Kolima Copper/Zinc Exploration Permit Issued, Pyhäsalmi Mining District, Finland

August 24, 2026 – TheNewswire - Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (AVU:TSXV) is pleased to announce that the issuance of the Kolima exploration permit, located in the Pyhäsalmi Mining District in Central Finland, has cleared all appeals and is now fully issued to Akkerman Finland (AFOy). AFOy is owned by Avrupa (49%) and Akkerman Exploration B.V. (51%). The partnership holds a portfolio of seven copper/zinc VMS projects in the Pyhäsalmi Mining District and one shear-hosted, orogenic gold prospect in the Oijärvi Greenstone Belt, also located in Central Finland. The Kolima prospect is located 60 km south of the Pyhäsalmi Mine. The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) worked the prospect area intermittently between 1956 and 1993 and outlined an area, approximately 200-400 meters wide and 2,000 meters long, of disseminated zinc-lead mineralization and thin semi-massive sulfide stringers containing pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. The mineralization is hosted by metasediments and volcaniclastic Figure 1. Map of AFOy exploration permits in the Pyhäsalmi District. Note Kolima location approximately 60 km south of the Pyhäsalmi Mine. rocks, and is interpreted to be a possible distal mineral