Puma Exploration Confirms Broad Gold System at Jaguar; Kinross Launches 2026 Summer Program at Williams Brook

Rimouski, Québec--(Newsfile Corp. - May 21, 2026) - Puma Exploration Inc. (TSXV: PUMA) (OTCQB: PUMXF) ("Puma" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from Kinross Gold Corp's ("Kinross") 1,870-metre Winter 2026 diamond drilling campaign at the Williams Brook Gold Project in Northern New Brunswick, which was completed and funded under its option agreement with Puma Exploration. At the Jaguar Gold Zone ("JGZ"), hole WB26-195 intersected a wide mineralized envelope grading 0.45 g/t Au over 56.50 m, including a higher-grade interval of 1.03 g/t Au over 16.0 m.