VANCOUVER, BC, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Nevada King Gold Corp. (TSXV: NKG) (OTCQB: NKGFF) ("Nevada King" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a comprehensive update on its exploration and permitting activities at its 100% owned 130km2 Atlanta Gold Mine Project ("Atlanta") in eastern Nevada.
Overview:
- Drill program expanded by 100%: The planned Phase 4 exploration program has been increased from 20,000 metres to 40,000 metres of reverse circulation ("RC") drilling to aggressively test district-scale targets.
- Positive BLM permitting decision: Approval received from the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") for the Western Rim Notice of Intent ("NOI") allowing for immediate drilling from 33 RC sites where the Company recently sampled 20.8 g/t Au at surface, the highest ever recorded rock chip sample at Atlanta.
- Silver Park East drill results: Assay results from 18 new holes continues to define a large, mineralized footprint, including 0.30 g/t Au over 39.6m (Hole AT26SP-61) and 0.14 g/t Au over 158.5m (Hole AT26-SP-62) both starting near surface.
- Strategic permitting progress: The Company is advancing its fifth and most extensive modification to its Plan of Operations ("PoO Mod 5") covering 78 additional RC drill sites and 404 RAB drill locations, which will allow follow up on key mineralized targets.
Expanded 2026 Drilling Program
Since releasing the updated mineral resource estimate for the Atlanta Resource Zone ("ARZ"), which included drilling completed during Phase 1 and 2 drilling, the Company has shifted its exploration focus toward testing the full district scale potential of its 130km2 land package which encompasses the entire Atlanta Caldera. The location of the current resource along the caldera margin, coupled with bonanza grade mineralization, suggests a robust mineralizing system with significant potential for discovery along the largely untested caldera rim, including additional high-grade zones elsewhere along the caldera margin.
During 2025, Nevada King completed approximately 30,000 metres of reconnaissance exploration drilling across three underexplored target areas of Silver Park, Atlanta South, and Atlanta North, all of which encountered intercepts above the ARZ cut-off grade of 0.14g/t AuEq. At Silver Park East ("SPE"), a clustering of mineralized intercepts prompted advancement from reconnaissance to infill stage drilling, which is now ongoing. In parallel, the team continues early-stage exploration work on the property to backfill the target pipeline which led to the discovery of quartz vein swarms and high-grade rock chip samples at the Western Rim target.
The expanded Phase 4 drill program will test both the main mineralized zone at SPE and the 350m step out to the south, the SPE Extension, to potentially advance to a resource stage. Further, the expanded program will allow the Company to fully assess the mineralized potential of Western Rim, vector towards higher grade areas at Atlanta South, and look to fill in the gap at Atlanta North. This 40,000 metre total excludes ongoing Rotary Air Blast ("RAB") drilling, which remains a primary tool for rapid target generation.
Plan of Operations Modification 5
The Company is advancing PoO Mod 5, its most ambitious permitting expansion to date. Upon BLM approval, this will permit an additional 78 RC and 404 RAB drill sites plus associated access routes. Permitted drill areas include Western Rim, Atlanta South, Silver Park, and Atlanta North (see Figure 1 below). This large-scale Plan of Operations covering 45km2, provides a long-term exploration runway and maintains the Company's ability to remain nimble in follow-up drilling.
Continuing to Expand the Mineralized Footprint at SPE
Drilling at the main SPE area has previously demonstrated mineralization over a large footprint spanning 300 metres by 500 metres, with potential to connect to the SPE Extension, the step out area located ~350 metres to the southwest, which itself now covers approximately 450 metres by 300 metres.
The current objective at Silver Park is to expand and upgrade the mineralization encountered to date by vectoring toward higher grade zones where cross-cutting structures may have focused mineralizing fluids, thus following the same strategy the Company used for expanding and upgrading the ARZ with its Phase 1 and 2 drilling programs. Knowing that lower grade, blanket-like mineralization at the northern end of the ARZ formed from gold-bearing fluids that migrated northward from very high-grade structural intersections or hydrothermal flues, the Company's Phase 4 program is currently using the same method to track mineralization toward potential higher grade flue zones at Silver Park.
Today, the Company is reporting assay results from 18 new holes from the Silver Park area, of which 11 intersected mineralization above the current cut-off grade applied to the ARZ which is based on a gold and silver price assumption of US$2,200/oz Au and US$25/oz Ag.
These results include both infill drilling at the main SPE zone and step out drilling in the SPE Extension zone. The drilling continues to demonstrate consistent, near-surface oxide mineralization above current cut off grades, with step out results extending mineralization to greater depths than previously tested. See Table 1 for a full list of assay results.
