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AuQ GOLD MINING INC. Suite 1000, 409 Granville Street Vancouver, BC, V6C 1T7

AuQ Grants Stock Options

Vancouver, British Columbia - October 1, 2025 - AuQ Gold Mining Inc. ("AuQ" or the "Company") (TSXV: AUQ, PINK: AUQFF) reports that its board of directors has, as of September 22, 2025, adopted a 10% rolling Stock Option Plan and a 10% fixed Restricted Share Unit Plan (collectively, the "Equity Incentive Plan"). Pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan, the Company has, effective October 1, 2025, granted an aggregate of 2,200,000 stock options to directors, officers, consultants, and employees of the Company. The stock options have an exercise price of $0.55 per share and expire three years from the date of grant.

The Equity Incentive Plan is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange and ratification by the Company's shareholders at the next annual general meeting.

About AUQ Gold Mining Inc.

AUQ Gold Mining is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral property assets. AUQ Gold Mining recently acquired the Bellechase-Timmins gold project, located in the Beauce region of Quebec. AUQ Gold Mining's objectives are to conduct exploration programs on its Quebec resource properties and to locate and develop other properties of merit.

For Further information, please contact

Glen Macdonald, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Telephone : (604) 719-8129

Email: auqgold@gmail.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release may contain forward-looking statements that are based on AuQ Gold Mining Inc.'s expectations, estimates and projections regarding its business and the economic environment in which it operates. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to control or predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements and readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. Statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and AuQ Gold Mining Inc. undertakes no obligation to update them publicly to reflect new information or the occurrence of future events or circumstances, unless otherwise required to do so by law.