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Waraba Gold Limited Announces Commencement of Drilling Campaign at the Fokolore Gold Project, West Mali, West Africa

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Waraba Gold Limited Announces Commencement of Drilling Campaign at the Fokolore Gold Project, West

Mali, West Africa

May 23, 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia: Waraba Gold Limited (the "Company" or "Waraba") (CSE: WBGD)

(FSE: ZE0) (OTC: WARAF: US) is pleased to announce the commencement of a new drilling campaign over the

past few days at its Fokolore Gold Project in West Mali, West Africa (al so known as the Maligonga East Gold

Project) and as further detailed in the Company's news release dated November 30, 2022.

This drilling campaign - "Phase 1" of a planned three-phase drilling program - has been designed by Waraba's

Chief Geologist, Mr. Mamadou Coulibaly, to extend the strike length of historic high-grade gold mineralization

identified by RC drilling (including [email protected]/t Au and [email protected]/t Au) and rock chip sampling (including

95g/t, 3.5g/t, 3.84g/t, 1.18g/t, 1.23g/t and 1.37g/t Au) by 2.3km to 3.5km.

During this "Phase 1" drilling program, the Company will carry out 76 priority reverse circulation drill holes

(RC) averaging 120 meters in depth and 2,350 meters of rotary air blast drilling (RAB).

Depending on the results of the previous phase of the drilling:

• "Phase 2" drilling program will consist of 20,000m of reverse circulation drilling and 2,000m of

diamond core drilling to provide initial estimates of the mineralization contained within the main areas

of interest on the tenement; and

• "Phase 3" will consist of regional drilling to increase confidence of in situ anomalies and identify

additional target zones of gold mineralization that may warrant further drilling.

Phase 1 drilling is expected to be completed within four to six weeks and results will be announced as they

become available in the coming weeks.

Recent images of the drilling activities are shown below, as further background for shareholders.

Carl Esprey, Chief Executive Officer of Waraba, said:

"Commencements of this drilling program is a fantastic step for Waraba and is vital in our efforts to now rapidly

advance the project and develop a full understanding of our Fokolore project. We look forward to providing

shareholders with further information as the drilling program progresses and results are obtained.”

Qualified Person:

The scientific and technical information contained in this press release has been reviewed and approved by

Serigne Dieng, Ph.D., M.Sc., a Member (MAIG , # 8095) of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG),

independent geology consultant to the Company and a qualified person within the meaning of National

Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).

About Waraba Gold Limited

The Company is a resource exploration company that is acquiring and exploring mineral properties. The

Company is a reporting issuer in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The Company's common shares

trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange unde r the trading symbol "WBGD" and on the Frankfurt Stock

Exchange under the trading symbol "ZE0".

For more information about the Company, please refer to the Company's profile available on SEDAR+

(www.sedarplus.ca).

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Carl Esprey

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director

Telephone: +1 312 235 2605

Email: [email protected]

Forward-Looking Information and Cautionary Statements

Certain information in this news release constitutes forward -looking statements under applicable securities laws. Any

statements that are contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be

forward-looking statemen ts. Forward -looking statements are often identified by terms such as “may”, “should”,

“anticipate”, “expect”, “potential”, “believe”, “intend” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions. Forward -

looking statements in this news release include s tatements relating to: the Company’s plans and scope with respect to

its drilling campaign, including, details of the Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 , and the stated timelines thereof; the

Company’s continued exploratory work of the Fokolore project; and the Company’s anticipation of providing its

shareholders with further updates.

Forward-looking information in this press release are based on certain assumptions and expected future events, namely:

the Company’s ability to carry out its plans with respect to its drilling campaign under the stated scope and timelines; the

Company’s ability to continue its exploratory work of the Fokolore project; and the Company’s ability to provide its

shareholders with further updates.

These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results,

performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including but not

limited to: the Company’s inability to carry out its plans with respect to its drilling campaign under the stated scope and

timelines; the Company’s inability to continued its exploratory work of the Fokolore project; and the Company’s inability

to provide its shareholders with further updates.

Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive. Readers are further 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 placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may

prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and

reflect the Company’s expectations as of the date hereof and are subject to change thereafter. The Company undertakes

no obligation to update or revise any forward -looking statements, whether as a result of new information, estimates or

opinions, future events or results or otherwise or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events

and such forward- looking information, except as required by applicable law.