Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 16, 2026) - Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) (the "Company" or "Spark") has launched the next phase of drilling at its Arapaima Project ("Arapaima" or the "Project") in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a follow-up 2,000-metre reverse circulation ("RC") program now underway. The follow-up program is designed to test areas of near-surface rare earth element and gallium mineralization identified during the Company's maiden five-hole RC campaign.