Auranova Resources and Kenorland Minerals Commence 2025 Fall Drill Program at the South Uchi Project, Ontario

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 7, 2025) - Auranova Resources Inc. ("Auranova" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of the Phase 2 diamond drill program at the South Uchi Project (the "Project"), located in the Red Lake District of Ontario and held under an option agreement with Kenorland Minerals Ltd. ("Kenorland").

2025 Fall Exploration Program

The Fall 2025 exploration program and budget have been approved by Auranova and will include up to 6,000m of drilling across 13 drill holes at the Papaonga target area. This second phase of drilling, a follow-up to the successful maiden drill program completed earlier in 2025 (see press release dated July 2, 2025), is designed to expand on the recently discovered gold-bearing structural corridors and test for additional structures concealed by deep overburden.

Figure 1. Plan map of Papaonga target area with planned Phase 2 drill hole locations

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The current drill program includes a series of tighter step-outs surrounding hole 25PADD023, which intersected volcaniclastic and mafic volcanic rocks cut by strongly mineralised shear zones hosting quartz-carbonate stockwork with visible gold. These follow-up holes are designed to better define the geometry and continuity of mineralisation within this structural corridor. In addition, broader-spaced step-outs are being completed along the interpreted east-west trending deformation zone between holes 25PADD016 and 25PADD023, testing for lateral extensions of gold-bearing structures. The program also includes initial drill testing structures located to the northeast of 25PADD023, within areas of deeper overburden where no historical drilling has been completed and bedrock remains completely concealed. Collectively, these efforts aim to both constrain the geometries of the high-grade zone identified at 25PADD023 and expand the search space into previously untested portions of the deformation corridor.

Tom Obradovich, President and CEO of Auranova stated, "We are looking forward to following up on the success we had in our maiden drill program identifying a strongly mineralised and altered shear zone hosting quartz veining, sulphidation and visible gold. The current drill campaign will test the structure along strike and at depth along with additional structures covered by thick overburden. Other significant targets identified in the maiden drill program will be drilled this winter after freeze up. The exploration team is excited to get the drills back turning."