Metadata like timestamp missing after editing / falsely replaced with current date

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SimpleTools issue SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery#2582

Describe the bug
After editing an image via Simple Gallery, the metadata of the photo is lost.
Editing a photo using the Simple Gallery Editor will lose all metadata, such as: Date of acquisition, Camera, GPS coordinates...
Is it possible to preserve the metadata of the original image? Or, even better, ask if you want to keep them.

Metadata of the original photo:

Metadata of the photo edited with Google Photos:

Metadata of the photo edited with Simple Gallery:

Expected behavior
Creation date should remain the same if a copy of a photo is created or an image was edited.

Device info (please complete the following information):
Original report against:
Simple Gallery Pro 6.24.1 (foss)
Android 11

And confirmed by second user for:
LineageOS 19.1 2022-11-07
Simple-Gallery 6.25.4 Pro