Mr. Rick Winters reports

BLOSSOM GOLD STRENGTHENS ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN SEABERG AS ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

John Seaberg has been appointed as chief financial officer of Blossom Gold Inc. (formerly 1290448 B.C. Ltd.), effective March 22, 2026, replacing Blossom's interim chief financial officer, Kym No.

Mr. Seaberg is in the process of concluding an advisory assignment with Maaden Mining Corp. Prior to Maaden, Mr. Seaberg was chief executive officer of NV Gold Corp., a junior exploration company. Before NV Gold, Mr. Seaberg served as CFO to Calibre Mining Corp. and afterward as CFO to Condor Gold PLC. He also acted as executive chairman of Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. Prior to his executive experience in the mining sector, Mr. Seaberg spent 11 years with Newmont Mining Corp., advancing from internal audit to corporate development and finally head of investor relations. Mr. Seaberg has a BSc in business administration from Colorado State University and an MBA from the University of Denver.

Rick Winters, chief executive officer of Blossom, commented: "The first thing I need to do is thank Kym No for her tireless effort bringing Blossom to the point where we could attract senior talent like John Seaberg. I am sure John will continue to call on Kym as he transitions into the CFO role. John is a consummate mining professional with the experience Blossom will need as we begin our spend to initiate a feasibility study at the Rosebud project in Q1 2027. His cross-border experience will serve Blossom well as we seek to improve trading for U.S. retail investors. We will maintain our TSX listing. We will make application for an OTCQX listing this quarter, and, in the second half of the year, we will seek a dual listing in New York. The rest of our senior management team is coming together and is expected to be in place the second quarter of this year. Good progress is also being made in the field to initiate our surface drilling program the second half of March."

About Blossom Gold Inc.

Blossom is a Canadian-based precious metal exploration and development company that recently began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BGAU. Blossom acquired the Rosebud project in connection with the TSX listing and will be focused on the exploration and development of the project. The Rosebud project includes the former Rosebud mine, where mining was conducted from 1997 through 2000 by the Rosebud Mining Company, a Newmont-Hecla joint venture, using underground mining methods where the mine operated at a cut-off grade of approximately 0.2 ounce per ton gold (6.8 grams per tonne gold), when gold prices ranged from $250 (U.S.) to $350 (U.S.) per oz, with mined material truck-hauled approximately 120 miles to an existing Newmont oxide mill for processing.

The current vision for the Rosebud project is to evaluate the remaining higher-grade mineralization and the surrounding larger volume of lower-grade mineralization as a potential open-pit mining operation with on-site, heap-leach processing and recovery of gold and silver. The Rosebud project currently hosts an inferred mineral resource of 70,755,000 tons grading 0.68 g/t Au (0.018 oz/t Au) and 6.49 g/t silver(0.189 oz/t Ag) for 1.28 million ounces of gold and 13.4 million ounces of silver. The mineral resource estimate was open pit constrained using long-term gold and silver prices of $2,500 (U.S.) and $35 (U.S.) per ounce, respectively. The deposit is open in all directions.

Further details on Blossom and the Rosebud project, including the technical report titled "Mineral Resource Estimate for the Rosebud Property, Pershing County, NV, USA," by Northern Lights Mining LLC, with a report date of Dec. 17, 2025, and an effective date of Nov. 1, 2025, can be found under the company's profile on SEDAR+ and the company's website.

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The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dino Titaro, PGeo, a director of Blossom, who is a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects).

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