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North PEAK Engages Independent Trading Group as Market Maker Calgary, Canada

NORTH PEAK ENGAGES INDEPENDENT TRADING GROUP

AS MARKET MAKER

Calgary, Canada June 1, 2026

North Peak Resources Ltd. (TSX Venture: NPR) (the “Company” or “North Peak”) announces that,

subject to regulatory approval, it has engaged the services of Independent Trading Group (" ITG") to

act as the Company’s market maker on a go-forward basis in accordance with TSX Venture Exchange

(“TSXV”) policies. ITG will trade shares of the Company on the TSXV and all other trading venues with

the objective of maintaining a reasonable market and improving the liquidity of the Company's common

shares.

Under the agreement, ITG will receive compensation of CAD$6,500 per month, payable monthly in

advance. The agreement is for an initial term of one month and will renew for additional one -month

terms unless terminated. The agreement may be terminated by either party with 30 days' notice. There

are no performance factors contained in the agreement and ITG will not receive shares or options as

compensation. ITG and the Company are unrelated and unaffiliated entities and at the time of the

agreement, neither ITG nor its principals have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the securities of the

Company.

About Independent Trading Group

Independent Trading Group (ITG) Inc. is a Toronto based CIRO dealer -member that specializes in

market making, liquidity provision, agency execution, ultra -low latency connectivity, and bespoke

algorithmic trading solutions. Established in 1992, with a focu s on market structure, execution and

trading, ITG has leveraged its own proprietary technology to deliver high quality liquidity provision and

execution services to a broad array of public issuers and institutional investors.

About North Peak

The Company is a Canadian -based gold exploration and development company listed on the TSX

Venture Exchange under the symbol “NPR” and the OTCQB under the symbol “NPRLF”. Launched

by the founding team behind both Kirkland Lake Gold and Rupert Resources, the team has a strong

track record of acquiring mining assets, applying modern exploration techniques and taking them into

operational mines.

North Peak’s flagship property is the Prospect Mountain Mine Complex (the “Property”) which lies in

the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, in an area known as the Southern Eureka Gold Belt, where three

styles of mineralization have been identified, gold, silver Carlin style mineralization, Carbonate

Replacement gold, silver, lead, zinc mineralization (CRD) and carbonate hosted P orphyry Related

Skarn lead, zinc and gold mineralization associated with cretaceous intrusions. At the Property, the

CRD mineralization is heavily oxidized to depths of at least 610m (2,000ft) below the top of the ridge

line.

A Plan of Operations is in place which covers part of the Property and entitles an operator to pursue

surface exploration (totaling 189 acres), underground mining of up to 365,000 tons per annum and

certain infrastructural works. A more complete descriptio n of the Property’s geology and

mineralization, including at the Wabash area, can be found in the NI 43 -101 Technical Report on the

Prospect Mountain Property, Eureka County, Nevada, USA dated and with an effective date April 10,

2023, prepared by David Py m (MSc), CGeol. of LTI Advisory Ltd. and Dr Toby Strauss, CGeol,

www.northpeakresources.com

[email protected]

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EurGeol., of Merlyn Consulting Ltd., which has been filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca under the

profile of the Company and on the Company’s website.

The Company can give no assurances at this time that its properties and interests will fulfil l

the Company’s business development goals described herein. Trading in the securities of the

Company should be considered highly speculative.

For further information, please contact:

Rupert Williams, CEO

Phone: +1-647-424-2305

Email: [email protected]

Chelsea Hayes, Director

Phone: +1-647-424-2305

Email: [email protected]

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD -LOOKING STATEMENTS : This press

release includes certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian securities legislation.

Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the receipt of TSXV approval for the

engagement of IT G, timing and completion of any drilling and work programs on the Property ,

estimates of mineralization from drilling, sampling and geophysical surveys, geological information

projected from drilling and sampling results and the potential quantities and grades of the target zones,

the potential for minerals and/or mineral resources and reserves, and statements regarding the plans,

intentions, beliefs, and current expectations of the Property and the Company that may be described

herein. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any

statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such information

can generally be identified by the use of forwarding-looking wording such as “may”, “expect”,

“estimate”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “believe” and “continue” or the negative thereof or similar variations.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as there can be no

assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks

and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions,

estimates, forecasts, projections and other forward -looking statements will not occur. These

assumptions, risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the state of the economy in general

and capital markets in particular, accuracy of assay results, geological interpretations from drilling

results, timing and amount of capital expenditures; performance of available laboratory and other

related services, future operating costs, and the historical basis for current estimates o f potential

quantities and grades of target zones, as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to in the

Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the periods ended March 31, 2026 , and the

year ended December 31, 2025 are available at www.sedarplus.ca, many of which are beyond the

control of the Company. Forward -looking statements contained in this press release are expressly

qualified by this cautionary statement.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press

release. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation

to update or revise any forward -looking statements, wheth er as a result of new information, future

events or otherwise. Additionally, the Company undertakes no obligation to comment on the

expectations of, or statements made by, third parties in respect of the matters discussed above.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined

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

accuracy of this release.