Q-Gold Resources closes $11.5-million private placement

Mr. Peter Tagliamonte reports Q-GOLD CLOSES $11,500,000 FULLY ALLOCATED PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING, INCLUDING AGENT'S 15% OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION Q-Gold Resources Ltd. has closed its previously announced private placement offering of subscription receipts. Pursuant to an agency agreement dated Oct. 3, 2025, between the company and BMO Capital Markets, as agent, the company issued a total 76,666,667 subscription receipts at a price of 15 cents per subscription receipt for aggregate gross proceeds to the company of $11.5-million, which included the exercise in full by the agent of its overallotment option granted pursuant to the agency agreement. The subscription receipts were created and issued pursuant to the terms of a subscription receipt agreement dated Oct. 3, 2025, between the company, the agent and TSX Trust Company as subscription receipt agent. The gross proceeds of the offering, less 50 per cent of the agent's fee payable to the agent in connection with the sale of subscription receipts and the costs and expenses of the agent payable by the company as provided for in the agency agreement, have been deposited in escrow with the subscription receipt agent pending satisfaction or waiver of the escrow release conditions (as defined below), in accordance with the provisions of the subscription receipt agreement. Each subscription receipt will be deemed to be automatically exchanged, without payment of additional consideration or further action by the holder thereof, into one unit immediately upon the satisfaction or waiver of the escrow release conditions on or before Nov. 14, 2025. Once issued upon exchange of the subscription receipts, each unit will comprise one common share in the capital of the company and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of the company. Each warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common share at a price of 20 cents per warrant share until Oct. 3, 2027; provided, however, that if at any time after Feb. 4, 2026, the common shares trade at 25 cents per common share or higher on the TSX Venture Exchange for a period of 10 consecutive days, the company will have the right (but not the obligation) to accelerate the expiry date of the warrants to the date that is 30 days after the company issues a news release announcing that it has elected to exercise this acceleration right. Pursuant to the terms of the subscription receipt agreement, each subscription receipt shall be automatically exchanged into one unit upon: Receipt by Q-Gold of all required corporate, regulatory and TSX Venture Exchange approvals in connection with the offering and the proposed indirect acquisition by the company of the interest held by Alamos Gold Inc. in the advanced stage gold mineral exploration project (the Quartz Mountain project) located in south-central Oregon, pursuant to a share exchange agreement (the SEA) dated March 31, 2025, as amended, between the company, Alamos and certain target subsidiaries of Alamos. The completion, satisfaction or waiver of all conditions precedent to the closing of the acquisition in accordance with the SEA, other than the payment of the closing cash consideration for which the release of escrowed funds is required. The delivery of a joint notice from Q-Gold and the agent to the subscription receipt agent confirming that the conditions set forth above have been met or waived. If the escrow release conditions are not satisfied at or before the escrow release deadline, each of the then issued and outstanding subscription receipts will be cancelled and the subscription receipt agent will return to each holder of subscription receipts an amount equal to the aggregate issue price of the subscription receipts held by such holder. To the extent that the escrowed funds are insufficient to refund such amounts to each holder of the subscription receipts, the company shall be liable for and will contribute such amounts as are necessary to satisfy the shortfall. Pursuant to the agency agreement, the agent is entitled to be paid a cash commission equal to 6 per cent of the of the gross proceeds raised under the offering, which is equal to $690,000. Of this amount, 50 per cent (or $345,000) was paid by the company immediately upon closing of the offering and the remaining 50 per cent was deposited into escrow with the subscription receipt agent alongside the balance of the gross proceeds of the offering and will be payable to the agent only upon satisfaction of the escrow release conditions. The agent is also entitled to be issued 4.6 million non-transferable broker warrants, being equal to 6.0 per cent of the number of subscription receipts sold pursuant to the offering. The broker warrants will be issued to the agent only upon satisfaction of the escrow release conditions at or prior to the escrow release deadline. Once issued, each broker warrant will entitle the agent to purchase one common share at a price of 15 cents per share until Oct. 3, 2030. The broker warrants will vest upon the earlier to occur of the company's closing share price on the TSX-V exceeding 30 cents per share for five consecutive trading days and Oct. 3, 2028. All securities issued in connection with the offering, including the subscription receipts, will be subject to a statutory hold period ending Feb. 4, 2026. If the escrow release conditions are satisfied at or prior to the escrow release deadline, concurrently with automatic exchange of the subscription receipts for units, the balance of the escrowed proceeds, less the remaining 50 per cent of the agent's fee (which, together with any interest earned thereon, will be paid to the agent) together with any interest earned thereon, will be released to the company as the net proceeds of the offering. The company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering (i) to finance a portion of the purchase price of the acquisition pursuant to the SEA, (ii) to undertake an exploration program and engineering studies at the Quartz Mountain project, (iii) to finance a portion of the exploration program along the Quetico Fault zone at the company's project in Mine Centre, Ont., and (iv) for working capital and general corporate purposes. The offering is subject to the receipt of final approval of the TSX-V. Completion of the acquisition remains subject to a number of customary closing conditions, such as receipt of final approval of the TSX-V, including in respect of the National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects technical report respecting the Quartz Mountain project submitted by the company, which are expected to be satisfied at or prior to the escrow release deadline. The acquisition is expected to close no later than the escrow release deadline, or such other date as determined by the company and the agent. Tito Gandhi, a director of the company, subscribed for two million subscription receipts pursuant to the offering. The insider participation is considered to be a related party transaction as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 -- Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (MI 61-101). The insider participation is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101. The company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before closing the offering as the details of the abovementioned insider participation were not settled until shortly prior to closing, and the company wished to close the offering on an expedited basis. For more information about the offering and acquisition, please see the company's press releases dated April 3, 2025, Aug. 29, 2025, Sept. 19, 2025, and Sept. 24, 2025, copies of which are available under the company's SEDAR+ profile. About Q-Gold Resources Ltd. Q-Gold is a publicly traded Canadian-based mineral exploration company targeting high-grade gold and silver discoveries in multiple jurisdictions. Q-Gold is currently exploring for gold at the past-producing Foley gold mine in Mine Centre, Ont. We seek Safe Harbor.