Lode Gold completes Pine Tree MSHA ID transfer

Ms. Wendy Chan reports LODE GOLD SECURES MSHA PROPERTY ID FOR FREMONT GOLD MINE; ADVANCES REACTIVATION OF HISTORIC CALIFORNIA GOLD OPERATION Lode Gold Resources Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Fremont Gold LLC, have successfully completed the transfer of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) property MSHA individual identification number (MIIN) for its wholly owned Pine Tree Josephine mine. This is a critical step toward reviving one of California's most historically significant gold operations. Fremont is now in active discussions with prospective partners and investors to align the right technical, operational and financial resources to bring the Pine Tree Josephine mine (Fremont mine) back into production in a safe, sustainable and profitable manner. The transfer of the MIIN is a key regulatory milestone which ensures that the company's ownership and operational control of the Fremont mine, a historically productive gold property with significant past production, are fully recognized by MSHA, paving the way for the next stage of its development and reactivation plans. Coming catalysts for Lode at Fremont after this milestone are: 2025: channel sampling and drilling to upgrade resources to M&I (measured and indicated) based on National Instrument 43-101 standards; 2026: completion of PFS (prefeasibility study) engineering and metallurgy studies. About Lode Gold Resources Inc. Lode Gold is an exploration and development company with projects in highly prospective and safe mining jurisdictions in Canada and the United States. In the United States, the company is focused on its advanced exploration and development asset, the Fremont mine, in Mariposa, Calif. It has a recent 2025 NI 43-101 report and compliant mineral resource estimate (MRE). The Fremont mine was previously mined until operations ceased due to mining prohibitions during the Second World War when its mining licence was suspended. Only 8 per cent of the resource identified in the 2025 MRE has been extracted. The Fremont mine has exploration upside and mineralization is open at depth (three stepout holes at 1,300 metres hit structure and were mineralized) and on strike. This is a brownfield project with over 43,000 metres drilled, 23 kilometres of underground workings and 14 adits. The project has excellent infrastructure and is close to electricity, water, roads, railhead and port. Recently, the company completed an internal scoping study, with a strategic pivot to 100 per cent underground mining. Previously, in March, 2023, the company completed an NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) with an open-pit and underground combination mine. The NI 43-101 technical reports are available on the company's profile on SEDAR+ and the company's website. In Canada, its Golden Culvert and Win projects in Yukon, covering 99.5 square kilometres across a 27-kilometre strike length, are situated in a district-scale, high-grade gold mineralized trend within the southern portion of the Tombstone gold belt. A total of four RIRGS (reduced intrusion-related gold system) targets have been confirmed on the property. An NI 43-101 technical report has been completed in May, 2024. In New Brunswick, Lode Gold has created one of the largest land packages with its Acadian Gold JV Co., consisting of an area that spans 445 square kilometres and a 44-kilometre strike. McIntyre Brook covers 111 square kilometres and a 17-kilometre strike in the emerging Appalachian/Iapetus gold belt; it is hosted by orogenic rocks of similar age and structure as New Found Gold's Queensway project. Riley Brook is a 335-square-kilometre package covering a 26-kilometre strike of Wapske formation with its numerous felsic units. An NI 43-101 technical report has been completed in August, 2024. We seek Safe Harbor.