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Gold Orogen Identifies Large Gold-Tungsten-Antimony Anomaly at Riley Brook, Multiple Targets Remaining Open



Gold Orogen Resources Corp.

Vancouver, BC – TheNewswire - October 29th, 2026 – Gold Orogen Resources Corp. (CSE:OROG) (the “Company” or “Gold Orogen”), i is pleased to report results from the Q2 2026 soil sampling program at the Riley Brook Project in northern New Brunswick, part of the Acadian Gold Joint Venture. Gold Orogen holds a 35% interest in the joint venture, while Goldera Exploration Ltd. (“Goldera”), which holds a 65% interest, is the operator. Extensive multi-element anomalies at Riley Brook position the project for follow-up exploration as Canada and the United States accelerate efforts to secure domestic critical mineral supply chains. The program has outlined a large 4 km by 2 km gold-tungsten-antimony (arsenic) soil anomaly in the southern part of Riley Brook (refer to Figure 1), together with a second, smaller multi-element anomaly measuring approximately 300 metres by 300 metres in the north. Both anomalies remain open to the limits of the areas surveyed, and soil sampling has covered only approximately 30% of the 334.5 km2 property.

The emerging target comes at a time when tungsten and antimony are attracting increased attention from governments, defence-related industries and manufacturers seeking to diversify critical mineral supply chains. Both metals have important applications in defence, aerospace, industrial manufacturing and other strategic sectors, while concentrated global supply and geopolitical uncertainty have increased the importance of developing reliable sources in Canada and the United States.

The results are considered important as they coincide with EM and radiometric anomalies from Gold Orogen’s prior airborne HeliTem survey suggestive of conductive units within a felsic unit and have a metal signature characteristic of felsic intrusion-related mineral systems1.

Key Highlights:

  • Two new large gold-tungsten-antimony soil anomalies - Gold Orogen has identified two large multi-element soil anomalies at Riley Brook.  The metal signature is characteristic of a potential precious metal bearing intrusive system in the bedrock, and is supported by mapped felsic intrusive rocks in those areas, together with coincident EM conductors and magnetic zones in Gold Orogen’s airborne survey. 

  • Significant untested area: Both soil anomalies are open to the extents of the survey area and soil sampling has covered approximately 30% of Riley Brook, leaving substantial portions of the property to be evaluated for gold-tungsten-antimony.  

 

  • Next-stage target refinement: The results provide a basis for prioritizing areas for additional geological investigation and follow-up surface exploration.  

  • Early Mover in New Brunswick - Gold Orogen was an early exploration entrant in the region, which has seen significant recent activity by Kinross Gold, Kenorland Minerals, Osisko Metals and Agnico Eagle, who are also evaluating the precious metal and intrusive related potential of the area. (see Figure 2) 

Wendy T. Chan, CEO & Director of Gold Orogen states, “A large, multi-element gold-tungsten-antimony soil anomaly coincident with geophysical and geological features consistent with an intrusion-related gold and critical mineral system is a strong foundation for Riley Brook. With only approximately 30% of the property sampled to date, a substantial area remains to be assessed, we are prioritizing targets for follow-up exploration.”


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Figure 1: Soil Geochemical Anomaly Superimposed on Magnetic First Vertical Derivative (1VD) at the Riley Brook Property

Soil Sampling Extends Anomalies from 2024 Surveys

The Riley Brook Project lies in proximity to the Central Plutonic Belt of New Brunswick, a highly prospective region for Cu-Mo and Au-W intrusive systems2,3. That region, including Acadian Gold’s McIntyre Brook property, has seen a marked increase in exploration attention, most recently focusing on intrusive related metal systems (Avenir Minerals, Agnico Eagle’s subsidiary, and Osisko Critical Minerals Corp.).

