Fortitude Gold Drills 3.05 meters Grading 12.90 g/t gold within 24.38 meters Grading 3.89 g/t gold at East Camp Douglas

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESS Newswire / April 21, 2026 / Fortitude Gold Corp. (OTCQB:FTCO) (the "Company") announced numerous wide and high-grade gold drill intercepts from its East Camp Douglas property, located in Mineral County, Nevada. Intercepts include 3.05 meters grading 12.90 grams per tonne (g/t) gold within 24.38 meters grading 3.89 g/t gold, 10.67 meters grading 2.08 g/t gold, 46.24 meters grading 1.13 g/t gold, 7.62 meters grading 4.59 g/t gold, 7.62 meters grading 3.13 g/t gold, and 18.29 meters grading 1.11 g/t gold.