Zinc, copper and tungsten are currently on the USGS and EU list of metals
critical to the global economy and national security and germanium and gallium
are also on the USGS list of critical metals. Major shareholders include Teck
Resources Limited, funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, Hartree
Partners LP, Wheaton Precious Metals, Altius Minerals Corporation, Baker Steel
Resources Trust, LNS and Monial. More information is available on the Company’s
website (www.bluemoonmetals.com).
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For further information:
Blue Moon Metals Inc.
Christian Kargl-Simard
CEO and Director
Phone: (416) 230 3440
Email: christian@bluemoonmetals.com
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