RUA Gold drills high-grade results at Auld Creek

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 5, 2026) - Rua Gold Inc. (TSX: RUA) (NZX: RGI) (OTCQX: NZAUF) (WKN: A40QYC) (" RUA GOLD " or the " Company ") is pleased to provide an update on exploration and resource drilling at its Auld Creek gold-antimony project (the "Auld Creek Project") in Reefton, New Zealand.

Ongoing resource drilling at Auld Creek continues to demonstrate strong continuity of the high-grade mineralized shoots, with mineralization remaining open along strike and at depth. Following the Company's July 2026 announcement0F 1 that Auld Creek had been accepted as a listed project under New Zealand's Fast-Track Approvals regime, RUA GOLD remains on track to submit its substantive application in October 2026 and publish a Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") in December 2026.

Highlights :

Four drill rigs continue to advance resource drilling across the growing Auld Creek system, which remains open along strike and at depth.

Recent drilling continues to intersect high-grade gold-antimony mineralization, including narrow zones of exceptional gold grades in ACDDH127 and ACDDH130 of 0.3m at 43.6 g/t Au (>1 oz/t Au) and 0.3m at 69.2 g/t Au (>2 oz/t Au), respectively . Visible gold continues to be observed in drill core.

Highlighted assay results from drilling at Auld Creek include: ACDDH121: 11.7m @ 5.0 g/t AuEq 2 (4.1 g/t Au & 0.4% Sb) from 365m

ACDDH123A: 2.2m @ 34.6 g/t AuEq 2 (10.3 g/t Au & 11.3% Sb) from 228m

ACDDH123B: 5m @ 7.4 g/t AuEq 2 (4.8 g/t Au & 1.2% Sb) from 236m

ACDDH127: 6.6m @ 24.9 g/t AuEq 2 (10.5 g/t Au & 6.7% Sb) from 359m Incl 0.3m @ 43.6 g/t Au and 33.3% Sb

ACDDH130: 6.3m @ 14.4 g/t AuEq 2 (13.7 g/t Au & 0.3% Sb) from 208m Incl 0.3m @ 69.2 g/t Au

Drilling continues to demonstrate continuity of the shallow-dipping mineralized shoots along strike. Repeating shoots at depth, occurring at approximate