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Stakeholder Confirms Bedrock Gold Across Multiple Large-Scale Targets at Ballarat,
Unlocking Significant New Potential in the Heart of the White Gold District
Drilling intersects gold in seven of nine holes across three major target areas, including up to 1.20 g/t Au at Skye
North, 0.92 g/t Au at East Zone and 0.58 g/t Au at NW Zone; extensive gold-bearing trends remain largely untested,
while coarse-gold metallic-screen assays are currently being undertaken to investigate the higher grades of gold
identified with ICP testing and expanded field programs have been initiated to refine the highest-priority targets
Toronto, Ontario — September 22, 2026 — Stakeholder Gold Corp. (“Stakeholder” or the
“Company”) (TSX-V: SRC, OTCQB: SKHRF, WKN: A2QEP1) is pleased to announce encouraging
gold assay results from nine diamond drill holes (BA2602 to BA2610) completed on the Company’s
100%-owned Ballarat Project (“Ballarat”) in the White Gold District of the Yukon Territory. This drill
program tested beneath four large gold -in-soil anomalies — Skye North, Skye South, East and
Northwest (NW) zones — and successfully confirmed gold-bearing bedrock at the Skye North, East
and NW zones (Figure 2).
The 2026 results provide an important validation of Stakeholder’s exploration model: gold
mineralization was intersected in three of the four target zones tested and in seven of nine drill holes.
The drilling confirms that extensive surface gold anomalies at Ballarat are associated with gold-bearing
bedrock and establishes multiple priority areas for systematic follow-up. Notable results include 1.20
g/t Au over 1 metre within 6 metres grading 0.32 g/t in BA2604, together with 1.03 g/t gold in BA2603
from a subparallel structure at Skye North. The Skye North gold-in-soil anomaly extends for more than
2 km of strike extent. At the East Zone, BA2607 returned 0.92 g/t Au over 1 metre within a 650 X 350
metre gold-in-soil anomaly located at the headwaters of the prolific placer -gold-producing Barker
Creek.
Importantly, these drillholes tested only limited portions of gold-in-soil anomalies that extend from
several hundred metres to more than two kilometres across the northern Ballarat property. These gold
targets therefore remain largely open along trend and, in several areas, at depth (Figure 2), providing
Stakeholder with substantial scope to expand and refine the mineralized structures through additional
exploration. Gold shows a silver-tellurium association at the Skye North zone and the East zone, while
the NW Zone displays a lead-silver association.
The Company is also advancing metallic-screen (coarse-gold) assays on selected samples after several
ICP analyses returned higher gold values than corresponding fire assays. This work is designed to
assess the potential influence of coarse or nuggety gold and may revise certain gold values reported in
this release. Selected gold intercepts are summarized in Table 1.
2026 Gold Program Highlights
● Northwest (NW) zone – Gold was intersected in all three drill holes: The NW gold -in-soil
anomaly has two parallel zones, each extending for approximately 2 kilometres, across an area
hosting the property’s highest gold-in-soil value of 796 ppb and 3 historic grab samples grading
31.7 g/t Au, 25.35 g/t Au and 3.4 g/t Au (collected in 1991). All three 2026 holes (BA2608 to
BA2610) intersected gold values, including 0.58 g/t Au over 2 metres in BA2608 (Figure 2),
strengthening the case for follow-up work across this extensive and largely untested target.
● Skye North – Multiple gold-bearing structures have been confirmed beneath an anomaly which
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extends for more than 2 km: BA2604 returned 6 metres of 0.32 g/t Au including 1 metre of 1.20
g/t, while BA2603 returned 1.03 g/t Au from a subparallel structure. These results confirm
multiple gold-bearing structures beneath the Skye North gold-in-soil anomaly, which extends
for more than 2 kilometres along strike and remains a primary target for continued exploration.
Subsequent to drilling BA2603, BA2604 and BA2605 at Skye North, the 2026 prospecting and
mapping program undertaken on this area by Company geologists identified extensive
multiphase epithermal quartz veining, including mineralized quartz veins consistent with the
intercept encountered at the top of BA2604 (4-10 metres downhole). This multiphase quartz
veining was hosted in felsenmeer float over an area of approximately 250 X 150 metres.
