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Ridgestone Terminates Property Option Agreement

Mergers & Acquisitions Property Options & Staking

RIDGESTONE MINING INC. [email protected]

503 – 905 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1L6 www.ridgestonemining.com

TSX.V: RMI

OTCQB: RIGMF

FRA: 4U5

RIDGESTONE TERMINATES PROPERTY OPTION AGREEMENT

VANCOUVER, BC / August 15, 2023 / Ridgestone Mining Inc. ( TSX.V: RMI) (OTCQB: RIGMF)

(FRA:4U5) ("Ridgestone" or the "Company") announced today that it has terminated its option to acquire

a 100% interest in the Guadalupe y Calvo (the “GyC Project”) project from Endeavour Silver dated January

27, 2021 (the “Option Agreement”). In accordance with the terms of the option agreement and subsequent

termination agreement, the Company has settled all outstanding financial obligations including fees

pertaining to Mexican mineral claim holding costs. The agreement has been terminated as the Company

has been unable to secure adequate funding to advance the project for the required work commitments and

property payments given the current state of the market.

About Ridgestone Mining Inc.

Ridgestone Mi ning has assembled a highly experienced and dynamic team to explore and advance its

projects in Mexico. Ridgestone’s 100% -owned Rebeico copper -gold project has high -grade copper and

gold pervasive throughout the property with highlights including 1.56% cop per plus 1.80 g/t gold

intersected over 19.3 metres from surface at the New Year Zone and 2.78% copper plus 8.69 g/t gold over

2.0 metres from the Alaska Vein.

For further information, please contact:

Rad Rajaram – Manager Corporate Relations and Business Development

Telephone: 416-732-0604

This news release contains forward -looking statements or information (collectively referred to herein as "forward -looking statements"). Such

statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual res ults, performance or developments to differ materially from those

contained in the statements and are not guarantees of future performance of the Company. In this news release such statements include but are

not limited to any ongoing drilling programs, t iming of such programs, or exploration results. 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 the Company 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 our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-

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or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the Company's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those

projected in the forward -looking statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risks, uncertainties and other factors is not

exhaustive. Unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed could also have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements. The impact

of any one factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as such factors are dependent on other factors, and

the Company's course of action would depend on its assessment of the future considering all information then available. All forward-looking

statements in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, the Company

assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.

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