Issued on Behalf of RUA Gold Inc.

The Place To Be And A Company Primed For Success

RUA Gold Inc is a New Zealand focused gold and critical metals exploration company targeting two historic high-grade gold and antimony rich districts. With an exceptionally accomplished management team, fully secured permits and recent oversubscribed financing, the Company is combining traditional prospecting with modern AI exploration technology to unlock value from prolific high grade legacy gold-producing regions.

Key Highlights:

1. New Zealand recently triggered an aggressive mandate to double the Country’s mining exports by 2035. The Country’s recent Fast Track Approvals Act 2024 is a bill designed to streamline and accelerate the permitting process for resource projects becoming one of the world’s friendliest jurisdictions for exploration and mining
2. RUA’s management team has an industry leading track record of building multi-billion dollar mines on time and under budget, raising billions in capital for resource projects, with multi-billions of dollars in corporate exits
3. Drilling is hitting high-grade gold and antimony intercepts and surrounded by extensive past production in mining friendly locations with long histories of exploration and resource extraction
4. RUA now holds New Zealand’s largest deposit of antimony mineralisation which has been recognized as a critical mineral by the US, EU, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia and most recently, New Zealand
5. Recently acquired Siren Golds bordering assets consolidating the now district scale Reefton Goldfield. There is potential of further M&A with Federation Mining which twice tried to outbid RUA for Siren’s assets
6. The Company just closed an oversubscribed $5,750,000 equity financing with no warrant and over 20%  insider participation 

RUA is targeting two primary regions—the Reefton Goldfield on New Zealands South Island, which has a rich history of high-grade gold production, and the Glamorgan property in the Hauraki Goldfield on the North Island, long known for its promising epithermal gold-silver system.

After the recent acquisition of Siren Golds Reefton Goldfield assets, RUA’s now district scale 125,000 hectare tenement holdings in the Reefton Goldfield, where RUA holds 95% of the tenements, is an orogenic high-grade quartz vein system with historic production of ~2M oz Au with historic grades of ~9-50 g/t Au. Drilling to date on the Auld Creek project has shown promising high-grade Au and antimony (Sb). Auld Creek sits directly adjacent to OceanaGolds historic Globe Progress which has produced over 1m Au ounces. Extensive surface exploration results, using cutting edge AI technology, show the mineralised zone could stretch for over 2.5 km. At the Murray Creek project, all of three recent drill holes hit visible gold with up over 30g/t Au intercepts and further Sb mineralization. As well, drilling at the Capleston project has found further high grade gold relatively close to surface. The Company’s upcoming drilling at the Cumberland project, targeting additional historic high-grade gold veins, could increase the potential of the Reefton Goldfield even further. Rua’s exploration team is using advanced directional drilling to more accurately trace the known vein extensions.

Federation Mining attempted to outbid RUA Gold twice for Siren’s assets, signalling how crucial these are to their Snowy River Mine project (formerly called the Blackwater Mine). With over US$150M already invested, RUA’s technical director Paul Criddle (who has built 5 mines on time and under budget) has concluded that Federation needs another deposit to extend the Snowy River Mine life. Federation’s management team is equally strong, with former executives from Evolution Mining Limited (a +A$10B Australian based gold mining company) who have a track record of executing on and financing large-scale mining operations. Rua’s tenements directly surround this project on all sides with Snowy River sitting distinctly in the same Goldfield.

The ~15k hectare Hauraki Goldfield Glamorgan tenements are high-grade epithermal Au/Ag systems with historic area production of ~15M oz Au and 60M oz Ag with grades of ~15-30 g/t Au. Extensive geophysical exploration, shows ~3.8km of an untested zone of silicification veining and alteration. Some of the results include soil samples grading up to ~95g/t Au.  The Glamorgan tenements sit adjacent to OceanaGold’s high grade Wharekirauponga (WKP) advanced gold mining project that has 1.37Moz at 17.88g/t Au (Ind) and is in the fast track approvals process so could be fully permitted by the end of 2025.

The Fast-track Approvals Act 2024, enacted by the New Zealand Parliament in December 2024, establishes a streamlined process for infrastructure and development projects deemed to have significant regional or national benefits. The fast-track process became operational on February 7, 2025, allowing applications for projects that deliver significant regional or national benefits. As of March 15, 2025, the Act has been in effect already influencing several companies by providing a streamlined pathway for project approvals. The Government is aiming  to more than double it’s mineral exports by 2035.

RUA’s management boasts a combined ~$2.2B in capital raised, 8 mines put into production, over ~$11B in corporate exits and a combined 150 plus years of mining experience. Simon Henderson is the COO of Rua with a strong history in New Zealand having been on the team that discovered OceanaGold’s WKP project. Lead technical director Paul Criddle is the CEO of Capricorn Metals Ltd. an Australian gold mining company with a~2.8B CAD market valuation.                                  

Antimony is one of the lesser know minerals but has a number of key features. In 2023 it was voted by the Critical Minerals Institute as the rarest of the critical minerals in the world and now recognized as a critical mineral by the US, EU, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia and most recently, New Zealand. In 2024 its spot price rose 250% and as of March 2025 was trading around $50k US per tonne. Antimony is vital for producing batteries, flame retardants, military applications and could potentially offer batteries with over 13 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity. China has a monopoly on the antimony processing and in September 2024, banned all exports of antimony product causing a rush of western governments looking to secure offtakes and develop processing facilities.

Perpetua Resource’s Stibnite Gold Project, which contains large resources of Au and Sb, is a significant mining initiative located in central Idaho. The project has garnered significant financial backing, including a $60 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense. Additionally, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has expressed interest in providing up to $1.8 billion in financing. RUA Gold could very well insert itself as an invaluable cog in the antimony global supply chain. Auld Creek Sb numbers coming through significantly improve the average grade with recent results of over 2% Sb at the last 2 holes reported.  It’s open at depth and north and south along strike with a surface length of ~2.5 km. Perpetua’s project has an average grade of 0.06%.

RUA recently closed an oversubscribed $5.75M CAD financing. This was done with no warrant or discount to it’s market valuation. This provides RUA with ample capital for it’s near term exploration plans while derisking it’s financial position. Of note roughly 20% of the financing participation came from insiders proving their confidence in the future of Rua’s projects and the alignment to shareholders.

Being fully funded from their recent oversubscribed financing, the Company intends to continue developing their high grade Au and Sb tenements in the Reefton Goldfields and the high grade Au and Ag Glamorgan tenements. Combined with New Zealand fast becoming one of the worlds most favorable mining jurisdictions, make RUA a compelling investment opportunity for investors seeking high-potential gold and silver projects with exposure to essential critical metals.

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• RUA GOLD intersects visible gold and confirms downhole continuity of high-grade gold mineralization at Murray Creek, Reefton
•  RUA GOLD utilizes VRIFY AI to Prioritize Cumberland, Following up on Exceptional Historic Drill Intercept
• RUA GOLD intersects visible gold and antimony and confirms continuity of high-grade gold mineralization at Murray Creek
• RUA GOLD reports two major gold bearing structures identified on its Glamorgan Project
• RUA GOLD intersects visible gold and antimony and confirms continuity of high-grade gold mineralization at Murray Creek
• RUA GOLD reports two major gold bearing structures identified on its Glamorgan Project
• New Zealand Government Publishes Its Critical Minerals List – Naming Gold and Antimony. RUA GOLD Provides Exploration Update on the Reefton Project’s Extensive Antimony Potential
• RUA GOLD reports significant gold-antimony intercepts from its Reefton Project
  
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