The Riley Brook property is covered by extensive, but generally thin, overburden cover, limiting the geologic exposures. Gold Orogen’s 2026 soil survey collected 1,273 samples. The combined 2024 and 2026 surveys have outlined a significant Au with W and Sb (+ As) anomaly (4 km by 2 km, and open to the margins of the survey) in the southern part of the property. The anomaly is coincident with EM conductors, potentially representing sulphide-bearing zones in the bedrock, and a radiometric anomaly, likely representing an area of felsic rocks, supported by map interpretations of the New Brunswick government. Together, the shape of the anomaly, and its metal and geophysical associations, suggest the potential for a gold and critical mineral associated felsic intrusive system in the southern part of the property, which likewise occurs elsewhere in the region.


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An additional 300 m by 300 m Au and Sb (with As, Bi and Te) occurs in the Haystack Mountain area, to the north. Like the southern anomaly, it is open to the extents of the survey. Hematite, pyrite and clay altered intrusive rocks were identified in the area from Gold Orogen’s prospecting.

Soil sampling has covered only 30% of the Riley Brook Project, which has not been previously prospected for epithermal precious metal or intrusive related metal systems, leaving substantial discovery potential on the district-scale property.

        


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Soil sample results were corrected for sample pH following the method of IOS Geoscience4.  Anomaly values are presented here at the 98th percentile level for each element, of which a probability level of 80% is typically considered significant. Soil acidity and its cation retention capacity variations can significantly affect the concentration of elements in the soil, and the objective of the method is to normalize for those effects. Soil acidity was directly measured. Cation exchange capacity is not directly measured but is inferred from the charge molality of the major cations in each sample.  As with other soil sample treatment considerations, and different from how rock sample results are reviewed, the form and statistical significance of soil sampling results for individual elements is generally considered more important than their absolute value5. Figure 3 shows the soil sample locations from Gold Orogen’s 2024 to present soil surveys which comprise a substantial data set of 2,444 samples. Statistical processing reduced the database to 2,300 samples through outlier removal. The data were processed with the assistance of AI, but were verified through manual calculations.

GOVERNMENT FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS STRATEGIC VALUE OF TUNGSTEN AND ANTIMONY

Canada and the United States are investing in critical mineral projects to strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce reliance on foreign sources.

These investments underscore the strategic importance of securing reliable supplies of tungsten and antimony for defence, advanced manufacturing and industrial applications. At Riley Brook, Gold Orogen’s priority is to determine the source, extent and mineral potential of the identified anomalies. Government grants and non-dilutive funding examples demonstrate the broader strategic context but do not imply that Riley Brook has received or qualified for funding.

Acadian Gold

Acadian Gold Corp. (‘Acadian Gold’) is a joint venture with Goldera, where Gold Orogen holds 35% interest and operator role (refer to Gold Orogen’s. press release dated August 17, 2026). Acadian Gold is advancing exploration on a large, well-located and under-explored 445 km² land package in northern New Brunswick, located in a highly prospective region for gold and polymetallic mineral discovery. Acadian Gold includes the Riley Brook Project, a 334.5 km2 land package of mineral claims to the south, and McIntyre Brook Project, a 111 km2 property to the north, both properties combined to create a dominant land holding on an orogenic belt where other major developers are established and host certain world-class deposits. Acadian Gold holds a large, strategic, highly prospective land package in an emerging gold-copper camp, host to some of the most prospective geology in the region. McIntyre Brook is well-situated, encompassed by the Williams Brook property held by Puma Exploration Inc. (under option agreement with Kinross Gold Corporation), and Riley Brook is surrounded to the southeast by Kenorland Minerals Ltd.

The exploration thesis is supported by multiple geological and geophysical vectors, including known gold-bearing felsic horizons at McIntyre Brook, coincident gold-in-soil and electromagnetic anomalies, and large-scale multi-element anomalies at Riley Brook. Previous exploration has demonstrated that mineralized trends identified on neighboring properties can extend onto the Acadian Gold land package. At McIntyre Brook, Gold Orogen is following up on a well-defined gold-bearing felsic horizon that has emerged as one of the principal exploration targets within the Acadian Gold Joint Venture. Previous trenching and channel sampling confirmed a gold-bearing rhyolitic horizon with a thicknesses of up to 9 metres, with trench sample results of 5.3 metres at 1.19 g/t Au (refer to Gold Orogen’s press release dated January 20, 2025). The broader mineralized felsic trend has now been identified over 3 km, providing substantial scope for continued expansion and additional discovery. An additional 12 km of prospective strike along three structures occur on the property, and remain largely untested. At Acadian Gold, exploration is focused on testing and expanding gold trends at McIntyre Brook, which transgress the property and are on-strike of gold occurrences at the enveloping Williams Brook property of Puma Exploration Inc. (refer to Gold Orogen press release dated August 26, 2026). At Riley Brook, extensive previously identified soil and stream sediment geochemical anomalies with coincident geophysical anomalies suggestive of an un-exposed precious metal bearing intrusive related system.

