Stakeholder intercepts Cu-Ni-Co and PGE mineralization at Loki

First Batch of Results From the Loki Target Delivers a Significant New Critical Mineral Confirmation, Intersecting Broad, Mineralized Pyroxenite Hosting Pentlandite-Chalcopyrite-Pyrrhotite Magmatic Sulphides.

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 19, 2026) - Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC) (OTCQX: SKHRF) (WKN: A2QEP1) ("Stakeholder" or the "Company") is pleased to announce initial diamond drill assay results from hole BA2601, the first hole drilled into the highly prospective Loki Target on its 100%-owned, district-scale Ballarat Gold-Copper Project ("Ballarat") in the dynamic White Gold District of the Yukon Territory (Figure 2).

This news release reports only the portion of hole BA2601 which has been received to date (the 226 to 451 metre interval); assays for the remainder of the 498-metre hole (the 0-226m and 451-498m intervals) are still pending and will be released separately.

Hole BA2601 was collared at the Loki Target and drilled to a total depth of 498 metres (azimuth 230°, dip -45°), successfully testing a mafic-ultramafic (pyroxenite) intrusion interpreted to be the source of the strong copper-nickel soil anomaly at Loki. The hole intersected broad, variably mineralized pyroxenite carrying disseminated, blebby and locally net-textured magmatic sulphides - including pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite - over substantial intervals, together with an impressive net-textured to massive sulphide lens logged at 258.6-261 metres. Grade and interval details are summarized in Table 1 below.

Highlights

Standout first assays from the Loki Target: Initial diamond drill results from hole BA2601 returned a copper-nickel-cobalt sulphide zone of 6 metres from 254 to 260 metres grading 1,190 ppm Cu, 159 ppm Ni and 123 ppm Co (500 ppm Cu cut-off), including 1 metre from 258 to 259 m