American Eagle Gold Corp. announced that it has drilled its best hole to date on its NAK copper-gold porphyry project (NAK or the Project). NAK23-11 intersected 102 metres of 1.04% Copper Equivalent (CuEq) within 473 metres of 0.62% CuEq from surface.

In addition, NAK23-10 intersected 359 metres of 0.43% CuEq within 830 metres of 0.36% CuEq from surface. The results further demonstrate that the NAK mineralizing system has considerable scale and the potential for substantial growth in size and grade. NAK 22-11 Details: NAK 23-11 was collared approximately 120 m west of NAK23-08, and intersected similar fine to coarse grained clastic rocks, intruded by polyphase dykes that are inferred to be associated with the Babine porphyry stock intrusion.

The best zones of mineralization were within conglomeritic units, proximal to variably mineralized dykes. Copper mineralization increased significantly below 217 m, where the hole intersected conglomerate, with a coincident increase in gold grades. Gold and molybdenum grades show a strong correlation throughout this hole.

Conspicuously high gold grades down hole from 217 m appear to be associated with purple anhydrite veins that host chalcopyrite, bornite, and molybdenite, although gold grades remain strong from top of hole to that point, almost always returning values greater than 0.2 ppm Au. As the hole traverses deeper and to the west, copper values remained steady, with a gradual decrease in gold grade. These changes accompany an increase in the proportion of pyrite with depth.

At 707 m, pyrrhotite makes its first appearance, and both gold and copper values drop off sharply. NAK 22-10 Details:NAK 23-10 was collared approximately 75 m to the north-northeast of NAK23-08 into intensely altered and brecciated intrusive rocks of the Babine porphyry stock. Broad intervals of intense bleaching and clay alteration appear to reflect late-stage fluid flow that stripped sulphide mineralization in the upper 119 m, below which the hole transitions to conglomerate and brecciated finer grained sedimentary rocks.

Mineralization, consisting of chalcopyrite with minor bornite and pyrite, sharply increases within the sedimentary lithologies and remains strong through several porphyry dykes. In contrast to holes NAK23-08 and 11, the strongest disseminated mineralization in NAK23-10 occurs below 540 m within coarse grained sandstone that is intruded by well-mineralized dykes. As the hole traverses deeper and to the west, the relative abundance of pyrite increases, and similarly to NAK23-11, pyrrhotite makes a first appearance below 730 m. While the appearance of pyrrhotite is associated with a similar decrease in grade, the drop in CuEq values is not as pronounced as in NAK23-11, with overall Cu grades remaining strongly anomalous until the end of the hole at 856 m. Update on NAK Holes NAK 23-12 to -15: Assays for drill holes NAK23-12 and NAK23-13 will be received in the coming weeks.

With the recent completion of NAK23-14, drilling in the North Zone has been completed and core samples from that hole have been shipped to the lab for assaying. Drilling on NAK23-15 is in progress, representing a 110-m step-out to the south from NAK23-11 in the South Zone and targeting additional copper-gold mineralization in that direction. The Company's current plan is that the next hole, NAK23-16, will be a westerly directed hole collared 150 metres north of NAK23-11.

NAK23-16 is intended to test the continuity of mineralization encountered to the west and at depth in the South zone from our 2022 drill fence, between the copper-rich North zone and the relatively more gold-rich South zone.