Mr. Samuel Pelaez reports

GOSSAN RESOURCES 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW, 2024 STRATEGIC PLANS, 2023 AGM RESULTS, AND GRANT OF OPTIONS

Gossan Resources Ltd. has provided a general update to shareholders, including a review of the work performed in 2023 and the company's strategic plans for 2024. In addition, the company has released results of its annual and special general meeting and a stock option grant.

2023 year in review

Sale of Bird River nickel platinum group metal project: In April, 2023, Gossan agreed to sell to a third party a three-year option to purchase 100 per cent of the title and interest in and to the Bird River claims held by Gossan. The purchase value was assigned to be up to $1.61-million, and Gossan would also retain a 2-per-cent net smelter return royalty.

Gander gold project: During Q4 2023, the company conducted a new visit to the site to follow up on the results from the previous years' geophysical and detailed sampling programs. The company engaged a contractor to conduct a 16-day field program, which included prospecting and till sampling of both the B-horizon and C-horizon. This till chemistry was conducted as a follow-up check survey to validate the previous years' results, and to improve understanding on the areas of greater prospectivity. Collections of bedrock and outcrop samples, which consist of vein material, selvages of host rock and minor sulphides, also took place.

The target areas for this survey consisted primarily of areas that had previously been determined to be of higher prospectivity. In total, 55 samples were collected, including geochemistry samples, heavy mineralogy till samples, country rock samples and mineralized rock samples. At the main Gander property, mineralized samples were typically quartz veins with trace to 1 to 2 per cent fine-grained sulphides of pyrite, arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite.

At the satellite Island Pond property, mineralized samples were collected of brecciated quartz-carbonate veining containing pyrite and galena, within felsic volcanic rocks. The analytical results from these samples and geological observations will support the validation and refinement of existing soil geochemistry anomalies. Final assay results and conclusions are pending.

Separation Rapids lithium project: Following the quick advancement of Avalon Advanced Materials' property during 2023, which sits contiguously and directly along strike to Gossan's property, the company determined to revisit the property for validation of its earlier work programs. During Q4 2023, the company planned a sampling program intended to perform infill sampling within historically sampled outcrops, to sample mapped and unsampled pegmatites, and to collect samples for X-ray diffraction analysis to gain a better understanding of the mineral phases present in the pegmatites. The program was ultimately completed in the first days of 2024.

Preliminary results show pegmatite mineralogy was seen to be relatively homogenous, being mostly dominated by sugary to granular coarse-grained albite and quartz with lesser accessory medium-grained muscovite and rare biotite and phlogopite. Lepidolite was seen in a few samples and was distinguished by a deep purple hue and basal cleavage. Several previously unmapped pegmatite bodies were discovered. These pegmatite bodies were seen to extend the pegmatite zone to the west (toward Avalon) and follow the reported structural alignment of approximately 100 degrees strike and approximately 80 degrees dip.

In total, 19 samples were taken. All samples were sent for sodium peroxide fusion and seven samples were selected for additional semi-quantitative X-ray diffraction. The assay certificates and final report are pending completion.

Samuel Pelaez, the company's president and chief executive officer, stated: "The work carried out in Gander over the past three seasons allows us to better refine areas for further exploration. The company looks forward to defining drill target areas this year, and to identify the adequate source of financing for that next phase of exploration. Similarly, our Separation Rapids property has generated renewed interest after Gossan's neighbours did a terrific job in 2023 by moving their property swiftly to a development stage and by engaging credible and reputable partners to put the asset into production. At Gossan, we are continuing to advance these properties while pursuing all avenues to create value for shareholders."

2024 corporate plans

• Royalty Subco: The company is advancing plans to create a wholly owned subsidiary to hold the company's royalty portfolio. The royalty portfolio currently consists of four royalties, including the per-ton royalty on Canadian Premium Sand Inc.'s Manigotagan deposit, which is currently making advance royalty payments. The company also holds a right to repurchase a percentage of a royalty on its Gander property. In addition, it is the intention of the company to create new royalty agreements on its remaining exploration and development properties, and to assign them to the newly created royalty subsidiary. The process is continuing and the company will make further announcements as milestones are completed.
• Exploration activities:
  • Gander gold project: Gossan intends to continue to advance its Gander property to a drill-ready state. Final conclusions from the 2023 work program are pending, and new explorations plans will follow these recommendations;
  • Glitter volcanogenic massive sulphide project: The company has been planning to conduct downhole electromagnetic surveys on its last set of drill holes. The company will continue to look for the opportune time to commit the resources to this project as it plans to continue to advance the project, as financing allows;
  • Separation Rapids lithium project: The company is looking to complete an airborne geophysical survey of the property. Together with the recent sampling, these results will allow the company to better determine further explorations plans. These plans may include a mechanized program to better expose the widths and strike lengths of the mapped pegmatites.
• Pipestone critical metals project: The company is encouraged by the launch of the Canadian Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CIMF), looking to unlock new critical mineral resources, support improved environmental performance at mine sites, promote reconciliation with indigenous partners, and strengthen critical minerals supply and value chains. The company believes that its large indicated and inferred titanium dioxide and vanadium resource could become a leading supplier of minerals and materials for clean energy technologies (please refer to the company's Pipestone National Instrument 43-101 for details). Currently, the company is exploring a scenario involving the local community, a leading educational institution, and a technical consultant for engineering and environment to partner with the intention to secure CIMF funding to develop the Pipestone project through to completion of prefeasibility.

2023 AGM results

The company is pleased to announce the results of its annual and special meeting of shareholders, held on Dec. 14, 2023. At the meeting, incumbent directors MaryAnn Myhichuk, Dr. Hamid M. Mumin and George N. Mannard were re-elected as directors of Gossan. All other items put forth at the meeting were also approved, including the reappointment of the company's auditor, as well as the approval of a change to the company's bylaws.

Grant of options

On Feb. 26, 2024, the board of directors of the company granted 1.7 million incentive stock options to directors, officers, advisers and consultants. The options are subject to the corporation's stock option plan. The options have an exercise price of five cents per share and expire on Feb. 26, 2029. The options vest in tranches over a period of two years from the date of grant. In addition, 80,000 previously issued stock options to advisers have been cancelled. As of the date of this press release the corporation has 68,801,471 shares outstanding, and 3.33 million stock options outstanding.

Qualified person

The technical content of this release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Mumin, PhD, PEng, PGeo, a director of the company and a qualified person as defined under Canadian National Instrument 43-101.

About Gossan Resources Ltd.

Gossan Resources holds mineral exploration and development properties located in Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and Newfoundland. The company's focus is to advance exploration and drilling of its Glitter property, located in the zinc-copper-silver-rich polymetallic Sturgeon Lake greenstone belt of Northwestern Ontario. The company is also advancing its Gander gold property in Newfoundland. The company also holds a broadly diversified portfolio of multielement properties, prospective for hosting gold, base metals and platinum group elements, as well as specialty green battery metals, nickel, cobalt, vanadium, titanium, tantalum, lithium and chromium. Gossan also has a deposit of high-purity, magnesium-rich dolomite, and holds advance and production royalty interests in a high-purity silica sand deposit.

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