Mr. Rick Winters reports

BLOSSOM GOLD COMPLETES SENIOR EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF GRADEN COLBY AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Blossom Gold Inc. has appointed Graden Colby as chief operating officer, effective May 12, 2026. Mr. Colby will remain on the board as executive director. Concurrently, Brandon Throop has assumed the expanded role of vice-president, corporate development and investor relations.

Mr. Colby is a seasoned mine developer and operations leader with over 20 years of progressive experience in underground and open-pit mining in Nevada. Mr. Colby is known for building high-performance teams and delivering results in complex, large-scale environments and brings an exceptional record in safety leadership, operational execution and mine development to Blossom. Most recently, Mr. Colby spent over five years at Nevada Gold Mines, where he oversaw better than five-million-ton-per-year underground operations producing over 900,000 ounces of gold annually as well as over 60 million tons per year of open-pit production. Prior to that, Mr. Colby spent 14 years at Newmont Mining Corp. in roles of increasing responsibility, including as mine manager at the Leeville operations and the Carlin portal mines. Earlier in his career at Newmont, he served as superintendent at the Carlin portal mines and general foreman at the Midas mine. Mr. Colby holds a bachelor of science in mining and mineral engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Rick Winters, chief executive officer of Blossom, stated: "I have always told investors that you do not want bankers building mines. Blossom shareholders and stakeholders need not be concerned about our ability to advance Rosebud. Graden's depth of experience with several Nevada gold mining operations, combined with his reputation for building strong teams, safety programs and delivering results, makes him an ideal fit. There could be no clearer testament to our intentions of building a mine than the addition of an operator of Graden's calibre to our senior leadership team. We all look forward to working with Graden and the contributions he will make as we continue to derisk and unlock the potential of this very exciting project."

Mr. Colby, Blossom's chief operating officer, commented: "Rosebud is a compelling development asset in the best gold-mining jurisdiction in the United States. It was a relatively easy decision to serve as director after reviewing the extensive historic database on the project. While on the board, I have watched Blossom assemble a strong, capable team that is executing a focused deposit expansion and infill drilling program, permitting and development effort aimed at initiating a feasibility study in 2027 for a major open-pit, heap-leach operation. This experience and my belief in Rosebud made accepting the role as chief operating officer and executive director a no-brainer. I look forward to working alongside Rick and the team to ensure we continue to perform in advancing the company through all the milestones required to advance Rosebud to production."

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 ton gold (6.8 grams per tonne gold), when gold prices ranged from $250 (U.S.) to $350 (U.S.) per ounce, 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 0.62 gram per tonne gold (0.018 ounce per ton gold) and 6.49 grams per tonne silver (0.189 ounce per ton silver) 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.

Qualified person

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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