Epic Gold Announces 440,000 Ounce Inferred Mineral Resource Grading 0.98 g/t at the Hawkins Gold Project, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2026) - Epic Gold Corp. (CSE: EPG) (OTCQB: NFLDF) (FSE: 6341) ("Epic Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE"), prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), for the McKinnon Deposit at its optioned Hawkins Gold Project ("Hawkins" or the "Project") located 80 km south-southwest of Hearst, Ontario. Highlights: Inferred Mineral Resource of approximately 440,000 ounces of gold (14.0 Mt at an average grade of 0.98 g/t Au), comprising a pit-constrained and an out-of-pit (underground) component; Pit-constrained Inferred Mineral Resource of 360,000 ounces (12.6 Mt at 0.89 g/t Au) at a 0.24 g/t Au cut-off; Out-of-pit (underground) Inferred Mineral Resource of 80,000 ounces (1.4 Mt at 1.82 g/t Au) at a 1.2 g/t Au cut-off; The MRE assumes a gold price of US$3,500/oz Au at a gold recovery of 93%; The MRE supersedes the historical estimate previously disclosed for the Project and is the first current Mineral Resource Estimate reported by Epic Gold for the Hawkins Project; and The Project is accessible year-round by all-weather road, is crossed by the Algoma Central Railway, and lies approximately 80 km south-southwest of the regional service centre of Hearst, Ontario.