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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

General Copper Gold Provides Update on Management Cease Trade Order

VANCOUVER, CANADA - January 13, 2026) General Copper Gold Corp. (CSE: GGLD) (OTC: GNRGF) (FSE: 7S50) (the "Company") provides an update with respect to the previously announced management cease trade order (the "MCTO") issued at the request of the Company on December 30, 2025.

The MCTO was issued in connection with the delay by the Company in filing its annual financial statements, management's discussion and analysis and related officer certifications for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 (collectively, the "Financial Statements") beyond the required filing deadline under Parts 4 and 5 of National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations and pursuant to National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuer's Annual and Interim Filings, being December 29, 2025.

The Company and its auditors are working diligently to finalize the Financial Statements which are expected to be filed in short order, and no later than January 30, 2026. The MCTO prohibits the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer from trading securities of the Company and will remain in effect until the Financial Statements are filed.

The Company is providing this status update in accordance with National Policy 12-203 Management Cease Trade Orders ("NP 12-203"). The Company intends to follow the provisions of the Alternative Information Guidelines set out in NP 12-203, including the issuance of bi-weekly default status reports in the form of news releases, for as long as the Company remains in default. The Company confirms as of the date of this news release that there has been no material change in the information contained in the default announcement issued on December 30, 2025 and there is no other material information concerning the affairs of the Company that has not been generally disclosed.

About General Copper Gold Corp.

General Copper Gold Corp. is an independent mineral exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia that is engaged in the business of exploring for and evaluating mineral properties.

General Copper Gold is currently exploring the 2,313 hectare Topley Richfield copper-gold property in British Columbia. Topley Richfield is a historic mining area with previous work carried out in 2008, 2015 as well as geophysical surveys in 2021. There are significant historical drilling intercepts and the 2021 geophysics has highlighted further key highly prospective areas that have yet to be explored. Multiple drill targets have already been identified by the Company.

For further information, please contact:

General Copper Gold Corp.

Michael Curtis, President

T: (604) 639-4452

E: mcurtis@intrepidfinancial.ca

The CSE has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transactions and neither has approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.