GOLD State Announces Change of Auditor

GOLD STATE RESOURCES INC.

NEWS RELEASE

GOLD STATE ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF AUDITOR

Vancouver, British Columbia (October 1, 2021) – Gold State Resources Inc. (formerly Cyon

Exploration Ltd.) (“Gold State” or the “Company”) (TSXV: GOST | OTCQB: CYNXF | FSE: C2YD)

announces that it has changed its auditor from Davidson & Company LLP (the “Former Auditor”) to WDM

Chartered Professional Accountants (the “Successor Auditor”), effective September 28, 2021.

At the request of the Company, the Former Auditor resigned as auditor of the Company and the

board of directors of the Company appointed the Successor Auditor as the Company's auditor

effective September 28, 2021, until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the

Company.

There were no reservations in the Former Auditor's audit report for the relevant period, being

the two most recently completed financial years ended March 31, 2021. It is the Company's

opinion that there have been no "reportable events" as defined in National Instrument 51-102

Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“NI 51-102”) between the Company and the Former Auditor.

In accordance with NI 51-102, a Change of Auditor Notice (the "Notice") along with letters from

both the Former Auditor and Successor Auditor, each letter confirming agreement with the

statements contained in the Notice, have been reviewed by the Board of Directors and been filed

under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Gold State

Gold State is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in

North and South America. The Company is currently focused on its Black Rock Canyon gold

property that is favorably located within the Cortez gold trend of the Battle Mountain-Eureka

belt, a productive and rapidly growing gold mining district in Nevada, as well as its newly acquired

Jumping Jack gold property located in the Moors Creek mining district of Nye County, Nevada,

approximately 55 miles north of Tonopah. The Jumping Jack Property is situated along the

eastern margin of the Walker Lane Gold Trend, ten miles north of Kinross Gold Corporation’s

well-known Round Mountain Gold Mine, and is five miles north of the nearest Round Mountain

open pit.

Gold State Resources Inc.

Per: “Brian Thurston”

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Brian Thurston

President and CEO

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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All

statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or

developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward -looking statements. Forward-

looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always,

identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates",

"projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may",

"could" or "should" occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such

forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not

guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the

forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from

those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration

successes on the Company’s Black Rock Canyon, Jumping Jack and other properties , and

continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business

conditions, laws in the state of Nevada and other jurisdictions where the Company operates .

Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and

actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking

statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the

Company's management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by applicable

securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward -looking

statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should

change.