Relevant Gold Completes 1,560 Metres of Drilling at Lewiston and Provides Exploration Update - Seite 2

The Lewiston project comprises 10 km of orogenic shearing with gold associated throughout. Numerous shear zones have been mapped in detail throughout the district ranging from <1 m to >15 m wide at surface. Mineralization is seen as gold bearing quartz veins with arsenopyrite + pyrite + chlorite +/- biotite +/- scheelite within the shear zone. The shear zones are flanked by brittle stockworks and alteration consisting of silicification and chloritization. Heavy Hand is a 500 m x 1 km+ greenfield target identified as multiple sub-parallel and near vertical orogenic shear zones with high-grade gold (Relevant Gold surface rock chip samples highlights include 62.4 g/t Au), distinct hydrothermal alteration, and associated orogenic geochemistry (As, W, Bi, Te, Sb, Ag). Heavy Hand is one of two major targets in the northern Lewiston project identified to date through systematic exploration.

During the 2023 field season, Relevant Gold drilled 11 holes totaling 1,560 m of diamond core at the Heavy Hand target. Highlights and early observations from the drill program include:

• Successfully intersected shear zones in multiple drill holes at up to 200 m depth, including known mapped shear zones and blind shear zones not exposed at surface;
• Confirmation of the Company's model for sub-parallel deep-rooted and near vertical orogenic shear zones (see News Release, September 13, 2023);
• Observation of significant alteration, veining, and remnant sulfides in most drillholes; and
• Distinctive styles of alteration recognized and mapped at surface were readily seen in core, including silicification, chlorite, epidote, hematite (oxidized sulfides), sericite, and biotite alteration across the shear zones. For a full technical summary, view the Company's Lewiston 43-101 technical report.

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Figure 1: Plan view map of 1,560 m Heavy Hand drilling program with hole locations and traces as well as gold assays for prior Relevant Gold rock chip samples.

"Phase 1 drilling at Heavy Hand was designed to cut numerous shear zones at depth and along strike. Initial observations shows strong hydrothermal alteration, abundant veining, and elevated geochemistry that strongly support our exploration modeling for the Lewiston District," said Relevant Gold CXO Brian Lentz. "The alteration intensity and field analyses (PXRF) shows elevated arsenic, tungsten, and associated pathfinder metals, matching what we see along the surface of the mineralized shear zones, so we are eagerly anticipating results."