● East zone – Bedrock gold confirmed at the headwaters of Barker Creek: The East zone gold
anomaly is defined by a substantial 650 X 350 metre gold -in-soil anomaly located at the
headwaters of the prolific placer-gold-producing Barker Creek. BA2607 returned 0.92 g/t Au
over 1 metre, confirming a bedrock gold source within this large surface anomaly and providing
a compelling basis for additional targeting.
● Skye South – Large target remains substantially untested: The Skye South gold-in-soil anomaly
extends for approximately 1.8 kilometres. The single 2026 hole (BA2606) did not intercept
significant gold values; however, the anomaly remains largely untested along strike and at depth
and is interpreted as a further subparallel structure, or set of structures, to Skye North. Its scale
and limited drill coverage preserve meaningful exploration upside for future programs.
Subsequent to drilling BA2606 at Skye South, the 2026 prospecting and mapping program
undertaken on this area by Company geologists observed that the gold-in-soil anomaly that was
targeted for drill testing was hosted on an active slope and the team inferred that the gold in soils
that were tested were likely transported down -slope away from the mineralized structure.
Epithermal style vein mineralization was subsequently identified up-slope on surface, and this
vein mineralization has now been sampled over another portion of the soil anomaly (assays
pending).
Results of this work will provide a focus for future exploration with the objective of identifying
a structurally hosted gold source for the extensive gold-in-soil anomalies which define the Skye
South target.
Catalysts and Next Steps Already Underway
● A focused prospecting and mapping program has been completed in the vicinity of the Skye
North, Skye South, East and NW gold-in-soil anomalies as well as on the Loki Critical Mineral
area. Assays are pending from this work.
● Expanded soil sampling is now in underway along extensions of the Skye North and Skye South
zones, as well as along the Loki Critical Minerals corridor. This work is designed to trace
mineralized trends, sharpen geological interpretation and define high-priority bedrock targets
for follow-up drilling.
● Metallic-screen (coarse-gold) assays are being completed on selected 2026 samples where ICP
analyses returned considerably higher gold grades than fire assays. This program is intended to
evaluate the potential nuggety character of the gold mineralization and may revise certain values
reported here, providing an additional near-term analytical catalyst for the 2026 drill program.
● A ground based induced polarization (IP) survey is scheduled to cover approximately 2
kilometres of strike along the main Loki Critical Minerals corridor, which is located
approximately 8 kilometres south of the gold zones (Figure 2). This survey will target stronger
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concentrations of disseminated sulphide mineralization associated with the previously reported
BA2601 intersection containing copper, cobalt, nickel, platinum and palladium.
● The planned IP program will also provide detailed coverage over the conductive zone located
approximately 1.4 km south of BA2601 which was identified through recent 3D inversion work
and first reported by the Company on September 1st, 2026. The objective of this work is to
materially improve drill targeting for next steps at the Loki Critical Mineral zone.
The most important finding from the recent prospecting program was the identification of mineralized
quartz veins in felsenmeer which was equivalent to the gold mineralization intercepted from 3-10
metres downhole in BA2604 (quartz veining hosting 5-10 cm long clots of galena). This vein style
was traced for 150 metres along strike at the Skye North and for 125 metres along strike at the Skye
South, gold-in-soil anomalies respectively. This finding has provided a substantial shift in the
Company’s gold exploration model; from the investigation of geophysical features consistent with
structurally hosted gold deposits (used for planning the 2026 drillholes) to the pursuit of the newly
identified epithermal vein hosted gold systems.
Ballarat: A Strategic Land Position in a Rapidly Advancing Gold District
Stakeholder believes that the Ballarat Project occupies a strategic land positions in the rapidly
advancing White Gold District. Ballarat lies immediately northeast of, and adjacent to, Talamore
Mining’s Coffee Gold Project, currently under development as one of Canada's newest gold mines
(Figure 1). With a large contiguous land package, multiple gold-bearing target areas and a separate
Critical Mineral corridor, Stakeholder is positioned to systematically advance several discovery
opportunities within a district experiencing significant infrastructure development.
