Mr. Peter Schloo reports

HERITAGE RESTARTS DRILLING TARGETING HISTORICAL HIGH-GRADE AT DEPTHS: UP TO 14.24G/T AU OVER 4.11M FROM ~85M FROM SURFACE AT MELBA

Heritage Mining Ltd. has restarted the Melba drill program targeting the deepest historical intercept of the high-grade historical Melba Mine. Historical drilling has returned up to approximately 14.24 grams per tonne gold over approximately 4.11 metres from approximately 85 m from surface. Melba, located approximately 22 kilometres northeast from Kirkland Lake and 90 kilometres southeast of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The project comprises of approximately 3,886 hectares. Melba lies along the Ross fault, which is a splay off of the Porcupine-Destor fault zone and is associated with development-stage and historic producing gold mines: McEwen Mining's Grey Fox mine (greater than one million ounces gold) approximately 22 km away and the Ross mine (greater than one million ounces gold) approximately 16 km away.

"The zone intersected historically favourable results with increase grade at depths, this is similar to other deposits in the area. We look forward to expanding our understanding of the mineralized zones at Melba and updating our stakeholders on additional exploration results in short order," commented Peter Schloo, president, chief executive officer and director of Heritage.

Melba mine property description

The Melba mine is located in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, southeast of Matheson, Ont., approximately seven kilometres west off the King's Highway 11, on the section of highway travelling from Kirkland Lake to Cochrane. The Melba mine is located on the northeastern part of Ontario, close to the Ontario/Quebec border. The claim package includes single-cell mining claims spanning approximately 3,886 hectares and one mining lease.

Technical program

Heritage Mining adheres to a strict quality assurance/quality control protocol for handling, sampling, sample transportation and analyses. Chain-of-custody protocols are designed to ensure security of samples until their delivery at the laboratory.

Drill core was boxed, covered and sealed at the drill rig site. Core boxes were labelled with the official drill hole name and identified in numerical sequence starting from beginning of the hole to the end. Wooden blocks with the corresponding downhole metreage were inserted after every drill run. Drill core boxes were transported by drilling contactors to the on-site logging facility, where company personnel would take over the core handling.

Sampling, subsampling and laboratory analysis for Heritage Mining's Melba project

All drilling at the Melba project recovers NQ core. Drill core is systematically cut in half using a diamond saw. A qualified geologist examines the drill core, marking intervals for sampling and indicating the cutting line. Sample lengths are typically 1.0 metre, adjusted to a minimum length of 0.5 metre as necessary to respect lithological and/or mineralogical contacts and to isolate narrow veins or structures that may contain higher-grade mineralization.

Technicians saw the core along the cutting lines determined by the geologist. One-half of the core is retained as a witness sample while the other half is submitted for analysis. Individual sample bags are securely sealed and placed into sealed rice bags, which are then clearly marked with their contents. Heritage Mining submits samples for gold determination by PhotonAssay to Paragon Geochemical -- Timmins. Paragon operates under a commercial contract with Heritage Mining. Drill core samples are shipped to Paragon for sample preparation at its facilities in Timmins, Ont. Paragon is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited laboratory for the PhotonAssay method in addition to a variety of diverse metal determination methods.

Analytical procedures

The Paragon procedure for PhotonAssay involves the lab applying preparation codes INV-SAM (sample logging by bar code), PREP-PKG (weighing, drying at 100 C, crushing to 70 per cent passing two millimetres, riffle splitting approximately 500 grams into a PA jar and 250 grams for pulverization to 85 per cent passing 75 microns), followed by analytical code Au-PA01, which is a non-destructive gold analysis method using high-energy X-rays with a gold detection range from 0.015 part per million to 350 parts per million. After gold assays are returned, Heritage may then choose to perform multielement assays on selected samples based on the gold results first with Paragon. In these cases, an aliquot is taken from the previously prepared 250-gram split for analysis by 48MA-MS (four-acid digestion followed by multielement ICP-MS analysis for a 48-element suite).

Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)

The drill program design, QA/QC and interpretation of results are performed by qualified persons employing a rigorous QA/QC program consistent with industry best practices. Standards and blanks account for a minimum of 10 per cent of the samples, in addition to the laboratories' internal quality assurance programs. Quality control data are meticulously evaluated upon receipt from the laboratories for any failures. Appropriate corrective action is taken if assay results for standards and blanks fall outside allowed tolerances. All results disclosed by Heritage Mining have successfully passed the company's stringent quality control protocols. The company does not recognize any factors of drilling, sampling or recovery that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the assay data disclosed. The assay data disclosed in this press release have been verified by the company's qualified person against the original assay certificates. Heritage Mining notes that it has not completed any economic evaluations of its Melba project, and the project does not currently have any resources or reserves.

Qualified person

Mitch Lavery, PGeo, strategic adviser for the company, serves as a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this news release, approving the disclosure herein.

About Heritage Mining Ltd.

The company is a Canadian mineral exploration company advancing its Ontario project portfolio in Northwestern and Northeastern Ontario. The Drayton-Black Lake, Contact Bay and Scattergood projects are located near Sioux Lookout in the underexplored Eagle-Wabigoon-Manitou greenstone belt. The Melba property is located near Ramore, Ont. All projects benefit from a wealth of historic data, excellent site access and logistical support from the local community.

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