Pure Gold Mining Inc. provided an operations and underground drilling update at its high-grade PureGold Mine in Red Lake, Ontario. 8 Zone Update: In addition to improving access to high-grade ore in the near-term, the ramp development rates achieved to date coupled with the acceleration of the Main Ramp beginning in July present an opportunity to bring forward underground drilling and development of the high-grade 8 Zone. Based on projected Main Ramp development rates from July 2021 onward, first access to 8 Zone ore is currently expected to be achieved by July 2024, approximately 8 months earlier than was envisioned in the Feasibility Study.1 Additionally, the Company is currently evaluating opportunities to begin underground infill and step-out drilling of 8 Zone from the Main Ramp earlier than planned, with first results now potentially possible before the end of 2021. Further updates on plans to begin drilling 8 Zone from underground will be provided over the coming months. Underground Drilling Update PureGold is also pleased to report high-grade drill intercepts returned from underground drilling completed during the second quarter of 2021. This new drilling targeted zones in close proximity to both the Main Ramp and the East Ramp and has been designed to further delineate stopes planned for the second half of 2021 with the goal of expanding mineable inventory and increasing the grade of longhole stopes in the near-term mine plan. This drilling has been highly successful in confirming the tenor of high-grade mineralization within planned stopes and has also expanded the mineable inventory in areas close to the main haulage ways. Underground drilling results highlights: East Ramp: 14.7 g/t gold over 1.7 metres from drill hole PGU-0203; including 21.6 g/t gold over 1.0 metre. 84.2 g/t gold over 1.0 metre from drill hole PGU-0210; 21.4 g/t gold over 2.1 metres from drill hole PGU-0212; 120.8 g/t gold over 1.0 metre from drill hole PGU-0214; 9.2 g/t gold over 7.9 metres from drill hole PGU-0222; including 15.2 g/t gold over 1.0 metre and 33.0 g/t gold over 1.0 metre. Main Ramp: 33.1 g/t gold over 2.2 metres from drill hole PGU-0188; including 68.5 g/t gold over 1.0 metre; 65.6 g/t gold over 2.0 metres from drill hole PGU-0198; 41.6 g/t gold over 1.0 metre from drill hole PGP-00007; 14.2 g/t gold over 4.3 metres from drill hole PGP-00009; including 21.2 g/t gold over 1.0 metre; 16.7 g/t gold over 3.6 metres from drill hole PGP-00012; including 27.6 g/t gold over 1.6 metres; 6.4 g/t gold over 8.4 metres from drill hole PGP-00018; including 32.3 g/t gold over 1.0 metre; 15.1 g/t gold over 5.6 metres from drill hole PGP-00019; including 20.8 g/t gold over 1.0 metre and 30.4 g/t gold over 1.0 metre; 12.4 g/t gold over 5.0 metres from drill hole PGP-00019 including 2.8 g/t gold over 1.0 metre. A summary table of results is set out at the end of this News Release. Results from drilling continue to be integrated into short-term mine planning, with production planned from most of these areas in 2021. High-grade results from the East Ramp include PGU-0210, PGU-0212 and PGU-0214 which confirm the first stoping area scheduled to be mined from PureGold's East Ramp. Development of two stopes in this area is underway with sills on multiple levels currently delivering high-grade development ore. Stoping from the East Ramp in the third quarter will enhance mine flexibility and will increase the availability of high-grade ore inventory and mill feed from underground and is expected to commence in August. In addition to confirming high-grade stopes close to the main haulage ways, underground drilling also continues to identify new zones that are not part of the current mineral reserves. Drillholes PGP-00017, PGP-00018 and PGP-00019 each returned broad zones of high-grade gold mineralization, including 15.1 g/t gold over 5.6 metres and 12.4 g/t gold over 5.0 metres in a new zone that lies west of a high-grade longhole stope that was mined in the second quarter of 2021. Ore development is currently underway in this area with stoping anticipated to occur in the third quarter. Commercial Production Commercial production will be declared on the first day of the calendar month following the achievement of certain criteria including ore throughput and gold production levels achieving a pre-determined percentage of design capacity. These criteria are reviewed monthly. Inaugural production and cost guidance will follow shortly after a positive commercial production decision.