Figure 1
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Transformational Northern Access Route Now Under Construction
On August 31st, 2026 Talamore Mining Corp. (TSX-V: TALA) announced receipt of a Primary Permit
for construction of the Northern Access Route (NAR) to service the Coffee Gold Project. The route
construction permit was issued under the Yukon Resource Road Regulations (Talamore Announces
Receipt of the Primary Resource Road Permit, August 31st 2026).
The Northern Access Route now under construction traverses through the center of the Ballarat
property, placing approximately 20 km of new mine-grade road infrastructure across Stakeholder’s
ground. Management believes this infrastructure represents a sign ificant strategic advantage for
Ballarat by materially improving access for exploration and, should further exploration results merit,
also potential future development activities (Figure 2).
Figure 2
2026 Drilling Establishes Multiple Gold-Bearing Bedrock Targets
The gold component of the 2026 program comprised 1,530 metres of diamond drilling in nine holes
(BA2602 to BA2610). Gold was intersected in seven holes of nine holes — most consistently at Skye
North (BA2603 to BA2605) and the NW zone (BA2608 to BA2610), as well as in BA2607 at the East
Zone. The results successfully establish bedrock gold sources beneath multiple target areas and provide
the geological foundation for more focused follow-up exploration. Selected gold intercepts are listed
in Table 1, with cross-sections through the NW and Skye North zones shown in Figures 3 and 4.
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Table 1
Hole Zone From
(m) To (m) Length
(m) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t)
BA2602 East No significant results
BA2603 Skye North 16 17 1 0.45 –
BA2603 Skye North 36 37 1 1.03 4.1
BA2603 Skye North 46 47 1 0.31 –
BA2603 Skye North 55 60 5 0.24 –
BA2603 Skye North 106 107 1 0.50 –
BA2604 Skye North 4 10 6 0.32 –
including 9 10 1 1.20 2.3
BA2604 Skye North 48 52 4 0.23 1.5
BA2605 Skye North 50 51 1 0.21 1.0
BA2606 Skye South No significant results
BA2607 East 30 31 1 0.23 –
BA2607 East 41 43 2 0.26 –
BA2607 East 135 136 1 0.92 2.0
BA2608 NW 51 52 1 0.28 –
BA2608 NW 68 69 1 0.26 –
BA2608 NW 103 105 2 0.58 –
including 103 104 1 0.68 –
BA2608 NW 154 155 1 0.35 –
BA2609 NW 81 82 1 0.26 –
BA2609 NW 102 103 1 0.25 –
BA2609 NW 110 114 4 0.23 –
including 113 114 1 0.57 –
BA2610 NW 42 43 1 0.48 –
BA2610 NW 64 65 1 0.50 1.9
BA2610 NW 87 88 1 0.24 –
BA2610 NW 92 94 2 0.24 –
BA2610 NW 101 102 1 0.47 –
BA2610 NW 109 110 1 0.53 –
Table 1: Selected gold intercepts from the 2026 diamond drill program (holes BA2602 to BA2610), reported at
a 0.2 g/t Au cut -off; including’ intervals as shown. Intervals are drill-core lengths; true widths are not yet
determined.
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Figure 3
Figure 4
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Christopher Berlet, CEO and Director of Stakeholder states:
“The significance of these results is that our drilling has now connected extensive surface
gold anomalies with gold-bearing bedrock across multiple target areas at Ballarat. In the
White Gold District, gold structures can pinch and swell and grades can vary considerably.
The absence of a glaciation history results in soil anomalies occurring directly above, or
close to, their bedrock sources. We see this correlation between soil anomalies and gold-
bearing bedrock at Ballarat, but the standout feature for us remains the evidence that we see
for the considerable structural size extent of the gold zones we have tested.”
“With only 2,050 metres of drilling across 10 diamond drill holes on Ballarat in 2026, we
have confirmed two distinct exploration opportunities: multiple gold-bearing structures with
substantial strike extent in the northern property area, and an ultramafic unit hosting copper,
nickel, cobalt, platinum and palladium located approximately 8 kilometres to the south.
