Vortex Metals Advances Illapel Copper Project with High-Resolution Airborne Survey in Chile's Prolific Copper Belt

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 14, 2026) - Vortex Metals Inc. (TSXV: VMS) (FSE: DM8) (OTCQB: VMSSF) ("Vortex" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has engaged New-Sense Geophysics Ltd. ("NSG") to conduct a high-resolution helicopter-borne geophysical survey over its Illapel Copper Project, located approximately 20 km northeast of Illapel in the Coquimbo Region of north-central Chile.