Eminent appoints Bebek as corporate development adviser

Executive Summary

• Eminent Gold Corp. has appointed Ivan Bebek as Strategic Advisor for Corporate Development and Finance, leveraging his 25+ years of experience in the junior mining sector, including successful financing and M&A transactions.
• The appointment coincides with the company's advancement of the Hot Springs Range discovery in Nevada, which management believes represents a potential major gold discovery and a rare global opportunity for a new Carlin-style oxide gold trend.
• The release references significant prior drilling results from June 2025 and January 2026, highlighting gold intercepts on fault structures at the Otis target, including hole HSC005 which intersected 9.2 meters at 3.2 g/t Au.

Key Details

• Appointment Details: Ivan Bebek appointed as Strategic Advisor, Corporate Development and Finance.
• Advisor Background:
  • Co-founder of Keegan Resources Inc. (now Galiano Gold Inc.), instrumental in financing and discovering the ~5-million-ounce Esaase gold deposit in Ghana.
  • Former CEO of Cayden Resources Inc., leading it through exploration success and acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. for $205 million in 2014.
  • Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Auryn Resources (now Fury Gold Mines), guiding exploration portfolios across the Americas.
  • Long-standing professional relationship with CEO Dr. Dan McCoy, dating back to Keegan, Cayden, and Auryn.
• Strategic Context:
  • Bebek’s expertise in financing, corporate development, and M&A is intended to complement Eminent’s advancement of the Hot Springs Range property.
  • Kinross previously purchased a 9.9% investment in Eminent last year, citing interest in the early evidence for a gold discovery.
• Referenced Drilling Results (Contextual):
  • June 19, 2025 Release: Earlier intercepts along the Otis fault structure, including 7.9 meters at 1.2 g/t Au in hole HSC004.
  • January 6, 2026 Release: Hole HSC005 at the Otis target intersected 9.2 meters grading 3.2 g/t Au from 295.5 m to 304.7 m, including 0.9 meters at 5.4 g/t Au.
  • Technical Note: The January 2026 intercept is described as oxide Carlin-style mineralization with strong continuity; true widths are estimated to be at least 60% based on structural data.
  • General Finding: All four deep core holes completed to date at Otis intersected significant gold mineralization along interpreted fault structures, with gold intercepted on the two key structures drilled to date out of multiple interpreted targets.

Notable Quotes

• Ivan Bebek, Strategic Advisor: "It's an honour to join Eminent as a strategic adviser at this time as I believe the company is in the early stages of identifying a new, potential major gold discovery in Nevada at the company's Hot Springs Range property... The early evidence for a gold discovery represents a rare global opportunity for a new Carlin-style oxide gold trend in Nevada -- which caught the attention of Kinross, who purchased a 9.9-per-cent investment in the company last year."
• Dr. Dan McCoy, President and CEO: "We are delighted to welcome Ivan Bebek to our team. His ability to finance, advance and monetize discoveries as well as his successful experience guiding companies through M&A [merger and acquisition] transactions comes at an ideal time in the early stages of what we believe is a significant new gold discovery in Nevada."