Upside Gold Corp. Identifies 22 Drill Targets at Kena Gold-Copper Property, Revealing Expansion Potential

Upside Gold Corp. has provided a preliminary exploration update for its 10,115-hectare Kena Gold-Copper Property in southeastern British Columbia, revealing results from surface rock sampling completed in July 2025. The program confirmed multiple high-grade gold-silver-copper showings beyond the boundaries of the existing historic gold resource, with surface samples returning values up to 26.1 grams per tonne gold, 179 grams per tonne silver, and 1.68% copper. These findings support the existence of a large, multi-zone mineralized system with strong expansion potential along strike and at depth.

The company identified 22 priority diamond drill targets, both inside and outside the historic Kena gold body, with several areas having minimal or no prior drilling. According to Sophy Cesar, CEO of Upside Gold Corp., the results support the company's exploration model and help define targets for follow-up drilling beyond the existing lode gold bearing body. The exploration work involved visiting historic showings, completing new geological traverses, and sampling road-cuts from recently constructed logging roads, with 141 rock geochemical samples collected for analysis.

Three areas beyond the Kena lode gold body boundaries are considered particularly promising for follow-up exploration. The Lower and Upper Euphrates Au-Ag showings, which report historic production of 307 tonnes at 46.9 g/t Au and 249 g/t Ag, recently became accessible via new logging roads. Nine grab samples from this area averaged 8.61 g/t Au and 31.6 g/t Ag, with a high of 26.1 g/t Au and 179 g/t Ag. The area has had no known drilling to date.

The Cat, Shaft, Dighem, and Princess Cu-Au-Ag showings are aligned along the east side of the Kena Gold lode body over 1,200 metres and are associated with a strong induced polarization chargeability anomaly measuring 1.8 by 0.6 kilometres with coincident copper soil anomalies. Rock samples from these showings returned up to 1.68% Cu, 5.41 g/t Au and 18 g/t Ag. Historically, only five reconnaissance drill holes have been completed across this entire area.

The Kena Copper Zone and adjoining South Gold Zone extend three kilometres southeast from the Kena Gold lode body, covering extensions of similar geology associated with strong IP chargeability and broad copper and gold soil anomalies. Historic drilling reported multiple wide intersections of good copper and gold values starting near surface, including 117 metres of 0.22% Cu and 0.14 g/t Au, 88.69 metres of 0.13% Cu and 0.21 g/t Au, and 210 metres of 0.17% Cu and 0.13 g/t Au in the Kena Copper Zone. The South Gold Zone reported intersections of 90 metres of 0.9 g/t Au and 115 metres of 0.67 g/t Au and 0.05% Cu.

The property's gold mineralization is predominantly controlled by the northwest-trending Kena Deformation Zone, situated within and between the Silver King Porphyry intrusive and Elsie Volcanic rocks, characterized by a strong low magnetic intensity signature. The historical resource estimate for the property, detailed in the technical report titled NI 43-101 RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE KENA AND DAYLIGHT PROPERTIES by Sue Bird of Moose Mountain Technical Services, reported an Indicated Mineral Resource of 32,146,000 tonnes at 0.544 g/t Au for 0.561 million ounces and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 177,507,000 tonnes at 0.486 g/t Au for 2.77 million ounces. The company emphasizes this is a historical estimate that requires additional drilling to be classified as current mineral resources.

Rock samples were analyzed at ALS Canada Ltd. laboratories in Kamloops and North Vancouver, British Columbia, with the qualified person inserting blind analytical standards and blanks for quality control. The results support the company's belief in a major gold-copper mineralized system extending beyond the currently defined lode gold body, particularly to the east and south where favourable geological, geochemical, and geophysical signatures suggest potential for major copper-gold porphyry bodies. The system also appears to extend into the southern half of the property, an area that has not undergone detailed exploration or diamond drilling.

The Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia has historically been overlooked for gold and copper exploration, presenting opportunities for new discoveries and development of historic prospects into potentially viable resource bodies. The technical information in the release was reviewed and approved by Trevor Boyd, P.Geo., Vice-President of Exploration and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101 standards. For more information on Upside Gold Corp., please visit the company's website at https://www.upsidegoldcorp.com.