Mr. Riley Trimble reports

ABEN GOLD COMMENCES DRILL PROGRAM AT JUSTIN GOLD TUNGSTEN PROJECT

Aben Gold Corp. has commenced the 2026 diamond drill program at the company's 100-per-cent-owned Justin gold-tungsten project, located in southeastern Yukon Territory 25 kilometres from the Cantung mine.

On Aug. 8, 2026, the first drill pad at POW zone was completed and the diamond drill rig mobilized and commenced shortly after. Construction has begun on pad 2 at POW zone and once completed, pad 3 will be constructed two kilometres northwest at the Lost Ace zone. The company is ahead of schedule to complete the 1,300-metre 2026 drill program.

POW zone -- testing continuity of gold-tungsten mineralization

Diamond drilling completed in 2011 intersected:

• JN11-009: 1.25 grams per tonne Au over 60.0 metres, including 2.47 g/t Au over 21.0 m;
• JN11-010: 2.52 g/t Au and 29.53 g/t Ag over 12.0 m. Subsequent tungsten reassays returned 0.25 per cent WO3 over 12.0 m.

The 2026 program will test continuity of mineralization between these discovery holes and evaluate the depth extent of the system.

Additional drilling will test the area between JN11-009/JN11-010 and stepout hole JN12-018 which returned:

• 88.5 metres of 0.73 g/t Au.

A third priority target designed to better understand tungsten distribution and possible structural controls of tungsten mineralization within the system. Two holes will test the area between the original discovery holes and JN12-016, which returned:

• 5.6 m grading 4.12 g/t Au, including 2.6 m grading 8.20 g/t Au;
• 8.5 m grading 0.39% WO3, including 1.0 m grading 1.12% WO3.

Lost Ace zone -- testing high-grade orogenic gold mineralization

Lost Ace represents a distinct style of high-grade structurally controlled gold mineralization. A series of holes are planned here to test the vein below surface. Trench channel samples previously returned:

• 20.8 g/t Au over 4.4 m;
• 88.2 g/t Au over 1.0 m.

Qualified person

Milosz Mielniczuk, BSc, PGeo, vice-president of exploration for Aben Gold, has reviewed and approved the technical aspects of this news release and is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About Aben Gold Corp.

Aben Gold is a Canadian gold and tungsten exploration company with exploration projects in the Yukon Territory and British Columbia. The company's flagship, the 7,400-hectare, 100-per-cent-owned Justin gold-tungsten project is located adjacent to Seabridge Gold's 3 Aces project in the southeast Yukon within the Tombstone gold-tungsten belt and broader Tintina gold province.

The company's goal is to increase shareholder value through new discoveries and developing exploration projects in geopolitically favourable jurisdictions.

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