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BLOSSOM GOLD FURTHER STRENGTHENS ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF ALAN HASLAM AS VICE PRESIDENT, PERMITTING

Blossom Gold Inc. (formerly, 1290448 B.C. Ltd.) has appointed Alan Haslam as vice-president, permitting, effective April 6, 2026.

Mr. Haslam brings an extensive 37-year career in mining, with a strong focus on permitting, to Blossom. Most recently, he served as vice-president, permitting, at Perpetua Resources Idaho Inc. where he successfully completed all Federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state permitting for the Stibnite gold project in order to initiate construction in October, 2025. Prior to that, he was the director of mining for Agrium Inc., serving various functions in both the United States and Canada, including managing exploration programs, development of life of mine plans, permitting of multiple mines through NEPA and state processes, development of new mines and mine expansions, managing mine operations, and reclamation and remediation of historic mine sites. During his career Mr. Haslam has worked closely on NEPA and state permitting with several agencies including United States Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Department of Water Resources, and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, among others. Mr. Haslam has a bachelor of science degree in geology from Idaho State University. He is an active member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration and the American Exploration and Mining Association.

Rick Winters, chief executive officer of Blossom, commented: "The Blossom team and I are thrilled to have Alan joining the company. His extensive permitting experience, success and the strong relationships he has built within these agencies will be an important asset as we continue to rapidly advance the Rosebud project. Drilling continues to ramp up, with our third drill rig arriving last week. Drill core is being logged and processed for shipment to assayers. Results should start arriving before the month is out and we will update the market regularly as those results become available. We also expect to finalize our senior leadership hires in the coming weeks, at which point we will be well prepared to deliver on our planned 80,000 feet (24,384 m) core drilling program, and open and rehabilitate the underground later this year to complete infill and expansion drilling for our open pit resource."

About Blossom Gold Inc.

Blossom is a Canadian-based precious metals 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 tonne Au (gold) (6.8 grams per tonne Au), when gold prices ranged from $250 (U.S.) to $350 (U.S.)/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 Au g/t (0.018 opt Au) and 6.49 Ag g/t (0.189 opt 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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