Mr. Mike Blady reports

GOLDEN RIDGE RESOURCES ANNOUNCES A CHANGE OF AUDITORS

Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. has changed its auditor. At the request of the company, Smythe LLP has resigned as auditor of the company, effective July 10, 2026. The board of directors of the company has appointed DMCL LLP as the successor auditor, effective July 10, 2026, until the close of the next annual general meeting of the company.

The company has sent a notice of change of auditor to the former auditor and to the successor auditor, and has received a letter from each, addressed to the securities commissions in each of Alberta and British Columbia stating that they agree with the information contained in the notice. The notice, together with the letter from the former auditor and the letter from the successor auditor, haS been reviewed and approved by the company's board of directors and IS available under the company's profile on the SEDAR+ website.

There were no disagreements or unresolved issues between the company and the former auditor on any matter of audit scope or procedures, accounting principles or policies, or financial statement disclosure. It is the company's opinion that there have been no reportable events (as defined in National Instrument 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations)) between the company and the former auditor. The former auditor did not provide a modified opinion in its auditor's report for the financial statements of the company for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2024.

About Golden Ridge Resources Ltd.

Golden Ridge is a TSX Venture Exchange-listed exploration company engaged in acquiring and advancing mineral properties located in British Columbia and Newfoundland. Golden Ridge owns a 100-per-cent interest in the 1,700-hectare Hank copper-gold-silver-lead-zinc property located in the Golden Triangle district, approximately 140 kilometres north of Stewart, B.C. The company also owns a 100-per-cent interest in the 1,550-hectare Williams gold property that is surrounded by New Found Gold Corp.'s Queensway South gold property in the central Newfoundland gold belt of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.