Silver Park East Drill Highlights:
- 0.30 g/t Au over 39.6mstarting at 10.7m depth in hole AT26SP-61 including:
- 0.62 g/t Au over 13.7m starting at 10.7m depth
- 0.14 g/t Au over 158.5m starting at 13.7m depth in hole AT26SP-62 including:
- 0.37 g/t Au over 16.8m starting at 13.7m depth, and
- 0.58 g/t over 6.1m starting at 44m depth
Both highlighted drill holes encountered oxide mineralization, above the cut off grade of the ARZ, and are located in the SPE Extension zone. These results validate previously reported RAB drilling data from February 3, 2026, which identified strong near-surface oxide grades but were limited to approximately 30 metres depth due to constraints of the RAB drill. Furthermore, the drilling extended above cut-off grade mineralization to true vertical depths of 172 metres in angled hole AT26SP-62, enhancing confidence in the continuity of this step-out zone. These holes are located near the historical Solo Joker mine shaft along with multiple small prospect pits positioned atop a large rhyolitic flow dome. This intrusive feature is in structural contact with strongly altered dolomite basement rock and has been largely unexplored with modern techniques with only two historical drill holes in the area. All indications of a structurally complex area with deep plumbing features seen at surface as well as in geophysical data indicate a prime prospective area for extending mineralization starting from surface.
Drill holes AT26SP-58 and AT26SP-63 to the southwest of holes AT26SP-61 and AT26SP-62 both intersected the same oxide mineralization slightly deeper, in both dolomitic basement rock and mineralized intrusives with abundant quartz veining. This suggests strong hydrothermal activity and favourable structure an additional 300 metres southwest, resulting in a largely unexplored footprint 650 metres southwest of the main SPE area, beneath post-mineral cover.
The continuation of the Phase 4 drilling campaign will focus, in part, on targeted infill drilling to assess the extent of mineralization, pinpointing favourable structure and important host rocks along the unconformity. The progression in drilling will also clarify the potential link of the newly drilled mineralization with the footprint of the SPE to the northeast.
Justin Daley, VP Exploration of Nevada King, commented, "The latest drill results continue to demonstrate the strength and scale of the Silver Park East system and further validate our geological model as we expand exploration beyond the Atlanta Mine area. This consistent and widespread near-surface oxide mineralization across both infill and step?out drilling highlights the continuity of the system and reinforces our confidence as we vector toward higher?grade feeder structures. With multiple intersections exceeding current resource cut?off grades, we see SPE as a compelling growth opportunity within the broader Atlanta Gold Mine Project.
"Combined with the recent approval of the Notice of Intent at Western Rim and the anticipated property?wide PoO Mod 5, these results support our decision to expand the Phase 4 drill program and advance multiple new and exciting targets across the project in 2026."
Western Rim Target Receives Positive Permitting Decision from BLM
Nevada King is also pleased to announce that the BLM has approved the Company's NOI to conduct exploration drilling from an additional 33 RC drill sites at its highly prospective Western Rim target area. This early-stage target has a large structural footprint spanning approximately 2.7km by 1.5km, with multi directional quartz veins traced over ~2.5km, rock chip samples assaying up to 20.8 g/t Au and associated Au-Ag-As-Mo geochemistry. The Company has recently completed geophysical surveys including CSAMT and detailed gravity ahead of drilling in Q2.
RC Drill Rig Mobilized to Atlanta South
The Company has mobilized the RC drill rig to Atlanta South for the first drilling from the Phase 4 program. It remains a highly prospective target with above cut-off grade gold mineralization encountered in Pogonip Limestone, a common host rock for large gold deposits in Nevada. The Company believes that the mineralized intercept from Phase 3 drilling was on the eastern edge of a potentially stronger mineralized area and the proposed new drill site locations under the PoO Mod 5, intend to assess the potential of the higher-grade areas to the west of drill hole AT24QR-16.
