Mr. Mohamed Cisse reports

AVANTI GOLD IDENTIFIES TWO PARALLEL MINERALIZED TRENDS AT NGALULA AND EXTENDS BEDROCK GOLD MINERALIZATION BY 1.5 KM, AND REFINES DRILL TARGETS AT AKYANGA EAST

Avanti Gold Corp. has provided an update on regional exploration activities at the Akyanga East and the Ngalula prospects, located within the company's Misisi gold project in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Highlights:

• Ngalula: two parallel mineralized trends on a eight-kilometre gold-in-soil anomaly, rock chips up to 19.98 grams per tonne and 12.50 g/t Au, plus multiple mineralized channel samples confirming the presence of high-grade gold mineralization at surface;
• Akyanga East: recent litho-structural mapping and rock-chip sampling have further refined the geological interpretation of the approximately 2.5-kilometre mineralized corridor and are being used to optimize the planned phase I drill program; rock-chip samples from Akyanga East returned gold values of 5.36 g/t Au, 2.83 g/t Au, 1.10 g/t Au and 1.00 g/t Au;
• Integration of soil geochemistry, artisanal workings, geological mapping and surface sampling has identified two parallel mineralized trends at Ngalula, which are being further evaluated ahead of future drilling.

Recent work at Akyanga East has included relogging of historical drill core, litho-structural mapping and rock-chip sampling, with encouraging results being used to refine planned follow-up drilling along the approximately 2.5-kilometre mineralized corridor.

At Ngalula, geological mapping, rock-chip sampling and channel sampling have identified multiple surface gold occurrences and two parallel mineralized trends. Initial rock-chip assays returned values of up to 19.98 g/t Au while channel sampling returned several open-ended mineralized intervals extending the known bedrock mineralization by an additional 1.5 km to the southeast. The initial results include:

• NGCH01: 3.0 metres at 1.88 g/t Au; open ended;
• NGCH02: 1.7 m at 0.73 g/t Au; open ended;
• NGCH04: 3.3 m at 1.75 g/t Au; open ended;
• NGCH06: 2.8 m at 0.80 g/t Au; open ended.

The results will be integrated with existing soil geochemistry and mapping to refine the geological interpretation and support future drill targeting.

Mohamed Cisse, chief executive officer of Avanti, commented: "The work completed at Ngalula and Akyanga East is helping us progressively refine two important regional targets within the broader Misisi project. At Akyanga East, the integration of historical drilling, relogging, litho-structural mapping and surface sampling is providing a stronger geological framework for the planned follow-up drill program.

"At Ngalula, the combination of high-grade rock-chip assays, open-ended channel intersections, soil geochemistry and mapped artisanal workings has extended the bedrock mineralization by 1.5 km to the southeast and has identified two parallel mineralized trends that warrant further evaluation. Ongoing fieldwork is focused on extending these trends, improving our understanding of the structural controls on mineralization and positioning future drilling as effectively as possible."

About the Ngalula prospect

The Ngalula prospect is located at the southern end of the Misisi permit, approximately 28 km southeast of the main Akyanga deposit. The prospect is defined by parallel zones of high-grade gold-in-soil anomalies extending over eight km of strike. Historical trenching across approximately one km of the geochemical trend returned notable gold intersections, including 6.0 m at 5.18 g/t Au and 6.0 m at 2.13 g/t Au.

Geological mapping is progressing concurrently with rock-chip and channel sampling. The lithological units generally dip approximately 75 degrees toward the southwest. The structural characteristics will provide improved understanding of the geological controls on mineralization and will assist in refining follow-up drilling. Initial results (Table 1) received from the rock-chip sampling have confirmed the presence of high-grade gold mineralization. Two parallel mineralized zones have been defined based on soil geochemistry, artisanal workings and recent geological mapping.

Channel samples cut across the strike of the mineralization returned encouraging and continuous gold trends, extending the bedrock mineralization by an additional 1.5 km to the southeast. Table 2 summarizes the results of the channel sampling.

At Ngalula, geological mapping, rock-chip sampling and channel sampling will continue to test the strike continuity of the two parallel mineralized zones defined by soil geochemistry and recent geological mapping to support optimal planning of the coming drilling program.

About the Akyanga East prospect

The Akyanga East prospect is a parallel structure located 500 metres east of the main Akyanga deposit. Thirteen diamond drill holes totalling 1,630.6 metres were previously drilled over the 2.5-kilometre mineralized quartz vein system at Akyanga East prospect.

