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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2026 / Pentagon I Capital Corp. (TSXV:PNTI.P) ("Pentagon"), a capital pool company under TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") Policy 2.4 (the "CPC Policy"), is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases dated February 5, 2026, June 18, 2026 and July 7, 2026 describing a business combination (the "Proposed Transaction") with Prospectiva Resources Ltd. ("Prospectiva"), it has received conditional approval from the TSXV for the Proposed Transaction as Pentagon's "Qualifying Transaction", as such term is defined in the CPC Policy.