Hole No. From (m) To (m) Interval Au (g/ Ag (g/ AuEq* (g/
(m) t) t) t)
AT25SP-46 32.0 35.1 3.1 0.032 0.25 0.04
AT25SP-47^ NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI
AT26SP-48^ 132.6 134.1 1.5 1.31 0.25 1.31
AT26SP-49^ NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI
AT26SP-50^ 38.1 79.2 41.1 0.11 5.38 0.11
Includes 38.1 48.8 10.7 0.17 0.25 0.17
Includes 74.7 79.2 4.6 0.25 44.3 0.28
And 128.0 129.5 1.5 0.18 2.5 0.18
And 138.7 140.2 1.5 0.11 15.4 0.12
AT26SP-51^ 121.9 141.7 19.8 0.14 7.30 0.22
Includes 121.9 131.1 9.2 0.24 12.93 0.25
AT26SP-52^ NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI
AT26SP-53^ 77.7 80.8 3.1 0.75 0.30 0.75
AT26SP-54^ 132.6 155.4 22.8 0.06 2.7 0.06
AT26SP-55^ 129.5 131.1 1.5 0.13 15.6 0.14
And 150.9 152.4 1.5 0.10 0.7 0.10
AT26SP-56^ 25.9 35.1 9.1 0.14 0.25 0.14
And 175.3 193.5 18.3 0.2 20.0 0.21
And 214.9 216..4 1.5 0.61 29.7 0.63
AT26SP-57^ NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI
AT26SP-58 79.2 99.1 19.8 0.27 7.32 0.27
AT26SP-59^ NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI NSI
AT26SP-60^ 198.1 199.6 1.5 0.21 9.8 0.22
And 210.3 214.9 4.6 0.061 17 0.07
AT26SP-61 10.7 50.3 39.6 0.3 6.05 0.30
Includes 10.7 24.4 13.7 0.62 11.5 0.63
And 71.6 73.2 1.5 0.15 1.5 0.15
AT26SP-62*^ 13.7 172.2 158.5 0.14 4.0 0.14
Includes 13.7 30.5 16.8 0.37 15.9 0.38
Includes 44.2 50.3 6.1 0.58 8.0 0.59
Includes 73.2 76.2 3.0 0.49 16.8 0.50
Includes 88.4 114.3 25.9 0.16 2.64 0.16
Includes+ 126.5 134.1 7.6 0.28 4.95 0.28
Includes 166.1 172.2 6.1 0.15 1.88 0.15
AT26SP-63 68.6 76.2 7.6 0.35 1.13 0.35
Table 1. Drill holes released today at the Silver Park East Target and the SPE Extension. *AuEq based on US$2,200/oz Au, US$25/oz Ag, and Au/Ag recovery averages from Phase II metallurgical work, as applied to the mineral
resource estimate. * Denotes composite assay due to zones of lost circulation. ^ Denotes angled drill hole.
QA/QC Protocols
All RC and RAB samples from the Atlanta Project are split at the drill site and placed in cloth and plastic bags utilizing a nominal 2kg sample weight. CRF standards, blanks, and duplicates are inserted into the sample stream on-site on a one-in-twenty sample basis, meaning all three inserts are included in each 20-sample group. Samples are shipped by a local contractor in large sample shipping crates directly to American Assay Lab in Reno, Nevada, with full custody being maintained at all times. At American Assay Lab, samples are weighted then crushed to 75% passing 2mm and pulverized to 85% passing 75 microns to produce a 300g pulverized split. Prepared samples are initially run using a four acid + boric acid digestion process and conventional multi-element ICP-OES analysis. Gold assays are initially run using 30-gram samples by lead fire assay with an OES finish to a 0.003 ppm detection limit, with samples greater than 10 ppm finished gravimetrically. Every sample is also run through a cyanide leach for gold with an ICP-OES finish. The QA/QC procedure involves regular submission of Certified Analytical Standards and property-specific duplicates.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Nevada King VP Exploration, Justin Daley, P.Geo., a non-independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101").
About Nevada King Gold Corp.
Nevada King is focused on advancing and growing its 100% owned, past producing, 130km2 Atlanta Gold Mine project located along the Battle Mountain trend in southeast Nevada. The project hosts an NI 43-101 compliant pit-constrained oxide resource of 1,020koz Au in the measured and indicated category (27.7M tonnes at 1.14 g/t) plus an inferred resource of 99koz Au (3.6M tonnes at 0.84 g/t) based on US$2,200/oz Au and US$25/oz Ag. See the NI 43-101 Technical Report titled "Technical Report and Estimate of Gold and Silver Mineral Resources for the Atlanta Project, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA" with an effective date of September 6, 2024, and a report date of July 18, 2025, as prepared by RESPEC (formerly Mine Development Associates) and filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ www.sedarplus.ca.
NI 43-101 Mineral Resources at the Atlanta Mine by RESPEC 2025
Tonnes Au g/ Au oz Ag g/ Ag oz AuEq g/
t t t AuEq oz
Measured 3,430,100 1.55 170,800 16.96 1,870,200 1.65 182,000
Indicated 24,280,200 1.09 848,800 8.73 6,817,200 1.14 887,700
M&I 27,710,300 1.14 1,019,600 9.75 8,687,400 1.20 1,069,700
Inferred 3,638,400 0.84 98,500 2.56 299,500 0.85 99,800
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Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, without limitation, statements relating to the future operations and activities of Nevada King, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "potential", "possible", and similar expressions, or statements that events, conditions, or results "will", "may", "could", or" should" occur or be achieved. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Nevada King, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, technical, geologic, environmental, regulatory, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and the parties have made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation, the ability to complete proposed exploration work, the results of exploration, continued availability of capital, and changes in general economic, market and business conditions. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release concerning these items. Nevada King does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements should beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, change, except as required by applicable securities laws.
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