AVG.V · 2026-01-30 12:00:00

Avidian Gold Corp. Announces Director Resignation

Management Changes

TORONTO, Ontario, January 30, 2026 - Avidian Gold Corp. (“Avidian” or the "Corporation")

(TSX.V:AVG) announces that Stephen Altmann has stepped down from the Company’s Board of

Directors, effective today, for personal reasons.

Dino Titaro, Chairman of Avidian states; “On behalf of the Board and management team, I

would like to thank Steve for his years of dedicated service and leadership. We sincerely wish him

well in his future endeavours.

About Avidian Gold Corp.

Avidian brings a disciplined and veteran team of project managers with a focus on advanced -

stage gold exploration. The Corporation currently holds a 100% interest in the Jungo gold-copper

property in Nevada and is evaluating other transformational opportunities.

Avidian is a shareholder in High Tide Resources (CSE: HTRC), which is focused on and

committed to the development of mineral projects critical to infrastructure development using

industry best practices combined with a strong social license from local comm unities. Avidian

Gold controls approximately 19.88% of High Tide’s outstanding shares. High Tide owns a 100%

interest in the Labrador West Iron Project which hosts an inferred iron resource of 654.9 Mt @

28.84% Fe and is located adjacent to the Iron Ore Co mpany of Canada’s (“IOCC”) Carol Lake

Mine in Labrador City, NL operated by Rio Tinto PLC. This resource is exposed at surface and

was pit constrained for an open-pit mining scenario. The Technical Report for this resource, from

which the foregoing informa tion was drawn, is entitled “National Instrument 43 -101 Technical

Report Mineral Resource Estimate Labrador West Iron Project, Newfoundland and Labrador,

Canada”, was filed on SEDAR+ on April 6, 2023 and was authored by Ryan Kressall M.Sc., P.

Geo, Matthew Herrington, M.Sc., P. Geo, Catharine Pelletier, P. Eng. and Jeffrey Cassoff P. Eng.

The Company also owns a 100% interest in the Lac Pegma copper-nickel-cobalt deposit located

50 kilometres southeast of Fermont, Quebec.

Further details on the Corporation and the Jungo Property can be found on the Corporation’s

website at www.avidiangold.com.

For further information, please contact:

Steve Roebuck

President & CEO

Mobile: (905) 741-5458

Dino Titaro

Director, Chairman of the Board

Mobile: (647) 283-7600

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