Nicola Mining Announces the Completion of the UBC Master's Thesis Concluding That Craigmont Is Part of a Porphyry-Linked Skarn System

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 19, 2026) - Nicola Mining Inc. (TSXV: NIM) (OTCQB: HUSIF) (FSE: HLIA) (the "Company" or "Nicola") is pleased to announce that Warren Wagner has completed his Master of Science (M.Sc.) thesis, at the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Mineral Deposit Research Unit ( MRDU ), on the New Craigmont copper project1.