Fortitude Gold Drills 4.57 Meters Grading 2.23 G/T Gold Within 22.86 Meters Grading 0.77 G/T Gold Near Surface at County Line

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESS Newswire / June 2, 2026 / Fortitude Gold (OTCQB:FTCO) (the "Company") announced multiple near surface oxide gold drill intercepts expanding gold mineralization approximately 100 meters west of the permitted East Pit extent located on the County Line Project. The East Pit is one of two active open pit mines on the Project providing direct ship gold mineralization to the Company's Isabella Pearl heap leach and process facility.