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VIOR GOLD entered into an asset purchase agreement with Agnico Eagle Mines to acquire a 100% interest in the Kinebik, Peacock and Launay properties located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Quebec. At closing, as partial consideration for the acquisition, Vior Gold Corporation will: issue 45,665,965 common shares representing 9.9% of the Corporation's issued and outstanding common shares; and make a cash payment to Agnico Eagle of C$750,000. Closing is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2027, and is subject to a number of customary closing conditions, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. At closing, Vior will also grant Agnico Eagle a 2% Net Smelter Return Royalty on all exclusive exploration rights that are free of any existing royalties. On all EER and other mining titles comprising the Properties where pre-existing royalties exist, Vior will grant Agnico Eagle a 2.0% NSR royalty subject to a 1.0% buyback right for C$2.0M exercisable at Vior's discretion at any time. The parties will also enter into an investor rights agreement granting Agnico Eagle certain rights, such as the right to participate in future equity financings of the Corporation and the right to designate one nominee to the board of directors of the Corporation provided that Agnico Eagle maintains at least a 5% ownership of the Corporation. In aggregate, the Properties are comprised of 1,613 EERs, representing a total surface area of more than 86,373 hectares.

White Gold (WHGOF) reports additional assay results from its 2025 diamond drilling program at the flagship Golden Saddle and Arc deposits, located on the White Gold Property in west-central Yukon. Hole WHTGS25D0216 successfully intersected high-grade gold mineralization, returning 3.23 g/t Au over 56.10m, expanding the width of the high-grade core by more than 50m to the west at a vertical depth of 350m, and further demonstrating the potential for additional growth of the high-grade core in multiple directions. The same hole also intersected the Footwall breccia zone beneath the current pit shell, confirming continuity of key mineralization, lithology, and structural features down plunge and along strike. Furthermore, multiple lenses of gold mineralization were intersected in the shallow hanging wall zone, again further supporting recent 3D modeling refinements that capture this mineralization in the hanging wall more consistently, and confirming prospectivity of assaying unsampled historic drill intervals throughout this zone. At the Arc deposit, drilling intersected high grade gold mineralization, including 2.73 g/t Au over 4.35m in WHTAR25D038, as well as multiple other gold intercepts in parallel mineralized panels. Prior to this drilling, Arc mineralization was defined along 1.5 km striking northwest to southeast, and only to an average vertical depth of approximately 120m. These drill results represent the first step in significantly extending Arc mineralization down plunge, which has now been extended by at least 100 m, with the zone remaining open for further expansion. These results form part of the Company's fully funded work program supported by strategic partners including Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM). All of the Company's deposits remain open in multiple directions for further expansion which will be the primary focus of the Company's upcoming fully funded 2026 exploration program. The 2026 exploration program is anticipated to be the largest drill program in the history of the Company and is being designed with the objective of significantly increasing the size of the Company's known large high-grade gold resource and making new gold and critical mineral discoveries across the Company's district scale land package. Further details on the 2026 exploration program will be announced in due course. The company's flagship White Gold project hosts four near-surface gold deposits, which collectively contain an estimated 1,732,300 ounces of gold in indicated resources and 1,265,900 ounces of gold in inferred resources, with significant expansion potential on the resource itself and in the immediately surrounding area. The Golden Saddle Main Zone hosts a consistent high-grade core containing 1,100,000 oz Indicated and 93,000 oz Inferred at a 1.0 g/t cut-off. At 3.0 g/t cut-off, this core contains 695,000 oz Indicated and 35,000 oz Inferred.