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Sasquatch Resources Completes Acquisition of Claims in Port Alberni Region and Reports Technical Details and Upcoming Work Plans

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Vancouver, British Columbia – February 26, 2026 – SASQUATCH RESOURCES CORP. (CSE: SASQ) (“Sasquatch” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce it has closed its previously announced (see Sasquatch’s news release dated February 18, 2026) acquisition of 9 mineral claims (the “Acquired Claims”) covering approximately 2,520 hectares and 10 additional applied for claims covering 201 additional hectares (the “Additional Claims”, and together with the Acquired Claims, the “Claims”) located near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Acquired Claims were purchased by the Company under an asset purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of February 18, 2026 with Justin Deveault (the “Vendor”). The Agreement also provides that the Additional Claims will be conveyed by the Vendor to Sasquatch if and when each Additional Claim is granted.

The Claims represent five documented mineral occurrences known as Golden Dome, Golden Eagle, Star of the West, Lucky Strike, and B & K, and their locations are depicted in Map 1 below.

Map 1 – Recently acquired Claims near Port Alberni

Golden Dome

Golden Dome is comprised of one Acquired Claim (#1128988) covering 260 hectares, and nine Additional Claims (#1129356, #1128105, #1129248, #1129262, #1129273, #1129284, #1126084, #1129263 and #1129295) covering an additional 180 hectares.

The Golden Dome Claims are shown on the map below, with the Application Claims outlined in blue. A potentially continuous porphyry/stockwork system of significant size has been observed at surface and appears to cover an area of 430,000 square meters or more. The system extends over 3km, has been walked to as much as 500m in width, and covers an elevation change of 300m from one end to the other (all observed from following surface structure by foot). The system also has mineralized quartz veins running throughout, with one such vein (location indicated on Map 2 below) having been sampled in the year 2000 by Jacques Houle, the Company’s former (now retired) consulting geologist and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. The sample returned 100+ g/t gold (not tested for over-limits), 219 g/t silver, 1.46% copper and 10% zinc.

Map 2 – Golden Dome Claims and outline of observed Porphyry/Stockwork Zone Map 3 – Golden Dome Claims showing identified road waste rock area and previous minfile area

There are also large sections of newly constructed logging road that appear to have been built directly through the porphyry/stockwork zone (pictured below). Use of mineralized material in construction of sections of this road have been observed by walking the road and observing the road material (also pictured below).

Photograph 1 – Area of mineralization extending on both sides of a new logging road through the Golden Dome occurrence Photograph 2 – Close up of logging road building material used over significant stretch at Golden Dome

There are historical exploration results reported from Golden Dome in previous assessment reports and available through ARISBC. These reports include:

  • Report 14815 (1986)
  • Report 15993 (1987)
  • Report 17355 (1988)
  • Report 37682 (2018)
  • Report 41235 (2023)
  • Report 41455 (2023)
  • Report 42257 (2024)

Assays for 48 samples were completed in the reports above, with results ranging as follows:

ElementRange
CopperNil – 4.1%
GoldNil – 100+ g/t (not tested for over-limits)
SilverNil – 219 g/t
ZincNil – 10+% (not tested for over-limits)
MolybdenumNil – 866 ppm

The full list of samples, approximate locations, and results can be found here. Sample locations are scattered throughout the Claims, with some sample locations reported as from the claim area but otherwise not further specified. There are several reported as being from the Rodeo/Andy area indicted on Map 3 above, which appears to have been the main focus area for previous work. The road waste area, as well the majority of the larger porphyry/stockwork zone (both indicated in yellow on Map 2 above) remains largely unexplored, and will be the focus of future work (detailed below in “Exploration Plans”).

Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle is comprised of two Claims (#1129983 and #1129982) covering 529 hectares, and is shown in Map 4 below.

Map 4 – Golden Eagle showing previous ARISBC report location (MOR), road waste rock area, and the 4m wide vein at the new road showing location

Similar to Golden Dome, above, there are significant areas within Golden Eagle where logging roads have been built through and with material that appears to be rich in sulphides (pictured below).

Photograph 3 – Logging road running through an area of copper mineralization at Golden Eagle Photograph 4 – Close up of logging road building material used over significant stretch at Golden Eagle Two grab samples from the road material were sampled and returned 4.63% Cu, 4.79g/t Ag (D727840) and 5.35% Cu, 6.71g/t Ag (D727845) respectively. Waste rock used to build the road will be systematically sampled and evaluated to better ascertain grades and volumes that may be present (see “Exploration Plans” below).

In addition, there are other areas within Golden Eagle containing sulphide veins of significant size, with one such occurrence pictured below and indicted on Map 4 above (orange dot), observed at a width of approximately 4 meters and running for an unknown length. The pictured occurrence was sampled in 2023 by Justin Devault and returned 6.7% copper across the 4m length (continuous chip sample).

Photograph 5 – newly discovered copper vein

Star of the West

Star of the West is comprised of three Acquired Claims (#11263931, #1149486 and #1129485) covering 634 hectares and a single Application Claim (#1124962) covering an additional 21 hectares, as shown in Map 5 below.

Map 5 – Star of the West showing previously recorded ARISBC location (Cor 6), and thus far found adits and waste dumps (2 dumps found at each starred location)

Star of the West has at least 7 historical mining adits and four (so far) located waste piles, each approximately 15m by 15m with an approximate depth of 10m.

A one-ton bulk sample taken in 1895 was reported to average 17g/t gold (from the Star of the West adit – as stated in the Annual Ministry of Mines Report from the same year).

A large portion of Star of the West was burned by a large wildfire in the summer of 2025, which has revealed large areas of bedrock and outcrop, and which should make further prospecting and evaluation of the property more efficient.

Lucky Strike

Lucky Strike is comprised of a single Claim (#1128988) covering 505 hectares, and is shown in Map 6 below.

Map 6 – Lucky Strike showing previous ARISBC report locations (NI) as well as recently sampled zones

There are historical exploration results reported from Lucky Strike in previous assessment reports and available through ARISBC. These reports include:

  • Report 7731 (1980)
  • Report 17406 (1989)
  • Report 26736 (1999)
  • Report 39413 (2020)
  • Yet to be numbered 2025 report

The main occurrence runs along either side of the Carmanah Main gravel road and has excellent access. Exploration this far has focused on veins of significant size.

Recent sampling programs conducted directly off the road access between returned some excellent values for gold, silver, copper and zinc. A total of 35 samples were recently taken in 2021 and 2023 and results can be found here, and will be made available on the Company’s web-site.

Highlights include:

  • 621 g/t Ag, 1.01 g/t Au, 18.9% Cu, 0.28 Zn
  • 684 g/t Ag, 1.43 g/t Au, 19% Cu, 0.09% Zn
  • 484 g/t Ag, 0.67 g/t Au, 0.34% Cu, 32.7% Zn
  • 597 g/t Ag, 1.15 g/t Au, 0.54% Cu, 38.9% Zn
  • 6 samples with no over-limits run, all 100+ g/t Ag, with Au ranging 0.74 g/t to 9.21 g/t

B & K

B & K is comprised of two Claims (#1098836 and #1103854) covering 592 hectares, and is shown in Map 7 below.

Map 7 – B & K property showing previously reported ARISBC locations, other new sample locations, located audits and proximity to nearby past producing mines

Of all the added Claims, B & K is the only with difficult access, requiring a hike in by foot along old overgrown logging roads. Previous artisanal gold mining has been reported, and the Company