Lode Gold (Formerly Stratabound) Completes Second Year Commitments on Property Options Advancing McIntyre Brook Ownership

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Lode Gold Resources Inc. completes the second-year commitments on property options, advancing McIntyre Brook ownership. The company closed a shares-for-debt transaction, making payments totaling $209,000. Certain property optionors chose to receive payments in shares, showing support for the new management team. Wendy T. Chan, CEO of Lode Gold, highlights the anticipation for exploration efforts on the Appalachian Gold Trend.

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 25, 2024) - Lode Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: LOD) (OTCQB: SBMIF) ("Lode Gold" or the "Company" formerly Stratabound Minerals Corp.) announces that it has closed the shares for debt transaction, previously announced on April 2, 2024.

The Company had second-year anniversary payments due pursuant to the terms of seven arms-length option agreements on its McIntyre Brook property in New Brunswick. The Company made payments totaling $209,000, satisfied by payments of $77,000 in cash and $132,000 by the issuance of 4,400,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.03 per share, premium to 30-day VWAP at the time.

Of note, certain property optionors chose to take all or part of their payments in shares, in a show of support and belief in the Company's new management team and its restructuring and growth strategic plans.

Wendy T. Chan, CEO of Lode Gold, adds, "We are eagerly anticipating exploration efforts on these grounds which are on the Appalachian Gold Trend (hosts New Found Gold's Queensway Project, Calibre's Valentine Lake Project, St. Barbara's Touquoy Mine). This transaction signifies the unity in Lode Gold's property optionors in their alignment with the Company's new strategic direction. Conserving cash in Lode Gold rather than property payments enables us to put more work in the ground to advance the assets."

The shares are subject to a trading restriction of 4 months and a day.

ABOUT LODE GOLD

Lode Gold is a Canadian exploration and development company with grassroots and advanced exploration properties in highly prospective and safe mining jurisdictions.

Its Golden Culvert and Win Projects, Yukon, covering 99.5 km² across a 27-km strike length, are situated in a district-scale, high-grade-gold-mineralized trend within the southern portion of the Tombstone Gold Belt. Gold deposits and occurrences within the Belt include Fort Knox, Pogo, Brewery Creek and Dublin Gulch, and Snowline Gold's Valley target on its Rogue property in the Selwyn Basin.

Its McIntyre Brook Project, New Brunswick, covering 120 km² and a 17-km strike length in the emerging Triple Fault Gold Belt, is surrounded by Puma Exploration's Williams Brook Project (5.55 g/t Au over 50m) and is hosted by orogenic rocks of similar age and structure as New Found Gold's Queensway Project.

The Company is also advancing its Fremont Gold development project in the historic Mother Lode Gold Belt of California where 50,000,000 oz of gold has been produced. Fremont, located 500km north of Equinox Gold's Castle Mountain and Mesquite mines, has a PEA with an after-tax NPV of USD $217MM, a 21% IRR, 11-year LOM, averaging 118k ounces per annum at USD $1,750 gold. A sensitivity to the March 31, 2023 PEA at USD $2,000/oz gold gives an after-tax NPV(5%) of USD $370MM and a 31% IRR over an 11-year LOM. The project hosts an NI 43-101 resource of 1.16 Moz at 1.90 g/t Au within 19.0 MT Indicated, and 2.02 Moz at 2.22 g/t Au within 28.3 MT Inferred. The MRE evaluates only 1.4 km of the 4 km strike length of the Fremont property that features five gold-mineralized zones. Significantly, three step-out holes at depth hit mineralized structure, typical of orogenic deposits that often occur at depth. Fremont is located on private land in Mariposa, the original gold rush county and is 1.5 hours from Fresno, California. The property has year-round road access and is close to airports and rail. Please refer to the Fremont Gold project PEA dated March 31, 2023 under NI 43-101 guidelines. The technical report has been reviewed and approved by independent "Qualified Persons" Eugene Puritch, P.Eng., FEC, CET, and Andrew Bradfield, P.Eng. both of P&E, and Travis Manning, P.E. of KCA.

QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT

The scientific and technical information contained in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Jonathan Victor Hill, Director, BSc (Hons) (Economic Geology - UCT), FAusIMM, and who is a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").

For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.stratabound.com or contact:

Gary Nassif
Senior Vice President, Director
info@stratabound.com
+1 (416) 915-4157

Kevin Shum
Investor Relations
kevin@jeminicapital.com
+1 (647) 725-3888 ext. 702

Forward-Looking Statements

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

WARNING: The Company relies upon litigation protection for "forward-looking" statements. The information in this release may contain forward-looking information under applicable securities laws. This forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking information. Factors that may cause actual results to vary materially include, but are not limited to, inaccurate assumptions concerning the exploration for and development of mineral deposits, currency fluctuations, unanticipated operational or technical difficulties, changes in laws or regulations, failure to obtain regulatory, exchange or shareholder approval, the risks of obtaining necessary licenses and permits, changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets and the inability to raise additional financing. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information. The Company does not assume the obligation to revise or update this forward-looking information after the date of this release or to revise such information to reflect the occurrence of future unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

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FAQ

What did Lode Gold announce regarding its McIntyre Brook property?

Lode Gold announced the completion of second-year commitments on property options for McIntyre Brook.

How did Lode Gold satisfy the $209,000 payments?

Lode Gold made payments totaling $209,000, with $77,000 in cash and $132,000 through the issuance of 4,400,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.03 per share.

Why did certain property optionors choose to receive payments in shares?

Certain property optionors showed support for the new management team and its strategic plans by choosing to receive payments in shares.

What is the significance of the trading restriction on the shares issued?

The shares issued are subject to a trading restriction of 4 months and a day.