Zodiac Gold intersects 52 m at 0.71 g/t Au, including 19 m at 1.51 g/t Au at Lewis, Todi

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 2, 2026) - Zodiac Gold Inc. (TSXV: ZAU) (OTCQB: ZAUIF) (FSE: K19) ("Zodiac Gold" or the "Company"), a West African gold exploration company, is pleased to report highly encouraging first trenching results from the Lewis North trend at its flagship Todi Gold Project in Liberia. Trenching has confirmed broad, near-surface gold mineralization along a second 1.8-kilometre, east-west gold-in-soil anomaly running parallel to the Lewis South trend, where the Company's Phase 1 diamond drilling program is currently underway. The results materially strengthen Lewis as an emerging multi-trend gold target and further demonstrate the scale and continuity of mineralization within Zodiac Gold's 16-kilometre Monterra Trend.

Highlights:

Lewis North Confirmed as a Second 1.8 km Mineralized Trend: First-pass trenching has confirmed broad, near-surface gold mineralization in two trenches approximately 400m apart along the Lewis North gold-in-soil anomaly, establishing a second compelling mineralized trend parallel to Lewis South (Map 1).

Strongest Lewis North Trench Delivers Broad Gold Zone with Higher-Grade Core: Trench LWT001 returned 52m at 0.71 g/t Au, including 19m at 1.51 g/t Au, with higher-grade intervals of 3m at 3.33 g/t Au and 5m at 2.71 g/t Au. A separate zone returned 25m at 0.43 g/t Au, including 2m at 0.97 g/t Au and 1m at 1.16 g/t Au. Individual one-metre samples within the intervals above returned up to 6.59 g/t Au.

Mineralization Confirmed 400m Away: Trench LWT002 returned 28m at 0.48 g/t Au, including 2m at 2.64 g/t Au, at a second trench location along the Lewis North trend.

Two Parallel Trends Significantly Expand the Lewis Target: Combined with the previously reported 84m at 0.51 g/t Au, including 30m at 1.04 g/t Au, fr