Mr. Riley Trimble reports

ABEN GOLD RECEIVES FIRST PAYMENT OF OPTION AGREEMENT

Aben Gold Corp. has received the first payment in regard to the option agreement with Kingfisher Metals Corp. (the optionee); see news release dated Dec. 4, 2025.

The transaction closed on Dec. 23, 2025, and a payment of $150,000 and 1,886,792 Kingfisher shares has been received by the company.

The option agreement

Pursuant to the agreement, Aben granted Kingfisher a three-year option to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in the Forrest Kerr project, located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, Canada. The property contains 50 mineral claims, comprising approximately 20,197 hectares.

The agreement provides Kingfisher an opportunity to earn 100-per-cent interest in the claims over a three-year period by fulfilling combined cash and share issuance commitments of $2.7-million.

Kingfisher will be the operator of the project during the option period.

Qualified person

Cornell McDowell, PGeo, vice-president of exploration for Aben Gold, has reviewed and approved the technical aspects of this news release and is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About Aben Gold Corp.

Aben Gold is a Canadian gold exploration company with exploration projects in Yukon and British Columbia. The company's flagship, 7,400-hectare, 100-per-cent-owned Justin gold project is located in southeastern Yukon in the Tintina gold belt adjacent to Seabridge Gold's 3 Aces project.

The company's goal is to increase shareholder value through new discoveries and developing exploration projects in geopolitically favourable jurisdictions.

The company has 23.2 million shares outstanding.

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