Mr. Chris Wensley reports

CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE APPROVES GOLD RUNNER EXPLORATION'S OPTION TO ACQUIRE THE GOLDEN GIRL PROPERTY FROM THE B-ALL SYNDICATE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PROLIFIC GOLDEN TRIANGLE

The Canadian Securities Exchange has approved Gold Runner Exploration Inc.'s option agreement, dated Jan. 21, 2026, as amended Jan. 26, 2026, with the B-ALL Syndicate Ltd. (the optionor) to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in the Golden Girl property from the B-ALL Syndicate, the same team that generated and staked Goliath Resources' Surebet discovery and contributed to advancing that discovery to where it is today. The B-ALL Syndicate also generated and staked the Big One discovery that was subsequently optioned to Juggernaut Exploration and is situated adjacent to Galore Creek. Golden Girl is located approximately midway between Goliath's Surebet discovery and Juggernaut's Big One discovery.

As described in the company's news release dated Jan. 23, 2026, the Golden Girl property covers an area of 8,471 hectares in the Iskut River region of northwestern British Columbia, just 17 kilometres from the Snip mine and 14 kilometres from the Bronson airstrip. Exploration conducted by B-ALL on the Golden Girl property identified a large new gold-silver system measuring 12 km by seven km. The system features a gold-rich core surrounded by a silver-rich halo. Highlights from the 2024 exploration program include grab samples assaying up to 11.28 grams per tonne gold, 3,262 g/t silver, 5.37 per cent copper, 20 per cent lead and 14.15 per cent zinc, and channel cuts assaying up to 3.74 g/t Au, 2,105.45 g/t Ag, 0.88 per cent Cu, 5.48 per cent Pb and 7.42 per cent Zn.

The nearby, past-producing Snip gold mine historically produced approximately one million ounces of gold, 390,000 ounces of silver and 249,276 kilograms of copper (at an average of 127.5 grams per tonne gold over eight years). Eskay Creek, which lies approximately 60 km east of Golden Girl, produced approximately 3.3 million ounces of gold and 160,000 ounces of silver between 1994 and 2008 (with an estimated 3.3 million ounces of gold and 88 million ounces of silver in reserves). It should be noted that Eskay Creek mine has recently been permitted to recommence mining operations -- see Skeena Resources Ltd. news releases dated Jan. 28, 2026, and Feb. 3, 2026. The reader is reminded that the information provided herein from neighbouring projects and properties is not necessarily indicative of resources and should not be relied upon for the determination of mineralization or potential results of the company's properties.

High-grade mineralization at Golden Girl occurs in structurally controlled shear zones within sulphide-rich veins, stockwork and breccias, similar to the nearby Snip gold mine. Hydrothermal fluids took advantage of pre-existing structures to deposit gold-silver-rich mineralization as well as sulphides such as chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite associated with quartz-carbonate-rich veins. Pervasive alteration associated with fluid infiltration is often observed surrounding the zones of strong gold-silver mineralization assaying up to 11.28 g/t Au, 3,262 g/t Ag, 5.37 per cent Cu, 20 per cent Pb and 14.15 per cent Zn and channel cuts assaying up to 3.74 g/t Au, 2,105.45 g/t Ag, 0.88 per cent Cu, 5.48 per cent Pb and 7.42 per cent Zn.

More than 95 per cent of the Golden Girl property remains unexplored. Rapid glacial retreat and snowpack abatement over the past 35 years have revealed vast areas of new outcrop that have never seen historical surface exploration. Gold Runner has begun planning and scheduling prospecting, sampling and mapping, as well as detailed geophysical surveys over the property during the current exploration season in preparation for the inaugural drill program.

Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement, the company has paid the initial option fee of $250,000. The company has also issued to the members of the B-ALL Syndicate an aggregate of 1.83 million common shares at a price of $1.13 per common share plus 1.83 million common share purchase warrants exercisable within five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $1.14 per common share. The securities issued hereunder are subject to the requisite four-month-and-one-day hold period from the date of issuance. The parties to the option agreement are arm's length.

Chris Wensley, chief executive officer of Gold Runner, stated: "We are now fully funded to undertake and complete the 2026 exploration program on Golden Girl. Preparations are already under way to begin expanding on the excellent work done by the B-ALL Syndicate team, who generated Golden Girl. We are on schedule to commence this vital and much anticipated fieldwork by July, 2026, and define our maiden drill program for the following season. This is a tremendously exciting time for the company and our team. We look forward to executing and delivering on our plan and bringing notable results to our shareholders."

Qualified person

This news release has been approved by Alan Morris, MSc, CPG No. 10550. Alan J. Morris is an independent, qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed the scientific and technical disclosure included in this news release.

About Gold Runner Exploration Inc.

Gold Runner Exploration is an exploration company focused on the exploration and development of its portfolio of gold and silver properties located in prolific mining districts of Canada and the United States. In British Columbia, Gold Runner holds the option to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in the Golden Girl property, located in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia. In north-central Nevada, the company holds the Rock Creek gold project, the Falcon mine project and the Dry Creek project, located in the Tuscarora Mountains in close proximity to the world-renowned Carlin trend. Gold Runner also holds a 10-per-cent carried interest in the Cimarron project located in the San Antonio Mountains of Nye county, Nevada, within the Walker Lane trend.

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