Drill resultsWRLGFApril 28, 2026 at 5:30 AM EDT

West Red Lake Gold drills 471 g/t Au over 1m at Vein 013, Rowan

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to announce final drill results from its recently completed infill and conversion drilling program at the 100% owned Rowan Project located in the Red Lake Mining District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Will Robinson, Vice President of Exploration, stated, “The 2025-2026 Rowan drilling program exceeded expectations, successfully de-risking the vein system while demonstrating upside within areas of the deposit with limited drilling and/or discontinuous historic data. Notably, the best intercept of the program is included in this final round of results with 471 grams per tonne gold over 1 metre from Vein 013 .

The new drilling has been incorporated into an updated vein model with a revised Mineral Resource Estimate (“ MRE ”) to be completed over the coming weeks. We are excited to integrate the new Rowan model into a PFS-level mine design, which we expect will demonstrate the value of Rowan as a high-grade satellite feed as part of a toll milling strategy in Red Lake.” The results featured in this news release are focused on the high-grade Rowan vein system and are in addition to the intercepts recently announced on March 31, 2026 which highlighted 19.83 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”) over 1.62 metres (“m”), 30.59 g/t Au over 1m and 41.5 g/t Au over 0.5m, and on February 18, 2026 which highlighted 84.3 g/t Au over 1m, 14.4 g/t Au over 5.5m and 24.4 g/t Au over 1.5m , and on January 29, 2026 which highlighted 141.5 g/t Au over 1m, 55.8 g/t Au over 1m and 28.5 g/t Au over 1m. A total of thirty-seven (37) holes for approximately 6,300m were completed at Rowan in the current drilling program.

All assays have been received and reported. ROWAN DRILLING HIGHLIGHTS: Hole RLG-25-202 intersected Vein 013 with 1m @ 471 g/t Au , from 72m to 73m. Hole RLG-26-219 intersected Vein 006b with 3m @ 1