Westward Gold Drills 34.9 Metres of 2.91 g Au/t Including 4.1 Metres of 16.15 g Au/t in Hole T2602 at the SSD Target, Toiyabe Hills Property, Nevada

Results from the second 2026 core hole continue to reinforce the significance of mapped high-angle structures as controls on gold mineralization at the SSD Target Gold mineralization is open in all directions, especially down-dip into promising structural and stratigraphic settings that have never been drill-tested T2601 and T2602 confirmed the presence of a lamprophyre-filled fault corridor; igneous rocks are noteworthy for their association with gold mineralization in Carlin-type gold systems

Vancouver, British Columbia, August 25, 2026 – TheNewswire - Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce assay results for the second core hole completed at the SSD Target (“SSD”), Toiyabe Hills Property, Lander County, NV (“Toiyabe Hills”, or the “Property”). T2601 and T2602 – drilled to total depths of 123 and 116 metres, respectively – were designed to 1) characterize the host rocks, hydrothermal alteration, and structure associated with gold mineralization at SSD, 2) verify the continuity of these features from their surface expression downward into the third dimension, 3) build upon the data gleaned from nearby trenching to further determine controls on gold mineralization (see Westward press release dated August 4, 2026), 4) apply these controls as a vector for upcoming deeper drilling and a tool for additional near-term SSD target development, and 5) modernize and upgrade previously-unconfirmed legacy data from the near-surface environment at SSD.

T2602 intersected 34.9 metres of 2.91 g Au/t, including 4.1 metres of 16.15 g Au/t in silty limestone of the Wenban Formation; this broad zone of gold mineralization is characterized by pervasive decalcification, variable silicification, carbon, pyrite, variable clay alteration, and breccia associated with high-angle faults and penetrative shearing (see Figures 1 through 4 below).

T2601 and T2602 have verified the presence of a lamprophyre-filled fault corridor, building upon prior observations of lamprophyre and quartz porphyry sills and dikes in and around the greater SSD Target area; these specific igneous rocks support the likelihood of a robust Carlin-type gold system on the Property.

The gold intercepts in T2602 have reinforced the modeling of Fault-N and Fault-G as important controlling structures (originally identified through trenching and followed up on in hole T2601), with their hanging-wall zones demonstrating significant gold grades (see Figure 6 below).

T2602 marks the first occurrence of orpiment logged in drill core to date – this bright yellow arsenic sulfide mineral typically forms as late-stage vein / fracture filling in Carlin-type systems, and is a key pathfinder mineral in early-stage gold exploration (see Figure 5 below).

Elevated arsenic and antimony are associated with gold mineralization, providing further confirmation of a Carlin-type gold system.

Metres; Elevations: 2,309.2 m (T2601), 2,309.2 m (T2602). Note: Gold intervals were calculated based on a 0.14 g Au/t cutoff grade. All gold intervals are presented as drill hole lengths; true thicknesses of mineralization are currently unknown and estimated at 50-70% of reported thicknesses. T2601 assay results were published on August 18, 2026. Refer to QA/QC statement below for additional details.