GFG Exercises its Option and Earns 100% in the 6,500-Hectare WWCC Property in the Prolific Timmins Gold District

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, April 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GFG Resources Inc. (TSXV: GFG | OTCQB: GFGSF) (“GFG” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed its obligations pursuant to its previously announced definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with International Explorers and Prospectors Inc. (“IEP”) to acquire a 100% interest in the 6,500-hectare WWCC Property (“WWCC”) (see April 2022 news release: “ GFG Significantly Expands Presence East of the Prolific Timmins Gold District by Adding 13,300 Hectares ”), subject to certain pre-existing encumbrances (the “Encumbrances”). WWCC forms part of GFG's now 100% owned Goldarm Property. The consolidated Goldarm Property consists of over 15,000 hectares and covers over 30 kilometres (“km”) of the prospective Pipestone and North Pipestone deformation zones which hosts multiple gold deposits and mines in one of the most prolific gold districts in the world (See Figures 1-2).