Both areas are positioned directly beside the new mine-quality Northern Access Route now
being advanced by Talamore Mining Corp. to service the Coffee Gold Mine. We believe
the combination of confirmed mineralization, extensive untested targets and improving
infrastructure gives Stakeholder a unique and compelling platform for further discovery and
value creation as exploration advances.”
“We are very grateful to the team of professionals leading our responsible exploration
initiatives in the pristine natural environment of the Yukon Territory, and we look forward
to building on the momentum generated by the early work of our 2026 program.” —
Christopher Berlet, B.A.Sc.(Mining), CFA
Sampling and Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Drill core from holes BA2602 to BA2610 was logged, photographed and sampled at the Company’s core
facility in Dawson, Yukon, where the core was sawn in half in 1 metre intervals and one half was
submitted for analysis. Samples were submitted to Bureau Veritas (BV), with sample preparation at BV
in Whitehorse, Yukon and analysis at BV in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gold was determined by 50-
gram fire assay with an AAS finish (BV method FA450), and multi-element geochemistry, including
silver, arsenic, copper, nickel and cobalt, by aqua-regia digestion with an ICP-ES/MS finish (BV method
AQ201).
A number of samples returned marked differences between the fire-assay and aqua-regia gold values,
potentially indicating both coarse free gold (aqua-regia gold exceeding fire assay) and refractory,
arsenopyrite-hosted gold (fire assay exceeding aqua-regia gold); metallic-screen (coarse-gold) fire assays
on selected samples are pending to resolve these coarse-gold effects.
Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd. is an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratory that is independent
of the Company. As part of its quality-assurance / quality-control program, the Company inserts certified
reference materials (standards), blanks and duplicate samples into the sample stream and reviews all
quality-control results upon receipt of assays.
Adam Fage, Qualified Person for Stakeholder Ballarat Exploration states:
“The 2026 gold program has delivered confirmation that bedrock gold occurs beneath
extensive gold-in-soil anomalies that have a combined total strike length of over 8 km
hosted within the Ballarat Property, of which only a minimal portion has been tested. The
discovery of epithermal style mineralization both at surface (results pending) and near
surface in drilling (starting at 4 m downhole depth in BA2604) at Skye North has provided
a new exploration model to vector toward and will be a primary target moving forward.” —
Adam Fage, M.Sc., P.Geo.
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Adam Fage MSc., P.Geo is an independent geological consultant and the Qualified Person for the
Company, as defined by NI 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the contents of this press release.
About Stakeholder Gold Corporation
Stakeholder holds 100% ownership of a substantial 1,140-claim, 22,700-hectare land package spanning 20
km of the Coffee Mine Project’s “Northern Access Route (NAR)”, positioned through the geographical
center of the dynamic White Gold District of the Yukon Territory, Canada. Stakeholder also maintains in
good standing 10 claims located inside the adjacent Coffee Mine Project, which is being developed by
Talamore Mining Corp. (TSX-V: TALA). These combined claim holdings are referred to collectively as
the Ballarat Gold-Copper Project (“Ballarat”).
Within its extensive contiguous claim holdings, Stakeholder is advancing exploration on two highly
compelling exploration targets - the Skye Gold Zone and the Loki Critical Mineral Zone - two independent
exploration targets separated by some 8 km, prospective for new gold and critical mineral discoveries
respectively, on either side of the Northern Access Route (NAR), in the heart of the White Gold District.
https://stakeholdergold.com/projects-overview/ballarat-gold-copper-project/
Stakeholder also generates recurring cash flow from the production and sale of exotic stones through its
100%-owned Brazilian subsidiary Mineração VMC Ltda. (“VMC”). VMC is currently producing from 4
independent stone quarries and is actively pursuing opportunities to expand the sale and export of exotic
stone building materials from Brazil.
https://victoriaminingcorp.ca
Christopher J. Berlet B.A.Sc.(Mining), CFA, CEO & Director of Stakeholder is responsible for the content
of this press release.
For further information please contact:
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416 525 - 6869
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