Mr. Rick Clark reports

MONTAGE DISCOVERS NEW HIGH-GRADE TARGETS AT KONE GOLD PROJECT, INCLUDING 27M AT 8.97G/T AT YERE NORTH AND 36M AT 2.45G/T AT GBONGOGO SOUTH; CONTINUES TO CONFIRM RESOURCE AT GBONGOGO MAIN AND EXPANDS DRILL PROGRAM

Montage Gold Corp. has released results from continuing drilling at the Kone gold project (KGP). A resource expansion program began in late November, 2022, and is continuing on numerous targets, including Yere North and Gbongogo South, where shallow initial reverse circulation drilling has intersected high-grade intercepts from surface. Concurrently, diamond drilling at the Gbongogo Main deposit (formerly referred to as the Gbongogo deposit) continues to confirm and expand the resource with the most recent deep holes ending in mineralization. Exploration is continuing and has been expanded based upon impressive discoveries since commencement of the program in November, 2022.

Highlights:

• Drilling at Gbongogo Main delivers wide high-grade intervals and depth extension;
  • Diamond core drilling to support resource confirmation and metallurgical testing;
    • GBDD030: 233.7 metres at 2.08 grams per tonne from surface (down plunge);
    • GBRC031: 152.7 m at 2.10 g/t from surface (down plunge);
  • Hole GBDD030 extended below prior drilling and ended in mineralization;
  • Drilling continuing to further test depth potential and engineering parameters;
• Shallow RC drilling at Gbongogo South defines new target with over 400 m strike length;
  • MMKAC057: 36 m at 2.45 g/t;
  • MMKAC006: 21 m at 3.31 g/t;
• Shallow RC drilling makes new discovery at Diouma North, located two kilometres south of Gbongogo Main;
  • GBRC070: 12 m at 2.64 g/t;
  • GBRC071: 15 m at 3.84 g/t;
  • GBRC065: 23 m at 1.43 g/t and 22 m at 1.55 g/t;
• Shallow RC drilling confirms Yere North target and demonstrates new high-grade potential;
  • MMKAC141: 27 m at 8.97 g/t, including nine m at 24.58 g/t;
• General drill program expanded to 40,000 m with four rigs drilling existing and new targets and expanding the resource at Gbongogo Main.

Rick Clark, Montage chief executive officer, commented: "We have only been exploring on the expanded KGP since November, 2022, and have already demonstrated the significant potential for new discoveries which could have a material impact on the KGP economics. These latest drill results more than support our decision to acquire the Mankono joint venture ground from Barrick and Endeavour. Our ongoing exploration continues to generate new target areas at an impressive rate and is proving up and expanding mineralization already identified. Equally significant is the successful ongoing technical drilling at Gbongogo Main which is confirming the high-grade nature of this deposit and expanding its dimensions.

"Our plan is to continue regional, systematic exploration of our large land package looking to identify more zones of economic significance to the KGP. At the same time, we intend to aggressively follow up on our recent discoveries towards including these areas and ounces in our next study update.

"These are very exciting times for our company, and we look forward to keeping our shareholders and the market updated as we continue to demonstrate the expanded potential of the KGP."

Details

KGP overview and exploration strategy

The KGP forms a contiguous block of 1,800 square km of exploration permits and a further 458 square km of exploration permit applications, for a total of 2,258 square km, and covers a strike length of over 75 km on one of the most prospective gold belts in West Africa.

Montage has completed 15,000 m of a planned program that has now been increased to over 40,000 m and includes a combination of RC, diamond core and reconnaissance, shallow RC drilling across a range of targets. The primary objective of the program is to identify high-grade satellite deposits grading over 1.5 g/t or better that will enhance the large-scale Kone deposit.

Drilling at Gbongogo Main delivers wide high-grade intervals and depth extension

Resource RC drilling of the upper part of the Gbongogo Main deposit is now complete (see press release dated Jan. 23, 2023) and core drilling commenced at the start of February with 1,454 m drilled to date. Gbongogo Main currently hosts an inferred mineral resource of 5.2 million tonnes (Mt) at 2.1 g/t for 351,000 ounces (1.2 g/t cut-off). The initial core holes have been drilled down plunge to provide samples for metallurgical test work, to improve understanding of the high-grade quartz tourmaline vein sets that cut the plunging quartz diorite unit and to test depth extension of the mineralization.

This drilling has further confirmed the high-grade nature of Gbongogo Main and work is now focused on systematic infill drilling in the deeper parts of the resource. Results received from GBDDH033 demonstrate that the plunging intrusive body is still open and widening at depth to a true width of close to 100 m.

Montage is upgrading and expanding the resource at Gbongogo Main and aims to define an indicated mineral resource in the coming months. Metallurgical samples are being shipped to SGS Lakefield, hydrogeological drilling is complete and geotechnical drilling will commence in April as part of the engineering work toward the delivery of a revised feasibility study.

Gbongogo South reconnaissance drilling

Shallow reconnaissance RC drilling (30 m vertical) forms a major part of Montage's strategy to evaluate the wider exploration potential of the KGP. The first target drilled in this initial program was Gbongogo South, where historic drilling intersected inconsistent mineralization over a strike length of over 500 m, just south of the Gbongogo Main deposit. Montage's evaluation of the area suggests that the primary control on the north-plunging intrusive at Gbongogo Main is a major north-south break in the geology representing the eastern margins of a district-scale shear zone that extends northward for over 15 km.

