Red Pine Commences Surface Trenching and Sampling Programme in Potential Open Pit Areas at Wawa Gold Project

Red Pine Exploration Inc. (TSXV: RPX, OTCQB: RDEXF) (“Red Pine” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of a new surface trenching and geologic mapping and sampling program at the Wawa Gold Project, that aims to better define the geometry of the gold mineralization in the areas with open pit potential (See Press Release dated May 8, 2025).

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Figure 1 – Plan map showing location of surface stripping.

Michael Michaud, President and CEO of Red Pine, commented: “We are pleased to announce that a surface trenching program has started in the northern zone, targeting a potential open pit, where recent drilling has returned a number of higher-grade intersections.

The mapping and sampling of near-surface mineralization is a cost-effective way to collect vital data about the distribution and geometry of gold mineralization, that will support any future mining assessment.

We remain excited about the open pit potential of this northern area, that will form part of the updated mineral resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”) expected to be released in H1 2026.”

Mechanized trenching program in the Potential North Pit area

The North Pit area is located at the northern end of one of the ore shoots in the Jubilee Shear where the Jubilee Intrusive Stock is comprised of relatively homogeneous dioritic and tonalitic intrusions. This homogeneity of the Jubilee Intrusive Stock favoured the development of large fractures that were filled in and above the Jubilee Shear by an array of gold mineralized quartz veins forming a broad zone of gold mineralization with locally very significant gold enrichment.

Mechanized trenching is targeting the surface projection of high-grade gold mineralization over approximately 60 metres (“m”) along the strike of the Jubilee Shear within the mining patents and leases. Smaller satellite trenches will also be completed beyond the principal trench along significant veins identified in the main trench to extend the known mineralization. Detailed geological mapping and methodical channel sampling of the veins will be done on the main quartz veins observed on the trenches. Previous significant drilling intersections in the North Pit area include (Figure 1 and 2):