Relogging of the previous holes followed by a rapid litho-structural mapping exercise has provided additional geological understanding and recent rock-chip sampling has returned encouraging gold values from Akyanga East, including 5.36 g/t Au, 2.83 g/t Au, 1.10 g/t Au and 1.00 g/t Au. These results have helped to refine plans for a 2,500-metre phase 1 follow-up drilling program to test the previously identified mineralization. A total of 15 drill holes have been planned, covering approximately 2.5 km of strike length across the mineralized zones. Site preparation activities are under way.

Quality assurance/quality control

The rock-chip and channel samples were placed in sealed sample bags under the supervision of company geologists and transported to the independent SGS laboratory in Mwanza, Tanzania. Samples were crushed to 80 per cent passing two millimetres, after which a split of up to 1.5 kilograms was pulverized to 90 per cent passing 75 microns. Gold analysis was completed by fire assay using a 50-gram aliquot. Screen fire assays were used as check assays for selected high-grade samples. As part of the company's QA/QC program, certified reference materials, blanks and duplicates were inserted into the sample stream prior to submission to SGS.

About Misisi

The Misisi project site is located in the Fizi territory of South Kivu province in the DRC, approximately 250 kilometres south of Bukavu and 180 kilometres north of Kalemie. The Akyanga deposit, located centrally in the Misisi project, hosts a National Instrument 43-101-compliant inferred mineral resource of 40.8 million tonnes averaging 2.37 g/t gold containing 3.11 million ounces, which was based on 19,956 metres of historic drilling, including 105 diamond drill (DD) holes totalling 19,070 metres and six reverse circulation (RC) drill holes totalling 887 metres. The Akyanga resource is determined from surface to a vertical depth of 350 metres over a strike length of 2,100 metres, using a pit shell of $1,500 (U.S.) per ounce. The mineralization remains open at depth and along strike. Beyond the Akyanga deposit, the Misisi project hosts five high-priority satellite targets -- Akyanga East, Nglula, Tulonge, Lubitchako and Kilombwe -- all within 25 km of Akyanga, providing multiple compelling opportunities for new discoveries and significant resource expansion.

Geology and mineralization

The geology of the Misisi project area is dominated by Proterozoic metasediments comprising interbedded quartz muscovite schists, schistose arkoses, muscovite quartzites and quartzites; pebble conglomerates; and foliated mafic intrusion. Gold mineralization is associated with numerous zones of stacked quartz veins that occur subparallel to bedding. The mineralized zones have strike lengths of up to 2,000 m and are generally less than 10 m thick. At the southern end of the Akyanga deposit, the vein zones dip moderately to shallowly to the southeast. In the central and northern part, the deposit steepens at surface, such that, at the northern end, the mineralization is near vertical at surface and flattening out downdip. The depth of weathering is estimated to be approximately 30 m. Mineralization is structurally and lithologically controlled, in association with local deformation zones, and occurs along north-south-striking structures. The current interpretation is that the base of a mafic unit provides a contact with hardness contrast along which there has been structural movement.

Accelerated exploration strategy

The company has adopted a phased exploration strategy designed to maximize drilling productivity while rapidly advancing resource growth:

• Expand the existing resource footprint;
• Upgrade confidence in the current resource;
• Test extensions of known mineralization;
• Generate geological data to support future resource growth.

Coming news flow

The company expects a strong pipeline of exploration milestones over the coming months, including:

• Commencement of phase 2 drilling;
• Continuing drill assay releases;
• Resource growth drilling of the Akyanga mineral resource;
• Continued advancement toward future resource updates and technical studies initial drilling results from regional exploration targets across the Misisi project.

Qualified person statement

Ephraim Masibhera, BSc (geology) (UZ), MSc (Cd), MGSSA, PrSciNat, technical director at Kweneng Group, an independent qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release. Historical information contained in this news release cannot be relied upon as the company's qualified person, as defined under NI 43-101, has not prepared or verified the historical information.

About Avanti Gold Corp.

Avanti Gold is a gold exploration company focused on advancing its flagship Misisi project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), home to the high-grade Akyanga gold deposit. The Akyanga deposit has an inferred mineral resource of 40.8 million tonnes at an average gold grade of 2.37 grams per tonne, totalling 3.11 million ounces of gold. The Misisi project spans three contiguous 30-year mining leases covering 133 square kilometres along the 55-kilometre-long Kibara gold belt, a prominent metallogenic province known for hosting significant gold deposits. A 42,000-metre drill program, the largest in the project's history, is now under way with the objective of growing gold resources in advance of a preliminary economic assessment anticipated in 2027.

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