Mr. Peter Gianulis reports

A2GOLD COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF DISTRICT-SCALE TAYLOR SILVER-GOLD PROJECT IN NEVADA

A2 Gold Corp. has completed the acquisition of a 100-per-cent interest in the Taylor silver-gold project located in White Pine county, Nevada, from White Pine Precious Metals Inc.

The completion of the Taylor acquisition, subject to closing conditions of recording, share issuance and other minor issues, represents a significant milestone in A2 Gold's strategy to build a leading Nevada-focused precious metal exploration and development company. Taylor adds a second district-scale project to the company's portfolio and provides exposure to a large, highly prospective silver-gold system with meaningful antimony, carbonate replacement deposit, skarn and porphyry exploration potential. The Taylor project comprises approximately 117 square kilometres (45 square miles) of mineral claims in a Tier 1 Nevada mining jurisdiction. The project is fully permitted and drill-ready, benefits from significant existing infrastructure, and hosts a historical silver resource together with multiple gold, silver and antimony exploration targets across a district-scale mineralized system.

A2 Gold has commenced mobilization of a drill rig to Taylor and expects the rig to be on site within the next two weeks. The initial drill program is expected to focus on three principal objectives:

1. Drilling the existing historical silver resource: The company intends to drill in and around the existing historical silver resource footprint to confirm and expand known silver mineralization and to support preparation of an updated National Instrument 43-101 mineral resource estimate.
2. Evaluating gold mineralization: Taylor hosts significant oxide gold exploration potential across a large district-scale corridor. Gold was not included in the historical 2018 silver resource estimate, and A2 Gold believes there is an important opportunity to evaluate the potential contribution of gold mineralization to the broader Taylor system.
3. Testing priority gold-antimony targets: The company also intends to test priority gold-antimony targets identified through historical work, surface sampling, geological mapping and modern geophysical surveys. These targets are considered important to evaluating Taylor's potential as a precious metal project with meaningful critical mineral upside.

Together with the company's recently completed acquisition of 26 strategically located internal lode mining claims within the Taylor district, A2 Gold now controls a consolidated district-scale land package at Taylor under a single operator. This consolidation provides the company with enhanced flexibility to systematically explore, expand and advance Taylor as a unified project.

Peter Gianulis, chief executive officer of A2 Gold, commented: "Closing the Taylor acquisition is an important step in the evolution of A2 Gold. Taylor adds a second district-scale Nevada project with a historical silver resource, significant oxide gold potential and an emerging antimony opportunity at a time when critical minerals are becoming increasingly important in the United States. With the White Pine acquisition now closed and the internal Taylor claims recently consolidated, we are in a much stronger position to advance the district as one unified project. Taylor gives A2 Gold scale, optionality and multiple avenues for discovery, and complements our flagship Eastside project as we continue building one of Nevada's most compelling precious metals exploration platforms."

Taylor project highlights

District-scale land package

Taylor comprises approximately 117 square kilometres (45 square miles) of mineral claims located in White Pine county, Nevada. The project lies within an active exploration and mining region of eastern Nevada and benefits from excellent infrastructure, including water rights, electrical power and substation access, an established road network, and patented claims hosting much of the historical silver resource and existing pits.

Historical silver resource and expansion potential

Taylor hosts a historical mineral resource estimate prepared by SRK Consulting in 2018 outlining approximately 11.0 million ounces of silver in the measured and indicated category and 600,000 ounces of silver in the inferred category. The estimate was calculated using a silver price assumption of $17 (U.S.) per ounce and a cut-off grade of 1.6 ounces per ton silver.

Historical drilling indicates that silver mineralization remains open in multiple directions and has not been systematically tested using modern exploration methods. Silver price sensitivity analysis completed by SRK suggests that, using a $30 (U.S.) per ounce silver price and a 0.9 oz/t cut-off, the historical measured, indicated and inferred resource could represent more than 20 million ounces of silver in total.

The company considers the historical estimate to be historical in nature and not current. A qualified person has not completed sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource, and A2 Gold is not treating the historical estimate as current.

