Critical One Acquires KCR Project – Historic Drill Hole Intersected Visible Gold Assaying 64.1 g/t Gold Within 20.4 Metre Interval Grading 3.54 g/t Gold

(CRTL) TORONTO, Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Critical One Energy Inc. (formerly Madison Metals Inc.) (“Critical One” or the “Company”) (CSE: CRTL) (OTCQB: MMTLF) (FSE: 4EF0) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the KCR Gold Project (“KCR Project”) including the Slam Gold Zone discovery (Figure 1) contiguous to the Company’s extensive land holdings at the Howells Lake Antimony-Gold Project (“Howells Lake Project”), located approximately 200 kilometres (km) from the Ring of Fire corridor in the Thunder Bay Mining Division of Ontario, Canada1.