Reconnaissance drilling at Gbongogo South by the company has intersected good widths and grades on two lines coincident with the new interpretation of the regional geology.

Diouma North prospect

Diouma North is located two km south of Gbongogo Main and is a new discovery by Montage from mapping out the southern extensions of Gbongogo Main and Gbongogo South. It lies outside historic soil anomalies and clearly illustrates the serious potential of the area beyond historical work conducted by third parties. Results have been received for the first six of eight holes drilled to date.

GBRC065 intersected wide zones of mineralization hosted within a silicified diorite intrusive with widely disseminated pyrite. One hundred m to the south, holes GBRC070 and GBRC071 intersected tighter, higher-grade mineralization with the intervening section returning lower-grade intercepts.

The limited drilling to date by Montage has defined a northeast-trending mineralized structure with coincident mineralized intrusive material over a strike length of 150 m which is open in all directions in an underexplored part of the project area. Follow-up drilling is a priority.

Yere North prospect

Yere North was first identified by Barrick in 2021 from three trenches and two RC holes returning wide intercepts over an intrusive body. Montage has now completed three lines of shallow RC drilling across this target, confirming the mineralization over a 200 m strike length. Importantly, previously unidentified high-grade bedrock mineralization was intersected at the south end of the prospect.

As with Diouma, these are early days for this prospect, and Montage is mobilizing to follow up the exciting initial results with deeper RC drilling at Yere North in addition to further surface work to expand the prospect which is open to the north and south.

Outlook for Q2

Over the course of Q2, the company intends to continue its aggressive exploration program across the KGP following upon its initial and exciting success since November, 2022. The new discoveries recently identified will be prioritized to establish their resource potential. At the Gbongogo Main deposit, work will also continue toward achieving an initial indicated resource. In the background, work will continue on expanding the ESIA (environmental and social impact assessment) and completing the necessary engineering studies required to bring Gbongogo Main to a feasibility study level.

About Montage Gold Corp.

Montage is a Canadian-based precious metals exploration and development company focused on opportunities in Ivory Coast. The company's flagship property is the Kone gold project, located in northwest Ivory Coast, covering a total area of 2,258 square km, and which currently hosts a probable mineral reserve of 161.1 Mt grading 0.66 g/t for 3.42 M ounces of gold. The company released the results of a definitive feasibility study on the Kone gold project on Feb. 14, 2022, outlining a 15-year gold project producing an estimated 3.06 M ounces of gold over life of mine, with average annual production of 207,000 oz, and estimated peak production of 320,000 oz. The project also contains an inferred mineral resource of 5.2 Mt at 2.1 g/t for 351,000 oz at 1.2 g/t cut-off at the Gbongogo Main deposit located 30 km north of the Kone deposit. Montage is executing an exploration program in 2022/2023 with the objective of discovering multiple high-grade satellite deposits to supplement the probable reserves at the KGP. Montage has a management team and board with significant experience in discovering and developing gold deposits in Africa.

Technical disclosure -- Gbongogo Main deposit

The mineral resource estimate for the Gbongogo Main deposit has an effective date of April 22, 2022, and was carried out by Jonathon Abbott of MPR Geological Consultants of Perth, Western Australia, who is considered to be independent of Montage Gold. Mr. Abbott is a member in good standing of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the commodity, style of mineralization under consideration and activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Abbott consents to the inclusion in this press release of the information, in the form and context in which it appears. For details regarding data verification, quality assurance/quality control, interpretations, details regarding drill results, and the assumptions, parameters and related matters with respect to the inferred mineral resource estimate, please see the press release titled "Montage Gold Corp. Announces Government Approval of Mankono Exploration Permits and Provides Corporate Updates" dated Sept. 8, 2022, and filed on the company's SEDAR profile.

Technical disclosure -- Kone deposit

The mineral reserve estimate for the Kone deposit has an effective date of Feb. 14, 2022, and was carried out by Joeline McGrath of Carci Mining Consultants Ltd., who is considered to be independent of Montage. Ms. McGrath is a member in good standing of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the work which she is undertaking to qualify as a qualified person under NI 43-101.

The mineral resource estimates for the Kone deposit have an effective date of Aug. 12, 2021, and were carried out by Mr. Abbott of MPR, who is considered to be independent of Montage Gold. Mr. Abbott is a member in good standing of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the commodity, style of mineralization under consideration and activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a qualified person under NI 43-101.

Technical disclosure -- new discoveries within KGP

Samples used for the results described have been prepared and analyzed by fire assay using a 50-gram charge at the Bureau Veritas facility in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, or the SGS facility in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Shallow RC reconnaissance results are based on three-metre composite samples. Field duplicate samples are taken, and blanks and standards are added to every batch submitted. QA/QC has been approved in line with industry standards and interpretations reviewed by the qualified person.

The technical contents of this press release have been approved by Hugh Stuart, BSc, MSc, a qualified person pursuant to NI 43-101. Mr. Stuart is the president of the company, a chartered geologist and a fellow of the Geological Society of London.

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