Strong gold exploration potential

In addition to the historical silver resource, Taylor hosts significant oxide gold exploration potential across a large portion of the district. Prior exploration has identified a three-kilometre-by-10-kilometre anomalous gold corridor, with surface sampling and historical drilling indicating the potential for near-surface oxide gold mineralization.

Historical results include channel samples returning up to 4.2 g/t gold over 11.0 metres, including 7.1 g/t gold over 3.3 metres, as well as drill intercepts including 1.02 g/t gold over 18.3 metres starting at surface and 0.68 g/t gold over 24.4 metres starting at surface, including 0.85 g/t gold over 12.2 metres.

Gold mineralization was not included in the historical 2018 silver resource estimate. The company believes there is an important opportunity to evaluate the potential contribution of gold mineralization to the broader Taylor system as part of its coming exploration and resource-focused drilling programs.

Antimony and critical mineral upside

Taylor also hosts significant antimony mineralization, which represents potential exposure to a critical mineral identified as strategically important by the U.S. government. Prior work at Taylor has identified multiple styles of antimony mineralization, including tetrahedrite-rich mineralization associated with CRD systems proximal to the Taylor resource and stibnite-stibiconite mineralization occurring distally and commonly associated with gold mineralization.

The district hosts two historical antimony-producing mines, including the Enterprise mine and the Merrimac mine. Historical records indicate exceptionally high-grade antimony production and mineralization at Taylor, further supporting the interpretation of a large, district-scale mineralized system with precious metal and critical mineral potential.

Robust modern data sets and drill-ready targets

Over the past several years, White Pine completed extensive technical work across the Taylor district, including gravity, magnetic, CSAMT, induced polarization and hyperspectral surveys. These data sets have improved the understanding of the structural architecture of the district and generated numerous high-priority exploration targets.

A2 Gold intends to use this work to advance a systematic exploration program focused on expanding the historical silver resource, testing priority oxide gold targets, evaluating antimony-bearing systems, and advancing CRD, skarn and porphyry concepts across the district.

Strategic complement to Eastside

The Taylor acquisition significantly strengthens A2 Gold's Nevada portfolio by adding a second large-scale project with silver, gold and critical mineral exposure. While Eastside remains the company's flagship district-scale gold-silver project, Taylor introduces a complementary geological setting with a historical silver resource, shallow oxide gold and antimony targets, and deeper CRD, skarn and porphyry exploration potential.

With Eastside and Taylor, A2 Gold now controls multiple district-scale exploration opportunities in Nevada, one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions.

Transaction summary

A2 Gold completed the acquisition of a 100-per-cent interest in the Taylor project from White Pine through the execution of an asset purchase structure which was executed on June 15, 2026. The closing of the transaction will include customary closing and postclosing matters.

As consideration for the acquisition, A2 Gold issued 8,662,881 common shares of the company to White Pine, and will also make deferred cash payments totalling $1-million (U.S.) consisting of $250,000 (U.S.) at closing and $250,000 (U.S.) every three months thereafter. The deferred cash payments are non-interest bearing and may be prepaid at any time without penalty.

White Pine will retain a 2.0-per-cent net smelter return royalty on claims without existing royalties. A2 Gold may repurchase 1.0 per cent of the NSR for $2-million (U.S.) within four years or $3-million (U.S.) within six years. White Pine will retain up to a 1.0-per-cent NSR on claims with existing royalties, provided the aggregate royalty burden does not exceed 3.0-per-cent NSR.

The common shares issued to White Pine are subject to voluntary escrow release provisions in addition to a statutory hold period of four months and one day from the date of issuance.

About A2 Gold Corp.

A2 Gold has built a multiasset gold-silver exploration platform in Nevada, one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions. The company controls approximately 230 square kilometres of prospective mineral tenure across its Eastside and Taylor projects, both district-scale assets with large precious metal resources with significant exploration and resource growth potential.

Eastside hosts an inferred mineral resource of 1.4 million ounces of gold and 8.8 million ounces of silver, while Taylor adds a highly prospective exploration district with gold, silver, antimony and porphyry-skarn upside. Backed by a fully financed exploration program and a strong pipeline of catalysts, A2 Gold is focused on unlocking value through resource expansion, new discoveries and systematic district-scale exploration.

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