Vior Gold expands high-grade footprint at Ligneris

Drilling Highlights Include 6.43 g/t Au Over 4.9 Metres

BROSSARD, Quebec, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VIOR GOLD CORPORATION INC. (“Vior Gold Corporation”, “Vior” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF, FRA: VL5) is pleased to announce new high-grade results from its 30,000-metres drill program on its 100%-owned Ligneris Project located 55 kilometers northwest of the town of Amos, Abitibi region, Quebec.

South Zone

Notable results reported in this news release include 6.43 g/t Au over 4.9 metres including 8.55 g/t Au over 3.0 metres from hole LI-26-038. Mineralization consists predominantly of trace to locally 5% pyrite, disseminated or in clusters, hosted in a strongly silicified and sericitized rhyolite. The hole targeted the southwest extension of the deepest mineralized intercept previously reported in hole LI-26-010-EXT (7.94 g/t Au over 4.0 metres) and successfully extended the mineralized trend by 400 metres laterally. At 845 metres of vertical depth, it represents the deepest gold value intersected to date at Ligneris South Zone.

Drill hole LI-26-036 was realized 150 metres south of LI-26-012 (12.8 g/t Au over 2.0 metres; see news release of May 7, 2026) and returned 3.36 g/t Au over 8.0 metres . Mineralization occurs as finely disseminated pyrite ranging from 1 to 3 % hosted in a moderately sericitized and silicified rhyolite. This hole infills an untested gap of approximately 200 metres and confirms the continuity of South Zone towards the northeast.

LI-26-035 returned 14.6 g/t Au over 2.0 metres including 29.0 g/t Au over 1.0 metres and was designed to test the northeast extension of the mineralized zone identified in drillhole LI-26-010-EXT. The mineralized zone was intersected at 715 metres of vertical depth and extends the mineralized trend by approximately 70 metres towards northeast from hole LI-26-010-EXT in an area that remains untested laterally and v