Bitterroot pauses Nighthawk drilling, to restart in Jan

Mr. Michael Carr reports DRILLING PAUSED ON THE NIGHTHAWK GOLD/SILVER PROJECT, NEVADA Bitterroot Resources Ltd. has paused drilling at the company's 100-per-cent-owned Nighthawk gold/silver project in the Walker Lane belt of west-central Nevada. The drilling contractor has advised that it is unable to continue due to recurring mechanical issues. All drilling equipment is being demobilized from the site. Another Nevada-based contractor is expected to restart the drill program in late January, 2026. Drilling will test for structurally controlled, near-surface oxidized epithermal gold/silver mineralization and intrusion-hosted base and precious metals mineralization. The Nighthawk project is contiguous with A2 Gold's Castle project, comprising the past-producing open pit/heap leach Boss mine and the undeveloped, near-surface Castle, Berg and Black Rock gold deposits. The Nighthawk claims are located on federally managed (BLM (Bureau of Land Management)) land in Esmeralda county, approximately 50 kilometres west of Tonopah, Nev. Additional information on the Nighthawk Gold/Silver project is available on the company's website www.bitterrootresources.com. Charles Greig, MSc, PGeo, is the qualified person responsible for the technical content of this news release. About Bitterroot Resources Ltd. Through its United States subsidiary, Trans Superior Resources Inc., Bitterroot owns a 100-per-cent, royalty-free interest in the 219-claim Nighthawk gold/silver project near Tonopah, Nev. Trans Superior also owns a 51-per-cent interest in the LM nickel/copper project in the highly prospective Baraga basin in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Baraga basin hosts the U.S.'s only operating nickel/copper mine, Lundin Mining's Eagle mine, plus the Boulderdash and Roland prospects, which are being aggressively explored by Talon Metals Corp. LM and Roland are likely parts of the same mineralized conduit system. More drilling is planned at LM, subject to financing. Bitterroot also owns 5.9 per cent of Perseverance Metals Inc., a Quebec- and Michigan-focused nickel/copper exploration company. Perseverance's management plan to drill several new magmatic nickel/copper targets in the Upper Peninsula in early 2026. We seek Safe Harbor.