West Point Gold drills 21.4 metres of 1.01 g/t gold in Union Pass Fault Corridor, Arizona

West Point Gold Corp. [TSXV: WPG; OTCQX: WPGCF; FSE: LRA0] reported results from its property-wide target testing program. The initial drilling campaign into the Union Pass Fault Corridor at the Bull 8 target, part of the Gold Chain Project, Arizona, returned significant gold values highlighted by a 21.4-metre broad interval of gold mineralization at 1.01 g/t. The Bull 8 target is approximately six km northwest (NW) of the Tyro zone, outside of where the company is working on its upcoming maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE).

The Union Pass Fault is a major regional structural feature, with several associated faults mapped and sampled along its 12km strike length on the property. Initial drilling into the Union Pass Fault Corridor was targeted at Bull 8, which has several historical prospect pits and trenches. West Point Gold completed surface mapping and sampling in the area, which revealed a broad northwest-trending zone of highly prospective mineralization; rock types hosted within gold-bearing structures that have returned gold values greater than 2 g/t Au. Bull 8 is on the northwest portion of the Union Pass Fault Corridor, shown to be a controlling structure of the Frisco Graben.

To date, 20,116 metres of the ongoing drill program at the Gold Chain project has been completed. Results are pending from the Black Dyke, Tyro Main, and NE Tyro zones representing 35 holes (7,697m).

Highlights: Hole GC26-136 returned 21.4 metres (18m true width) at 1.01 g/t Au from 71.6 metres to 93.0 metres within a broadly mineralized envelope.

Hole GC26-130 returned 12.2 metes of 0.41 g/t gold from 6.1 metres to 18.3 metres, identifying an extensive near surface lower grade zone.

True widths are estimated to be 80 to 90% of apparent widths except in GC26-126 which is about 25%.

The structural corridor that hosts the Bull 8 prospect also is one of the controlling features of the Frisco Graben. Extensive quartz veining, hydrothermal alteration and anomalous gold values can be observed over the entire 12kms.

All holes drilled across the Bull 8 prospect intersected gold mineralization.

“The significance of the results in GC26-136 has less to do with the significant gold values intersected and more to do with the structural setting. The Union Pass Fault Corridor, and the associated Frisco Mine fault are major regional structural features with approximately 12km of demonstrated strike length on Gold Chain. Exploration success at Bull 8 supports the Company’s view that these major features, which also control the Frisco Graben, appear to have played an important role in the mineralizing events at Gold Chain. We believe these results de-risk other targets along the Union Pass Fault Corridor, including the Frisco Graben,” stated Derek Macpherson, President and CEO.

West Point Gold has recently completed an initial drilling campaign composed of 6 holes totalling 855.7 metres at Bull 8. The identification of broadly veined intervals at a dike/Precambrian contact within a regional shear zone hosting low-level gold values (100 to 500 ppb Au) suggests follow-up drilling is warranted. This structural corridor, which hosts widespread, high-level veining with anomalous gold values over several kilometres, hosts numerous additional targets. Hole GC26-136, the deepest hole drilled in this campaign, identified 21.4 metres at 1.01 g/t Au, supporting the company’s belief that surface features are a manifestation of concealed gold mineralization.

The exploration conducted to date at the Bull 8 prospect, along with more regional geologic, geochemical, and geophysical studies, reveals that a regional northwest structural corridor is the dominant geologic feature. The Bull 8 prospect is a small hill surrounded (Figure 2) on 3 sides by Quaternary alluvium. This hill is traversed by several fault-bounded dikes emplaced into widely sheared, brecciated and altered Precambrian granite, which has been tested by several historical pits, adits and trenches; surface gold values are up to 2.09 g/t Au. The dikes and confining structures dip steeply to the north-northeast and are consistent with attitudes seen along the Union Pass Fault

Corridor (including the Frisco Mine Fault) across the Gold Chain project (about 12km). Throughout the entire strike length documented by West Point Gold, the hanging wall (HW) is strongly altered to silica + clay + hematite (steam-heated environment), whereas the footwall (FW) (generally Precambrian granite) is propylitized. Quartz veinlets and cemented breccias are also widespread and commonly anomalous in gold.

Exposures of the mineralized zone at Bull 8 reveal strongly sheared and brecciated Precambrian granite hosting both quartz vein fragments and quartz-chalcedony veinlets and silicification. The sheared and brecciated rocks contained abundant iron oxides, which were observed in all of the drill holes. The highly variable appearance of the mineralized zone, including quartz styles, textures and colours, suggests prolonged tectonism and mineralization, including widespread evidence of post-mineral movements. Distinct, continuous veins are not apparent.

Importantly, Hole GC26-136 encountered gold grades up to 5.96 g/t Au and 21.4 metres at 1.01 g/t Au from 70.6 to 93.0 metres. Approximately 50 metres above Hole GC26-132 encountered a broad zone of moderate to strong quartz veinlets with 7.62 metres at 0.35 g/t Au at the HW contact and 9.14 metres at 0.22 g/t Au along the FW; strongly anomalous gold values exist between the two intervals. Most importantly, veining appears to coalesce with depth, along with an increase in gold values. This scenario is similar to the uppermost NE Tyro vein where strongly altered, weakly mineralized rock sits immediately above broad widths and high gold grades.

West Point Gold has engaged New Era Publishing Inc., also doing business as Katusa Research, an arm’s-length service provider, to provide the company certain investor relations and marketing services, in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable securities laws. Under a consulting agreement dated May 27, 2026, New Era will provide media relations, investor communication and market awareness services to the company for a three-month term for a one-time fee of US$250,000, payable at the commencement of services. The marketing agreement with New Era is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

West Point Gold is an exploration and development company focused on unlocking value across four strategically located projects along the prolific Walker Lane Trend in Nevada and Arizona, USA, providing shareholders with exposure to multiple discovery opportunities across one of North America’s most productive gold regions. The company’s near-term priority is advancing its flagship Gold Chain Project in Arizona.