GoldQuest Announces Granting of Stock Options

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 2, 2026) - GoldQuest Mining Corp. (TSXV: GQC) (OTCQX: GDQMF) ("GoldQuest" or the "Company") announces that it has granted an aggregate of 7,840,000 stock options (the "Options") to purchase common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The Options were granted on June 1, 2026 and have a term of five years from the date of grant, with one-third of the Options vesting on the date of the grant, one-third vesting on the six-month anniversary of the date of the grant and one-third vesting on the one-year anniversary of the date of the grant.