Ridgeline Minerals Granted Water Rights Permit at the Selena CRD Project, Nevada

Vancouver, July 10, 2024 - Ridgeline Minerals Corp. (TSXV: RDG) (OTCQB: RDGMF) (FSE: 0GC0) ("Ridgeline" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a significant permitting milestone for the Selena CRD project ("Selena") with the grant of an exclusive water right through the Nevada Division of Water Resources. The water right allows for the drilling of, and subsequent beneficial use of up to 150 acre-feet annually of groundwater at Selena and will support all future exploration work outlined in the Company's pending Plan of Operations exploration permit. (Figure 1).

Chad Peters, Ridgeline's President, CEO & Director commented, "Receipt of the water rights permit is an important de-risking milestone for Selena as we await approval of our Plan of Operations exploration permit, which will allow for advanced exploration up through the feasibility stage at the project. This water right will ensure consistent access to drill water year-round while also dramatically reducing our water procurement costs, which currently accounts for roughly 5% of our total drill budget when purchased through third-party water rights holders."

Figure 1: Selena plan view map showing the approved groundwater well location (red dot) as well as the Phase I drill pads (white dots) outlined in the pending Plan of Operations exploration permit. Note that the Phase I drill pads will account for roughly 34 acres out of a potential 200 acres of permitted surface disturbance.

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Selena CRD Project
Selena is located in White Pine County, Nevada, approximately sixty-four kilometers ("km") north of the town of Ely, NV. The Project shares a property boundary with the Butte Valley project, which has a US $33M earn-in agreement between Freeport-McMoRan and Falcon Butte Minerals. The 100% owned Selena CRD project is comprised of 39 square kms of highly prospective exploration ground including Ridgeline's shallow-oxide 2020 Ag-Au ± Pb-Zn Chinchilla discovery. Subsequent drilling has continued to highlight the potential for high-grade CRD type mineralization (Ag-Au-Pb-Zn ±Cu-W) between Chinchilla and the Butte Valley Cu-Au-Ag-Zn porphyry located directly west of the property. (View the Selena VRIFY Deck Here)

Technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael T. Harp, CPG. the Company's Vice President, Exploration, who is Ridgeline's Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and responsible for technical matters of this release.

About Ridgeline Minerals Corp.
Ridgeline Minerals is a discovery focused precious and base metal explorer with a proven management team and a 192 km² exploration portfolio across five projects in Nevada, USA. The Company boasts two earn-in exploration agreements with Nevada Gold Mines at its Swift and Black Ridge projects, which are being aggressively explored in 2024. More information about Ridgeline can be found at www.ridgelineminerals.com.

On behalf of the Board
"Chad Peters"
President & CEO

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