The combination of high-grade surface mineralization, favorable geological settings, large land positions and significant areas of untested ground provides Gold Orogen with multiple opportunities to expand the known mineralized footprint and generate new discoveries.

References

  1. Hart, C., 2007. Reduced Intrusion-related Gold Systems. inMineral Deposits of Canada: a synthesis of major deposit-types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods.  Edition: Special Publication 5.  Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Wayne D. Goodfellow, editor. pages 95 to 112. 

  2. Karbalaeiramezanali, A., Parsa, M., Lentz, D.R. et al. 2025.  Prospectivity Modeling of Devonian Intrusion-Related W–Mo–Sb–Au Deposits in the Pokiok Plutonic Suite, West-Central New Brunswick, Canada, Using a Monte Carlo-Based Framework. Natural Resources Research vol. 34, pages 669 to 702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-024-10437-y 

  3. Yousefi, F., Lentz, D.R., Walker, J.A., Thorne, K.  2021.  Analysis of porphyry Cu potential, New Brunswick: A preliminary review.  In Exploration, Mining and Petroleum New Brunswick. Kieth, E.A., Editor. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development, Geoscience Report 2021-1, Page 26 

  4. Girard,R., 2022. Polynormalization: A determanistic-stochastic approach to geochemical survey denoising.  Geoscience Canada, vol. 49, pg 115. https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2022.49.188 

  5. Govertt, G.J.S., 1976.  Detection of deeply buried and blind sulphide deposits by measurement of H+ and conductivity of closely spaced surface soil samples.  Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol. 6, pages 359 to 382. 


Qualified Person

The technical information contained in this press release was reviewed and approved by Gary Wong, P.Eng., Vice President Exploration of Gold Orogen Resources  Corp., designated as a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.

ABOUT GOLD OROGEN

As the Resulting Issuer of the February 2026 reverse-take-over of Great Republic Mining (CSE:GRM) by Gold Orogen Exploration Corp (formerly named 1475039 B.C. Ltd. and a subsidiary of Lode Gold (TSXV:LOD), Gold Orogen is an early-stage exploration pure play with quality assets in the Yukon and New Brunswick, Canada. Optionality exists as assets are diversified on two mineral belts that are known to have prolific gold endowment. 

New Brunswick Assets - During late 2024, a joint venture was formed between subsidiary company 1475039 and the Company’s 19.9% strategic investor to create one of the largest land packages in New Brunswick, consisting of an area spanning 445 km2 with a 44 km strike. The McIntyre Brook and Riley Brook properties sit on a highly prospective belt that has seen many exciting discoveries including Dalradian, New Found Gold and Calibre Mining. The Kinross-Puma joint venture project surrounds McIntyre Brook.

Yukon Assets - The Golden Culvert / WIN properties sit on the southern end of the Tombstone Belt which in recent years has seen extensive exploration success. It has Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold Systems (RIRGS) targets and sedimentary hosted orogenic mineralization. Over 4,500 m has been drilled with 50 gram meter intercepts. *Cautionary note: This is not a true width calculation as the true attitude of the mineralized body is unknown at this time.

 

ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY

Wendy T. Chan
CEO & Director
info@goldorogen.com

www.goldorogen.com
+1 (604) 735-OROG (6764)

Kevin Shum
Investor Relations
kevin@goldorogen.com
+1 (604) 735-OROG (6764)

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