Montage Gold expands exploration at Didievi, Côte d'Ivoire

Montage Gold provides exploration update at its Didievi project in Côte d’Ivoire which is poised to be its next development asset High-grade mineralized extensions confirmed by step-out drilling ● 40km drill programme completed and 60km launched HIGHLIGHTS:  A total of 39,963 meters have been drilled at the Didievi project subsequent to the publication of the June 2025 Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate for the Blaffo Guetto deposit of 989koz at 2.5 g/t Au 1 Drilling at the Blaffo Guetto deposit has extended mineralization along a strike of over 1.3km and down-dip, confirming the continuity of high-grade mineralized lenses, with select intercepts from the recent drilling programme including: BGDD26-090:  15.0 meters at 20.97 g/t Au from 127.0 meters and 12.5 meters at 4.75 g/t Au from 167.5 meters BGDD26-093: 27.4 meters at 8.46 g/t Au from 184.1 meters BGDD26-095: 8.5 meters at 15.44 g/t Au from 152.0 meters and 18.1 meters at 3.75 g/t Au from 265.1 meters High-grade, shallow intercepts have also been identified to the southeast of the Blaffo Guetto deposit, highlighting the potential for parallel, shallow lineaments that will be followed up during the on-going drilling programme, including: BGRC26-058: 4.0 meters at 86.47 g/t A u from 20.0 meters 14 targets have been identified across the Blaffo Guetto, Pranoi and Pokou mineralized trends An additional 60,000-meter drilling programme is underway and scheduled to be completed by year-end comprised of: 50,000 meters of further step-out drilling to expand mineralization at the Blaffo Guetto deposit, alongside in-fill drilling aiming to convert a portion of the Inferred Resources to Indicated status 10,000 meters to test identified targets with further target generation underway Goal of fast-tracking the development of the Didievi project with ESIA studies underway ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Montage Gold Corp. (“Montage” or the &#x20