Mr. Mike Sieb reports

GETCHELL GOLD CORP. RECEIVES AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT 12 ADDITIONAL DRILL PADS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE UPSIDE POTENTIAL AT THE FONDAWAY CANYON GOLD PROJECT, NEVADA

As part of the planned 2023 drill program to expand the mineral resource at the Fondaway Canyon gold project, Getchell Gold Corp. has received authorization from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to construct an additional 12 drill pads.

The Fondaway Canyon gold project is host to a large, near- and at-surface mineral resource estimate (MRE) reporting:

• Inferred mineral resource of 38.3 million tonnes at an average grade of 1.23 grams per tonne Au for 1,509,100 ounces of gold;
• Indicated mineral resource of 11 million tonnes at an average grade of 1.56 g/t Au for an additional 550,800 ounces of gold;
• Strong gold mineralization in the most peripheral drill holes leaves the mineral resources open in most directions for further expansion and indicates a substantially larger body of mineralization than delineated to date;
• The drill plan is designed to expand the mineral resources and upgrade inferred resources to indicated.

"Having released a continuous series of exceptional drill results over the last three years, it is important to step back and appraise the potential of the Fondaway Canyon project as a whole," states Getchell president Mike Sieb. "What becomes immediately obvious is the strong and prevalent gold mineralization encountered in the most peripheral drill holes, signifying a robust mineralizing system that has yet to be truly tested. This causes us to seriously wonder how big it can be, and the additional 12 drill pads will enable us to conduct stepout drilling and start to answer that very important question."

Permitted drill pads

The company has received authorization from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to construct 12 additional drill pads under its notice-level permit for the Fondaway Canyon gold project that has brought the total number up to 26 property-wide. The additional 12 permitted drill pads allow the company to step out and potentially increase the already sizable mineral resource, as well as further delineate the mineralization internal to the current MRE to upgrade inferred resources to indicated.

The remaining 22 drill pads covering the Central area span a considerable 500metre-by-650-metre area, a 270-per-cent increase in extent from the previously permitted pad coverage. These 22 drill pads provide an excellent drill array, sufficient to support more than one drill campaign with multiple directional holes intended from each drill pad. For reference, from just six drill pads in the Central area the company has drilled 26 drill holes over three drill campaigns.

Mineralization wide open

Of the 26 drill holes drilled in the Central area, only 18 were used in the mineral resource estimate due to the resource model data inclusion cut-off in late September, 2022. These 18 drill holes were responsible for a doubling of the mineral resource estimate from historical levels. The balance of the drilling not included in the MRE -- nine holes drilled in the latter half of 2022 -- all intersected substantive mineralization.

Upon completion of the 2022 drill program the limits of the gold mineralization had yet to be encountered, remaining open in most directions and with strong gold mineralization observed in the most peripheral drill holes (that is, the furthest extent of drilling).

Six drill holes on the periphery of existing drilling have been selected to illustrate the continued strength and degree of openness of the gold mineralization at the furthest edge of drilling.

Three drill holes into the Colorado SW zone:

1. FCG22-20: open up dip to the northeast;
2. FCG21-08: open on strike to the northwest;
3. FCG21-15: open down dip to the southwest.

Three drill holes into the North Fork zone:

1. FCG22-18 and FCG22-22: open on strike to the southeast;
2. FCG22-19: open down dip to the southwest.

The trend of the gold mineralization is well defined, displaying high consistency along a 300 m down-dip drill length, maintaining good thickness and shallowly dipping. These are all highly favourable attributes to look for in a deposit in terms of both level of confidence and future potential.

Hole FCG22-20, drilled vertically from the base of the Colorado Pit, a historic small-scale open pit, intersected two gold intervals grading 0.8 g/t Au over 33 m and 1.7 g/t Au over 56.6 m. The mineralization remains open with the plan to drill on section to the northeast to extend the mineralization up dip toward the surface.

Hole FCG21-08, drilled to the southwest from the Colorado Pit, intersected a lengthy gold interval grading 1.4 g/t Au over 203.9 m. The mineralization remains open with the plan to drill off section to the northwest to extend the mineralization along strike.

Hole FCG21-15, drilled steeply to the northeast, intersected 1.2 g/t Au over 87.5 m. This is the farthest down-dip hole drilled on the Colorado SW zone and leaves the mineralization wide open in this direction with the plan to drill to the southwest to extend the mineralization down dip.

By themselves, these three holes display highly noteworthy intercepts, but when considered that the gold intervals encountered are at the furthest extents of drilling, a significantly larger body of mineralization is indicated at Fondaway Canyon than delineated to date.

The North Fork zone differs from the Colorado SW zone as it is generally higher grade, appears less constrained, and reveals the potential thicker and deeper roots of the mineralizing system.

Holes FCG22-18 and FCG22-22, drilling to the northeast at the Fondaway Canyon and North Fork branch junction, tested the southeastern extents of the mineralization and intersected multiple significant gold intervals spanning over 200 metres down-hole distance.

Hole FCG22-18 intersected three gold intervals grading 2.5 g/t Au over 43.4 m, 2.1 g/t Au over 46.6 m and 1.9 g/t Au over 72.6 m, and hole FCG22-22 intersected four gold intervals grading three g/t Au over 59.3 m, 2.4 g/t Au over 21.7 m, 0.8 g/t Au over 41.6 m and 1.1 g/t Au over 25.8 m. The mineralization is fully open along strike to the southeast with the drill plan intending to step out to extend the mineralization in this direction.

Hole FC22-19, set up on the same drill pad, is a vertical hole and the farthest down-dip intersection of the North Fork zone. Multiple significant gold intervals were encountered spanning 145 metres down-hole distance comprising 0.8 g/t Au over 23.5 m, 2.1 g/t Au over 87.6 m and 2.1 g/t Au over 10.8 m. The mineralization is fully open down dip to the southwest with the drill plan intending to test the extent of the mineralization further in this direction.

These three holes have encountered exceptional drill intercepts of significant extents and grade, and when considering that these gold intervals are at the furthest extents of drilling, the indication of a substantially larger body of mineralization than delineated to date is reaffirmed at Fondaway Canyon.

Scott Frostad, PGeo, is the qualified person (as defined in National Instrument 43-101) who reviewed and approved the content and scientific and technical information in the news release.

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About Getchell Gold Corp.

The company is a Nevada-focused gold and copper exploration company trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange and OTCQB. Getchell Gold is primarily directing its efforts on its most advanced-stage asset, Fondaway Canyon, a past gold producer with a significant in-the-ground historic resource estimate. Complementing Getchell's asset portfolio is Dixie Comstock, a past gold producer with a historic resource and two earlier-stage exploration projects, Star (copper-gold-silver) and Hot Springs Peak (Au). Getchell has the option to acquire 100 per cent of the Fondaway Canyon and Dixie Comstock properties, Churchill county, Nevada.

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