Mr. Bruce MacLachlan reports

BOLD VENTURES CLOSES SALE OF 42 CLAIM UNITS AT BURCHELL

Bold Ventures Inc., further to its news releases dated Sept. 21, 2026, and Nov. 2, 2026, has closed the sale of 42 claims to Gold X2. The claims are located along the west boundary of Bold's 242-claim Burchell property adjoining Gold X2's Moss project. Gold X2 purchased the 42 claims in exchange for consideration of:

• $500,000 (Canadian) cash;
• 150,000 common shares of Gold X2;
• A 2-per-cent net smelter return (NSR) royalty on all Canadian critical minerals (excluding copper) mined from within the subject claims. Gold X2 maintains the right to buy back one-half of the NSR (a 1-per-cent royalty) for $1-million (Canadian) cash.

The 42 claims cover approximately 6.5 square kilometres (km) and are subject to an existing 3-per-cent net smelter return royalty, one-half of which can be purchased for $2.5-million (Canadian). After giving effect to the sale, the Burchell project now covers an area of approximately 39.4 square km comprising 200 mining claim units.

The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Coleman Robertson, BSc, PGeo, the company's vice-president of exploration and a qualified person (QP) for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.

Bold Ventures management believes its suite of battery, critical and precious metals exploration projects are an ideal combination of exploration potential meeting future demand. The company's target commodities comprise: copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and chromium (Cr). The critical metals list and a description of the provincial and federal electrification plans are posted on the Bold website.

About Bold Ventures Inc.

The company explores for precious, battery and critical metals in Canada. Bold is exploring properties located in active gold and battery metals camps in the Thunder Bay and Wawa regions of Ontario. Bold also holds significant assets located within and around the emerging multimetals district dubbed the Ring of Fire region, located in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario.

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