Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 18, 2026) - Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSXV: CKG) (OTCQX: CHPGF) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has been named to the TSX Venture 50 list of top performing companies on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV"), based on an outstanding 388% share price appreciation and 415% market capitalization growth in 2025.

The 2026 TSX Venture 50 showcases the top 51 of over 1,600 TSXV issuers. Eligible listed issuers are ranked based on three equally weighted criteria of one-year share price appreciation, market capitalization growth, and Canadian consolidated trading value as of December 31, 2025. The companies on the list delivered an average share price appreciation of 431% to investors in 2025, up from 207% in 2024. In addition, the group's combined market capitalization is $21.5 billion-an increase of $17.9 billion over the year.

More details can be found at the following link: tsx.com/venture50.

Jean-Paul Tsotsos, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are honoured to be recognized as a TSX Venture 50 company for 2026. This achievement reflects the Company's momentum, underscoring the strength of our strategy, execution, and confidence of our investors. We are fully-funded for 2026 and remain committed to driving innovation through our proprietary oxidative leach technology, delivering long-term value through our Metates project, and building on this success."

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About Chesapeake

Chesapeake Gold Corp's flagship asset is the Metates Project ("Metates") located in Durango State, Mexico. Metates hosts one of the largest undeveloped gold-silver deposits in the Americas^[1] with over 16.77 million ounces of gold at 0.57 grams per tonne (g/t) and 423.2 million ounces of silver at 14.3 g/t within 921.2 million tonnes in the Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource category and a further 2.13 million ounces of gold at 0.47 g/t and 59.0 million ounces of silver at 13.2 g/t within 139.5 million tonnes in the Inferred Mineral Resource category. See the technical report titled "Metates Sulphide Heap Leach Project Phase I" dated January 13, 2023, and news release dated February 22, 2023.

^[1] Mexico's biggest undeveloped gold deposits. Bnamericas. Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020.

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