Westward Gold Identifies Deep-Seated Igneous Stock at Toiyabe Hills Property

Vancouver, British Columbia — March 26, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Westward Gold Inc. has announced the discovery of a deep-seated igneous stock near the former northern boundary of its Toiyabe Hills Property in Lander County, Nevada. The company has expanded its land position northwards to cover additional ground over and adjacent to the concealed magnetic intrusion.

The magnetic survey indicates the buried intrusive center is near the previous northern boundary of Toiyabe Hills. Intrusions of this geophysical nature and geologic setting are key features of the largest Carlin-style gold camps in Nevada.

The company identified and secured available ground to the north and the new findings explain mapped and logged thermal alteration in and around Campfire and the SSD Zone, both of which are priority targets slated for additional drilling in 2026.

According to Westward, this revelation marks a significant development in understanding the Toiyabe Hills Property. The expanded land position now covers the concealed magnetic intrusion, named the “Threemile Stock,” which is situated at depth in the footwall of the “Hilltop Corridor,” a district-scale north-south structural corridor and mineralization control.

The recently-interpreted magnetic data highlighted major dike swarms that vector towards the Threemile Stock, suggesting the igneous features are connected at depth.

Westward Gold noted that deep-seated magnetic intrusions of this character, in close association with felsic to lamprophyric dike swarms, form an igneous centre. The company asserts that this structural setting is a key component of the largest Carlin-style gold camps in Nevada, including the Goldstrike, Pipeline and Cortez Complexes.

Additional work is planned over the coming weeks and months to more precisely define the geometry and characteristics of the Threemile Stock.

At the end of the 2025 field season, MWH Geo-Surveys International Inc. completed a property-wide drone magnetic survey, flown at 50-metre line spacings and an average altitude of 48 metres. The data acquired were then processed and analyzed by Mr. Jim Wright of J.L. Wright Geophysics.

The major findings included an interpreted deep-seated igneous stock near the northern boundary of Toiyabe Hills, intruded into the footwall of the Hilltop Corridor. Observations consistent with a thermal aureole – evidently, the peripheral effects of the Threemile Stock – had previously been made by the Company at the Property, with hornfels alteration mapped at surface and logged in nearby drill holes.

A step-out drone magnetic survey by MWH – to be completed imminently – will improve upon the legacy PRJ data to the north and more precisely define the dimensions and character of the Threemile Stock.

With results from the 2025 drone magnetic survey in hand, the Company identified additional available ground proximal to the Threemile Stock and along strike of the Hilltop Corridor.

As soon as weather conditions allowed, 168 unpatented mining claims administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) were staked; Westward’s 100%-owned fully-contiguous land position is now comprised of 1,015 claims covering approximately 84 square kilometres.

These new claims are not subject to any underlying royalties or obligations with the exception of annual maintenance fees payable to the BLM and Lander County.

In addition to the aforementioned step-out drone magnetics survey to be completed in short order, the new land will also be subject to the Company’s standard suite of baseline systematic exploration programs over the coming weeks and months. This will include a gravity survey (to tie into the current Property-wide dataset), soil and rock-chip sampling programs, and detailed Anaconda-style geologic and alteration mapping.

In addition to the findings of the drone magnetics survey, Westward’s investigation of historical data and literature on the area suggests it is prospective for Carlin-type gold exploration:

The company also notes that Geologic models indicate the edge of the Caetano Caldera displays attractive exploration characteristics, yet is historically poorly-understood. Legacy samples and sketch mapping over the newly-staked ground indicate hornfels and other calc-silicate alteration zones, in addition to altered dikes. The new claims cover mapped historical mining prospects, in addition to apparent legacy drilling of a colour anomaly that spans Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and Tertiary volcanic rocks.

The presence of old road cuts and trenches on the ground (from companies that pre-date Westward) is an advantage that will greatly benefit upcoming mapping and sampling efforts.

Robert Edie, Vice President Exploration of the Company, who is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this release.

Westward Gold is a mineral exploration company focused on developing the Toiyabe Hills Project located in the Cortez Trend area of Lander County, Nevada, and the Coyote and Rossi Projects located along the Carlin Trend in Elko County, Nevada. From time to time, the Company may also evaluate the acquisition of other mineral exploration assets and opportunities.

Source: Westward Gold Inc.