RC drilling underway at Excelsior Springs; Permits pending at Laird Lake WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 5, 2026 / Athena Gold Corporation (CSE:ATHA)(OTCQB:AHNRF) ("Athena" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an exploration update from its Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada and its Laird Lake Project in Ontario. Mammoth Minerals Limited (ASX: M79) (formerly Firetail Resources Limited) has been aggressively exploring Excelsior, per its option agreement to earn an 80% interest in the project over five years, providing Athena a free-carry to Definitive Feasibility Study thereafter (see press releases dated June 2, 2025, and August 22, 2025).

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 5, 2026 / ATHA Energy Corp. ("ATHA" or the "Company") (TSXV:SASK)(OTCQB:SASKF)(FRA:X5U) is pleased to announce that it has closed approximately C$63 million in new financing to advance exploration at scale and development of its Angilak Project, Nunavut: further to its press releases dated January 13 and January 22, 2026, the Company has closed its private placement of USD$25 million (approximately C$34,130,000 million1) principal amount of unsecured convertible debentures (the "Debentures") of the Company (the "QRC Investment") with Queen's Road Capital Investment Ltd. ("QRC"); and further to its press release dated January 15, 2026, the Company has closed its best efforts brokered private placement of charity "flow-through" common shares of the Company ("FTShares", and the common shares of the Company, "Shares"), including a full exercise of the agent's option, with Canaccord Genuity Corp. and CIBC Capital Markets (together, the "Co-Lead Agents"), acting as co-lead agents and joint bookrunners, together with a syndicate of agents including Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., Haywood Securities Inc. and Paradigm Capital Inc. (together with the Co-Lead Agents, the "Agents") through the issuance of 28,186,500 FT Shares at a price per FT Share of C$1.02 for aggregate gross proceeds of C$28,750,230 (the "LIFE Offering").

WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 19, 2026 / Athena Gold Corporation (CSE:ATHA)(OTCQB:AHNRF) ("Athena Gold" or the "Company") would like to cordially invite existing and prospective investors to visit Booth #212 at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre (1055 Canada Place, Vancouver) on Sunday, January 25 to Monday, January 26, 2026. About the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference: The Vancouver Resource Investment Conference has been the epicenter of junior mining investment in Canada for 25 years and attracts over 5,000 mining investors annually.

Not for distribution to United States newswire services or for dissemination in the United States VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ATHA Energy Corp. (TSXV:SASK) (FRA:X5U) (OTCQB:SASKF) (“ATHA” or the “Company”) announces today that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which Canaccord Genuity Corp. and CIBC World Markets have agreed to act as co-lead agents and joint bookrunners, for and on behalf of a syndicate of agents (the “Agents”), in connection with a best efforts private placement of up to 24,510,000 flow-through shares of the Company (each, a “FT Share”) at a price of $1.02 per FT Share, for gross proceeds of up to $25,000,200. The Agents will also have the option, exercisable in whole or in part at any time prior to the closing of the Offering, to sell up to an additional 3,676,500 FT Shares.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 2, 2026 / ATHA Energy Corp. (TSXV:SASK)(FRA:X5U)(OTCQB:SASKF) ("ATHA" or the "Company") announces the grant of an aggregate of 10,150,000 incentive stock options ("Options") and 1,300,000 restricted share units ("RSUs") to certain eligible participants, including certain directors and officers of the Company, under the Company's equity incentive plan (the "Plan"). One-third of the Options shall vest on the date of issuance thereof, one-third of the Options shall vest on the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance thereof, and the remaining one-third of the Options shall vest on the twelve-month anniversary of the date of issuance thereof.

THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 19, 2025 / Athena Gold Corporation (CSE:ATHA)(OTCQB:AHNRF) ("Athena Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of November 17, November 24, December 9, and December 15, 2025, the Company has closed the third and final tranche of its private placement financing (the "Offering") and has received proceeds of CDN $502,002.98 through the issuance of 7,142,900 flow-through units (the "FT Units") at CDN $0.07 per FT Unit and 33,333 non-flow-through units (the "NFT Units") at CDN $0.06 per NFT Unit. A total of CDN $3,500,028.99 was raised in the Offering, of which CDN $2,727,526.03 was raised in the first tranche, CDN $270,499.98 in the second tranche and CDN $502,002.98 in the third tranche.

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THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / Athena Gold Corporation (CSE:ATHA)(OTCQB:AHNRF) ("Athena Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of November 17, November 24 and December 9, 2025, the Company has closed the second tranche of its private placement financing (the "Offering") and has received proceeds of CDN $270,499.98 through the issuance of 150,000 flow-through units (the "FT Units") at CDN $0.07 per FT Unit and 4,333,333 non-flow-through units (the "NFT Units") at CDN $0.06 per NFT Unit. An aggregate of CDN $2,727,526.03 was raised in the first tranche of the Offering.