Noble Undertakes Debt Settlement

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Toronto, Ontario – February 19,2026 - TheNewswire – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.(“Noble” or the “Company”)(TSX-V: NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTCQB.PK:NLPXF) announced that it hasreached an agreement with an arm’s length creditor to settlebona fide debt through the payment of $14,000 in cash and issuance of466,666 broker warrants, each warrant being exercisable for one commonshare of Noble at a price of $0.125 per share for a period of twoyears following their issuance.  The transaction remains subject toapproval of the TSX Venture Exchange and the Board of Directors ofNoble. All warrants to be issued in this transaction will be subjectto a four month hold period.

About Noble Mineral ExplorationInc.:

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based juniorexploration company, which has holdings of securities in Canada NickelCompany Inc., Homeland Nickel Inc., East Timmins Nickel Inc. (20%),and its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in thearea of Wawa, Ontario.

Noble holds mineral and/or exploration rights in ~70,000ha inNorthern Ontario and ~24,000ha elsewhere in Quebec upon which it plansto generate option/joint venture exploration programs.  Noble holdsmineral rights and/or exploration rights in 18,000 hectares in theTimmins-Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81, ~2,215hectares in Thomas Twp/Timmins, as well as an additional 20% interestin ~38,700 hectares in the Timmins area held by East Timmins Nickel.Project 81 hosts diversified drill-ready gold, nickel-cobalt and basemetal exploration targets at various stages of exploration. Noble alsoholds ~4,600 hectares in the Nagagami Carbonatite Complex and its~3,200 hectares in the Boulder Project both near Hearst, Ontario.~3,700 hectares in the Buckingham Graphite Property, ~10,152 hectaresin the Havre St Pierre Nickel, Copper, PGM property, and ~1,573hectares in the Cere-Villebon Nickel, Copper, PGM property, ~569hectare Uranium/Rare Earth property (Chateau), ~461 hectareUranium/Molybdenum property (Taser North), ~4,465 hectares REE MehmetProperty, and the ~3300 hectare Gull Lake REE Property all of whichare in the Province of Quebec and the ~ 647 hectare  Chapiteau REEproperty in Labrador.

https://www.noblemineralexploration.com

Noble’s common sharestrade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “NOB”.

CautionaryStatement:

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor itsRegulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policiesof the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacyor accuracy of this release. No stock exchange,securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved ordisapproved the information contained herein.

Contacts:

H. Vance White, President

Phone:        416-214-2250

Fax:        416-367-1954

Email:        info@noblemineralexploration.com

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