Mr. P.J. Murphy reports

FORGE RESOURCES ENGAGES CAPITALIZ MARKETING FOR INVESTOR AWARENESS SERVICES

Forge Resources Corp. has engaged Capitaliz Marketing Inc. to provide investor awareness and digital marketing services in accordance with the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the CSE).

Capitaliz will assist the company with investor awareness initiatives, which may include digital advertising, content development, and co-ordination with third party publishers and content creators. The services are intended to increase general awareness of the company and its activities among the investing public.

The engagement has an initial term of three months commencing April 19, 2026, continuing month to month thereafter unless terminated by either party upon 30 days of written notice. The company has allocated an initial campaign budget of $200,000, with the option to increase the total budget up to $300,000, payable in cash. No equity-based compensation, success fees or performance-based compensation will be paid to Capitaliz.

All promotional activities will be conducted under the company's control and oversight, in compliance with applicable securities laws and CSE policies. Capitaliz and its principals are prohibited from trading in the company's securities during the term of the engagement. The company has filed the required Form 10 -- Notice of Proposed Significant Transaction with the CSE and issued this news release in accordance with CSE Policy 5 and CSE Policy 7.

Options

The company also announces the issuance of an aggregate of two million options to consultants of the company. Each option allows the holder to purchase one common share of the company upon the terms and conditions of the option agreement. The options are exercisable over a two-year term expiring on April 10, 2028, at a price per share of 50 cents.

About Forge Resources Corp.

Forge Resources is a Canadian-listed junior exploration company focused on exploring and advancing the Alotta project, a prospective porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum project consisting of 230 mineral claims that cover 4,723 hectares, located 50 kilometres southeast of the Casino porphyry deposit in the unglaciated portion of the Dawson Range porphyry/epithermal belt in the Yukon Territory of Canada.

In addition, the company holds an 80-per-cent interest in Aion Mining Corp., a company that is developing the fully permitted La Estrella coal project in Santander, Colombia. The project contains eight known seams of metallurgical and thermal coal.

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