South Star Announces Upsize and Closing of First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement of Shares

- NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR THROUGH U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES - VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) is pleased to announce that the Company has increased the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of common shares (the “Share Offering”) from CAD $4,000,000 to up to CAD $4,800,000. The upsized Share Offering will now consist of up to 32,000,000 common shares (the “Shares”) at a price of CAD $0.15 per Share.