Mr. Jonathan Wiesblatt reports

TRIDENT PROVIDES UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING ITS MARKETING ENGAGEMENT WITH FREEDOM FINANCIAL RESEARCH, LLC

Further to the news release dated Sept. 21, 2026, and at the request of the TSX Venture Exchange, Trident Resources Corp. is providing updated and additional information regarding its engagement of Freedom Financial Research LLC to provide marketing and investor awareness services to the company. This news release restates, in full, the disclosure regarding the FFR engagement contained in the prior release, as updated and supplemented below, and supersedes that disclosure.

Background and place of business of FFR

FFR is a limited liability company with its principal place of business at 435 Merchant Walk Square, Suite 300-64, Charlottesville, Va., 22902, United States. FFR is a financial research and publishing business that prepares investor-focused content and distributes it by e-mail to subscribers of the newsletter audiences it manages, which include the Freedom Financial News, Kiyosaki Uncensored, Kiyosaki's Money, Power and Profit, and Kiyosaki's Private Playbook lists. FFR has advised the company that these audiences comprise more than one million readers, primarily self-directed retail investors located in the United States.

Background of Christopher Carroll

Mr. Carroll is the managing partner of FFR and is the individual who will provide, and be responsible for, the services under the FFR agreement (as defined below). Mr. Carroll carries on business from FFR's offices in Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Carroll has experience in financial publishing and investor communications. From 2017 to February, 2025, he was a publisher with Paradigm Press, a financial newsletter publisher based in Baltimore, Md., and, since November, 2020, he has been a member of Capella Group LLC of Charlottesville, Va. From 2002 to 2019, Mr. Carroll was the owner of Livingry Inc., a private company based in Marrero, La.

Services and activities

The company has entered into an agreement with FFR dated Sept. 11, 2026, as amended by an addendum dated Oct. 1, 2026, pursuant to which FFR will develop and carry out an investor awareness campaign for the company. The FFR services consist of: (i) strategic campaign planning; (ii) narrative development, copywriting and creative content prepared from the company's publicly disclosed information; (iii) the distribution of eight dedicated e-mail communications, being two e-mails to each of the four FFR subscriber audiences described above, timed to coincide with the company's news releases and public news flow; and (iv) the provision to the company of available delivery and engagement reporting following the campaign. The campaign will be carried out by e-mail only. For clarity and notwithstanding the description in the prior release, the FFR services do not include social media management or other digital marketing services.

Under the FFR agreement, the company has full control and direction over, and oversight and knowledge of, all content created and distributed by FFR. All materials prepared or disseminated by FFR must be reviewed and approved in writing by the company before dissemination, FFR must provide the company in advance with the final form of all materials, the audience to which each will be distributed and the scheduled distribution date, and the company may require FFR to amend, suspend or withdraw any materials at any time. FFR may not subcontract any of the FFR services without the company's written approval. References to Robert Kiyosaki relate only to the names of FFR's subscriber audiences. Mr. Kiyosaki has not reviewed, recommended or endorsed the company or its securities.

Term

The FFR agreement has a term of 30 days, which commenced on Sept. 21, 2026, upon the launch of the campaign.

Consideration and payment terms

In consideration for the FFR services, the company has agreed to pay FFR a fixed fee of $150,000 (U.S.), payable in full upon signing of the FFR agreement. The fee represents the total consideration and total cost payable by the company for the FFR services, and no additional fees, expenses or third party costs are payable by the company under the FFR agreement; and any expansion of the scope of the FFR services would require the written agreement of both parties. The fee has been financed from the company's working capital. The company will not issue any securities to FFR or Mr. Carroll as compensation for the FFR services.

Relationship with the company

To the company's knowledge, FFR and Mr. Carroll are at arm's length to the company, and neither FFR nor Mr. Carroll (nor any of FFR's directors, officers, owners or managers) has any interest, direct or indirect, in the company or its securities, or any right or intent to acquire such an interest. FFR has agreed that its directors, shareholders, owners, managers and employees will not trade in the company's securities during the term of the FFR agreement.

The FFR agreement remains subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Trident Resources Corp.

Trident is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on advancing district-scale opportunities in Saskatchewan's La Ronge gold belt. The company has assembled a large and strategic land position encompassing the several gold projects, which host foundational gold resources, together with a growing portfolio of highly prospective regional exploration properties. Trident's current exploration focus is at the 100-per-cent-owned Contact Lake gold project, host to a past-producing high-grade gold mine where active drill programs are under way to expand known mineralization and unlock the broader district-scale potential of the belt. Backed by a strong treasury as well as an experienced technical and capital markets team, Trident is advancing multiple opportunities with the goal of becoming a leading explorer in one of Canada's emerging gold districts.

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