Trillion Energy Launches $2 Million Private Placement to Advance M47 Oil Exploration; Announces 5:1 Share Consolidation

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 17, 2026) - Trillion Energy International Inc. (CSE: TCF) (OTCQB: TRLEF) (FSE: Z62) ("Trillion" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it intends to complete, subject to the approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE"), a non-brokered private placement to issue up to 13,333,333 units (the "Units"), on a post-Consolidation basis, of the Company for gross proceeds of up to $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). The Offering may include certain debt settlements on the same terms.