Mr. Peter Gianulis reports

A2GOLD COMPLETES 4,400-METRE DRILL PROGRAM AT TAYLOR AND MOBILIZES RIG TO EASTSIDE TARGET PENTE

A2 Gold Corp. has completed its 2026 drill program at the Taylor gold-silver project in White Pine county, Nevada. The company completed 15 reverse circulation drill holes totalling approximately 4,400 metres.

With drilling completed at Taylor, the drill rig is being mobilized to the company's flagship Eastside project near Tonopah, Nev., where the company expects to commence an approximately 3,700-metre RC drill program at Target Pente.

Taylor drill program completed

The recently completed program represents A2 Gold's first drill campaign at Taylor since acquiring the project earlier this year. The program was designed to test priority targets identified through the integration of historical drilling, geological information and geophysical data.

A total of 15 RC holes were completed for approximately 4,400 metres. Samples from the drill program have been submitted for laboratory analysis, with assay results pending. The company expects to report results as they are received, reviewed and interpreted.

In addition to testing the primary drill targets, the program will provide A2 Gold with important new geological information to further refine its understanding of the broader mineralized system at Taylor and assist in planning future exploration programs.

Drilling to commence at Target Pente (Eastside project)

Following completion of the Taylor program, the drill rig is being mobilized to A2 Gold's flagship Eastside project, where drilling at Target Pente is expected to commence shortly.

The planned program will consist of approximately 3,700 metres of RC drilling and represents the next phase of A2 Gold's 2026 exploration program at Eastside.

Target Pente is one of several high-priority exploration targets identified across the company's extensive Eastside land package. The program is designed to test the potential for higher-grade epithermal feeder faults and veins, consistent with A2 Gold's strategy of targeting higher-grade mineralization within the broader Eastside district rather than simply expanding the known bulk-tonnage mineralized system.

The company believes that Eastside's large alteration footprint, multiple known centres of mineralization and extensive areas that remain underexplored provide significant opportunities for additional discoveries.

Peter Gianulis, chief executive officer of A2 Gold, commented: "The completion of approximately 4,400 metres across 15 holes at Taylor represents an important milestone for A2 Gold and our first drill program at the project since completing the acquisition earlier this year. We look forward to receiving the assay results and incorporating this new information into our understanding of the broader Taylor mineralized system. Importantly, our exploration program continues without interruption. The rig is now being mobilized directly to Eastside to begin drilling Target Pente. Our strategy at Eastside is increasingly focused on testing higher-grade feeder fault and vein targets within this very large epithermal system. Pente represents the next of these targets to be drill tested as we systematically evaluate the broader potential of the Eastside district."

Qualified person

John Marma, CPG, a certified professional geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release.

About A2 Gold Corp.

A2 Gold has built a multiasset gold-silver exploration platform in Nevada, one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions. The company controls approximately 230 square kilometres of prospective mineral tenure across its Eastside and Taylor projects, both district-scale assets with large precious metal resources with significant exploration and resource growth potential.

Eastside hosts an inferred mineral resource of 1.4 million ounces of gold and 8.8 million ounces of silver* while Taylor adds a highly prospective exploration district with gold, silver, antimony and porphyry-skarn upside. Backed by a fully financed exploration program and a strong pipeline of catalysts, A2 Gold is focused on unlocking value through resource expansion, new discoveries and systematic district-scale exploration.

A2 Gold is also supported by a strong shareholder base, including Kinross Gold Corp., which owns approximately 9.9 per cent of the company's issued and outstanding shares.

* Updated resource estimate and National Instrument 43-101 technical report, "Eastside and Castle Gold-Silver Project Technical Report, Esmeralda County, Nevada," prepared by Mine Development Associates of Reno, Nev., with an effective date of July 30, 2021. Pit-constrained inferred resources, using a cut-off grade of 0.15 gram per tonne gold, total 61.73 million tonnes grading 0.55 g/t gold and 4.4 g/t silver at the Original Pit zone, representing 1.09 million ounces of gold and 8.7 million ounces of silver, and 19,986,000 tonnes grading 0.49 g/t Au at the Castle area, representing 314,000 ounces of gold, using a gold price of $1,725 (U.S.) per ounce. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Inferred mineral resources are considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves.

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