Independence Gold intersects 5.12 g/t Au, 33.04 g/t Ag over 9.23 m at Goofy Vein, 3Ts

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 31, 2026) - Independence Gold Corp. (TSXV: IGO) (OTCQB: IEGCF) (FSE: 625) (the "Company") is pleased to announce additional high-grade gold and silver results from the recently discovered Goofy Vein at its wholly-owned 3Ts Gold Project. Situated approximately 185 kilometres southwest of Prince George, British Columbia, the 3Ts Project comprises thirty-one mineral claims covering approximately 35,486 hectares in the Nechako Plateau region. The project lies 16 km southwest of Artemis Gold Inc.'s Blackwater Mine and hosts a low-sulphidation epithermal quartz-carbonate vein district within which at least twenty known mineralized veins, ranging from 50 to over 1,100 metres in strike length and true widths up to 32 metres ("m"), have been identified, twelve of which remain untested by drilling.

The drill results confirm continuation of the Goofy Vein at depth following its discovery in drill hole 3TS-26-39, which intersected 9.10 m grading 14.70 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold and 36.70 g/t silver, with an estimated true width of 7.00 m (see news release dated July 22, 2026). The Goofy Vein is located approximately 250 metres west of the Ted-Mint Vein System and represents the second blind vein discovery generated using the Company's evolving structural exploration model. The discovery resulted from drilling an interpreted radial structural corridor coincident with an elevated thorium anomaly identified in the 2025 airborne radiometric survey.

Highlights:

3TS-26-48 intersected 9.23 m grading 5.12 g/t gold and 33.04 g/t silver, approximately 30 m below the original Goofy discovery intercept.

The result confirms the continuation of high-grade gold-silver mineralization beneath discovery hole 3TS-26-39.

The Goofy vein remains open along strike and at depth.

Table 1: Goofy Vein drilli