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GREAT REPUBLIC MINING CORP ANNOUNCES CONSOLIDATION AND NAME CHANGE TO GOLD OROGEN RESOURCES CORP.

UPDATES ON RTO WITH LODE GOLD CORP

February 5TH, 2026: Vancouver, Great Republic Mining Corp. (CSE:GRM) ("Great Republic", "GRM", or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, in connection with the previously announced arrangement among the Company, Lode Gold Resources Inc. and 1475039 B.C. Ltd. (the "Transaction") the Company will (i) consolidate all of its issued and outstanding common shares (the "Shares") on the basis of one (1) post-consolidated Share for every ten (10) pre- consolidated Shares held (the "Consolidation") and (ii) change its name from "Great Republic Mining Corp." to "Gold Orogen Resources Corp." (the "Name Change").

The Consolidation and Name Change were approved by the Company's board of directors on January 27, 2026. The Consolidation and Name Change will take effect on February 11, 2026 and the Transaction is anticipated to close immediately thereafter. The trading of the Shares on a post-Consolidation and Name Change basis on the Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE") is expected to commence following receipt of final approval of the CSE for listing of the Shares following closing of the Transaction, and upon resumption of trading the Company's stock symbol on the CSE will be "ORG". The Company will provide further update once a listing date for the Shares following completion of the Transaction has been provided by the CSE.

No fractional Shares will be issued under the Consolidation as fractional Shares will be rounded either up or down to the nearest whole number of Shares. Each fractional Share remaining after conversion that is less than half of a Share will be cancelled and each fractional Share that is at least half of a Share will be changed to one whole Share. The exercise price and number of Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of any outstanding convertible securities, including incentive stock options and warrants, will also be adjusted in accordance with the Consolidation ratio. The new CUSIP number for the Shares will be 380669101 and the new ISIN number will be CA3806691018.

UPDATE ON RTO WITH LODE GOLD RESOURCES On February 5th, 2026, Lode Gold Resources Inc. has provided an update on the previously announced conditional approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange for the listing of the company's subsidiary 1475039 B.C. Ltd. (Gold Orogen) on the CSE by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) concurrent with the reverse takeover of CSE-listed Great Republic Mining. The assets of Gold Orogen are described below in the About Gold Orogen (1475039 B.C. Ltd.) section.

The concurrent closings of the arrangement and RTO are anticipated on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, with the receipt of CSE final approval expected imminently thereafter. Registered shareholders of Lode Gold will be entitled to receive a distribution of 0.5739 share of Gold Orogen for each common share of Lode Gold held as of the day before the effective date.

Gold Orogen, as the resulting issuer of the RTO, will trade on the CSE under the symbol OROG. It is anticipated OROG shares will commence trading approximately three business days after receipt from the CSE of final approval for the listing of Gold Orogen.

About Great Republic Mining Corp.

Great Republic is a Canadian exploration company engaged in the business of acquiring and exploring mineral resource properties founded by a team with extensive geological, mining, and capital markets experience.

About Gold Orogen (1475039 B.C. Ltd.)

Gold Orogen is an early-stage exploration pure play with quality assets in the Yukon and New Brunswick, Canada. Optionality exists as assets are diversified on two mineral belts that are known to have prolific gold endowment.

The New Brunswick assets, McIntyre Brook and Riley Brook, sit on a highly prospective belt that has seen many exciting discoveries, including Dalradian, New Found Gold and Calibre Mining. Kinross-Puma surrounds McIntyre Brook. A 19.9-per-cent strategic partner was brought in, and a joint venture was formed to create one of the largest land packages in New Brunswick with mineral rights spanning 445 square kilometres.

In the Yukon, Golden Culvert/WIN sits on the southern end of the Tombstone belt, which in recent years has seen extensive exploration success. It has reduced intrusion (RIRGS) targets and sedimentary-hosted orogenic mineralization. Over 4,500 m have been drilled with 50 gram per metre intercepts.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Jerry Huang Chief Financial Officer and Director For further information, please contact:

Jerry Huang Chief Financial Officer and Director Tel: +1 (778) 867-7909 Email: info@greatrepublic.ca

Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management regarding Great Republic's exploration plans. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits Great Republic will obtain from them. These forward-looking statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain expectations, estimates and assumptions which may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results differed from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.