Lode Gold Appoints Bill Fisher as Chair of Gold Orogen Technical Committee

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 15, 2025) - Lode Gold Resources Inc (TSXV: LOD) (OTCQB: LODFF) (the "Company" and "Lode Gold") is pleased to announce Bill Fisher, a current director of Gold Orogen (Lode Gold's subsidiary and planned spinout), has accepted the position of Chair of the Technical Committee of Gold Orogen. Gold Orogen holds highly prospective Canadian gold assets located it the Yukon and New Brunswick.

Wendy T. Chan, CEO and Director of Lode Gold, stated, "Bill's expertise in developing and advancing significant projects as such Fruta del Norte from early stage to sale will help guide Gold Orogen with its two highly prospective discovery areas in the Yukon and New Brunswick. In addition, Bill can provide invaluable assistance for advancing Lode Gold's Fremont gold project as we optimize project economics and advance Lode Gold's multimillion ounce gold project located in the USA towards permitting and production. With the US governments' recent focus on the domestic production of critical minerals including gold, the past producing Fremont gold mine is well positioned."

Bill has a successful track record, highlighted by notable exits. In the late 1990s, Bill served as Vice President of Exploration for Boliden AB, a major European mining and smelting company, where he managed 35 projects across nine countries. His career highlights include serving as Chairman of Aurelian Resources, which discovered the Fruta del Norte gold deposit in Ecuador, leading to the company's acquisition by Kinross Gold for $1.2 billion in 2008. Bill also helped transformed GlobeStar Mining Corp. from an exploration company to an emerging producer, having been instrumental in developing the Cerro de Maimon copper/gold mine in the Dominican Republic, which was completed on time and under budget. This project was sold to Perilya for $186 million.

With over 40 years in the mining industry, Bill is renowned for his expertise in exploration, development, and strategic leadership. His career began in Africa, where he spent a decade working on diamond exploration and mining projects, including significant discoveries of kimberlites in the Congo and contributions to exploration efforts in West Africa.

Until recently, Bill served as Chairman of GoldQuest Mining Corp., overseeing the development of a 3-million-ounce gold discovery in the Dominican Republic. He holds directorships in several mining companies, including Inventus Mining and Churchill Resources, and he previously served as Chairman of Treasury Metals now called (NexGold Mining Corp), which is developing the Goliath Gold Complex in Ontario.