Mr. Bassam Moubarak reports

FREEMAN ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $3.6 MILLION NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Freeman Gold Corp. has closed its non-brokered private placement financing of 60 million units of the company at a price of six cents per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $3.6-million. Each unit comprises one common share of the company and one transferable common share purchase warrant that entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the company at a price of eight cents per share for a period of nine months from the date of its issue. No commissions or finders' fees were paid on this financing. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars, except as otherwise noted.

Proceeds from the non-brokered private placement will be used to finance an initial feasibility study on the Lemhi gold project. The feasibility study will build on the initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA) (Oct. 16, 2023) showing robust economics with an after-tax net present value (NPV) (5 per cent) of $212-million (U.S.) and an after-tax internal rate of return (IRR) of 22.8 per cent using a base case gold price of $1,750 (U.S.) per ounce (oz). At a gold price of $2,600 (U.S.) per oz, the after-tax NPV (5 per cent) increases to $600-million (U.S.) and after-tax IRR increases to 47.5 per cent. This supports the decision to advance the Lehmi project to feasibility stage and permitting for construction.

Insiders of the company participated in the offering by purchasing an aggregate of 7.75 million units. As such, the transaction constitutes a related party transaction within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security holders in Special Transactions. The company has relied on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 in respect of related party participation in the offering as neither the fair market value of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the transaction, insofar as it involves the related parties, exceeded 25 per cent of the company's market capitalization. The company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the closing of the offering as the details of the participation therein by related parties of the company had not been determined until shortly prior to closing of the offering.

Chairman Paul Matysek commented: "I am excited to be working with Bassam at the executive management level again to unlock the deeply discounted value in the Lehmi gold project. I am honoured to be part of a team that previously sold both Gold X Mining Corp. and Goldrock Mines for $365-million and $179-million, respectively. Bassam was solely instrumental in restructuring the debt, which ultimately led to the sale of Gold X to Gran Columbia Gold Corp. Additionally, he also led the Goldrock Mines Corp. project financing and prior to that led two equity financings that raised funds at 100-per-cent premium to the share price prior to its acquisition by Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. for $179. I am pleased by the commitment of the directors, management and insiders that participated in this private placement, and welcome our two new significant shareholders, who participated for $1.7-million of the $3.6-million of the private placement."

Qualified person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dean Besserer, PGeo, vice-president of exploration of the company and qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101.

About Freeman Gold Corp.

Freeman Gold is a mineral exploration company focused on the development of its 100-per-cent-owned Lemhi gold property. The project comprises 30 square kilometres of highly prospective land, hosting a near-surface oxide gold resource. The pit-constrained NI 43-101-compliant mineral resource estimate comprises 988,100 oz gold (Au) at 1.0 gram per tonne (g/t) in 30.02 million tonnes (measured and indicated) and 256,000 oz Au at 1.04 g/t Au in 7.63 million tonnes (inferred). The company is focused on growing and advancing the project toward a production decision.

The recently completed preliminary economic assessment (PEA) shows: an after-tax NPV (5 per cent) of $212.4-million (U.S.) and an IRR of 22.8 per cent using a base case gold price of $1,750 (U.S.) per oz; average annual gold production of 75,900 oz Au for a total life of mine (LOM) 11.2 years payable output of 851,900 oz Au; LOM cash costs of $809 (U.S.) per oz Au; and all-in sustaining cash costs (AISC) of $957 (U.S.) per oz Au using an initial capex of $190-million (U.S.).

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