Mr. Koby Kushner reports

ATHENA GOLD APPOINTS FARID MAMMADOV AS VICE PRESIDENT, INVESTOR RELATIONS

Athena Gold Corp. has appointed Farid Mammadov, CPIR, as vice-president, investor relations, of the company, effective immediately. Mr. Mammadov is a seasoned mining investor relations, marketing and communications professional, with over five years of experience in the junior mining sector. Mr. Mammadov previously served as vice-president, investor relations, at New Age Metals Inc. He holds the certified professional investor relations (CPIR) designation from the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) and a BA in business law and a minor in economics from Carleton University.

"We welcome Farid to the Athena team. Investor relations is an area that deserves more focus given the important catalysts we've been working towards over the last several months, and I look forward to working with Farid to better communicate these milestones to shareholders in due course," said Koby Kushner, chief executive officer of Athena.

"I am excited to be joining Athena at an important time for the company. I look forward to working with the team and bringing my experience in investor relations and capital markets to support clear, consistent communications with shareholders and the broader investment community. My goal is to help strengthen and contribute to the company's long-term growth," said Farid Mammadov, vice-president, investor relations.

About Athena Gold Corp.

Athena is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and the acquisition of mineral property assets. Its objective is to locate and develop economic precious and base metal properties of merit and to conduct additional exploration drilling and studies on its projects across North America. Athena's Laird Lake project is situated in the Red Lake gold district of Ontario, covering more than 7,000 hectares along more than 10 kilometres of the Balmer-Confederation Assemblage contact, where recent surface sampling results returned up to 373 grams per tonne Au. This underexplored area is road accessible, located about 10 km west of West Red Lake Gold's Madsen mine and 34 km northwest of Kinross Gold's Great Bear project. Also in Northwestern Ontario is Athena's Forester project, an 8,840-hectare land package located less than 30 km southeast of Equinox Gold's Musselwhite gold mine, with historical drill intercepts showing strong potential for both high-grade, narrow-vein and low-grade, bulk-tonnage gold mineralization. Meanwhile, Athena's Excelsior Springs project is located in the prolific Walker Lane trend in Nevada, where it is currently under an earn-in option with Mammoth Minerals Ltd. (formerly Firetail Resources Ltd.). The Excelsior Springs project spans more than 2,500 hectares and includes at least three historic mines.

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