

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the qualification process for the graphite concentrate produced at the Santa Cruz mine with a significant graphite customer and has received a purchase order from this customer for 36 tonnes of graphite concentrate. This marks a significant achievement for South Star on the path to revenues.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) is pleased to announce June operational results from the Santa Cruz plant in Brazil.

- NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR THROUGH U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES - VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases dated May 6, 2026 and May 15, 2026, the Company has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of common shares (the “Share Offering”), issuing 16,587,667 common shares (the “Shares”), at a price of CAD $0.15 per Share for gross proceeds of CAD $2,488,000 (the “Final Tranche”). Including the first tranche which closed on May 15, 2026, the Company has raised total gross proceeds of CAD $4,800,000 under the Share Offering.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) is pleased to announce May operational results at the Santa Cruz plant.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tiago Sampaio Cunha is the interim CEO, President and director of South Star Battery Metals Corp (the “Company”) whose head office is located at Suite 1507 - 1030 West Georgia St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 2Y3, Canada. Mr. Cunha holds common shares of the Company (the “Shares”) in his personal capacity and through the following funds directed and controlled by Mr. Cunha: GROU SPO FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM ACOES INVESTIMENTO NO EXTERIOR (“SPO”), GROU PROVENCE FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM ACOES INVESTIMENTO NO EXTERIOR, ACE 3 STARS BSIDE FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO FINANCEIRO EM ACOES, and ACE GLOBAL SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES BRL FIF EM ACOES.

- 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.

– NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR THROUGH U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES – VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF), is pleased to announce it intends to proceed with a non-brokered private placement of up to 26,666,667 common shares (the “Shares”) at a price of CAD $0.15 per common share for gross proceeds of up to CAD $4.0 million (the “Offering”). Net proceeds are expected to be used to support the continued scaling and advancement of the Company's operations, including the execution of capital expenditures associated with the planned expansion of the Santa Cruz graphite operation toward a production capacity of 10,000 tonnes per annum, as well as for corporate general and administrative expenses and general working capital purposes.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Star Battery Metals Corp. (“South Star” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) is pleased to report that the first week of operations at the Santa Cruz plant delivered outstanding results. The mechanical and electrical systems performed reliably, with no reported issues during the week. The plant was operated on a single-shift basis and management anticipates continued steady progress in the coming weeks as operations continue to ramp up.