Banyan Gold Continues to Intersect Visible Gold and High-Grade Mineralization in Powerline, Yukon, CanadaVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 26, 2026 / Banyan Gold Corp . (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce high-grade gold (" Au ") mineralization and associated visible gold ("VG") in central Powerline Deposit ("Powerline") at its AurMac Project ("AurMac"), Yukon, Canada.Powerline Highlights:AX-25-801 - 1.70 g/t Au over 5.8m , within 0.79 g/t au over 20.4m; includes high-grade interval of 14.10 g/t Au over 0.4m;AX-25-814 - 1.57 g/t Au over 6.6m , within 0.39 g/t Au over 98.6mAX-25-819 - 1.82 g/t Au over 26.2m and 4.64 g/t Au over 7.7m , within 1.06 g/t Au over 49.6m; includes high-grade interval of 19.90 g/t Au over 1.5m;AX-25-821 - 2.10 g/t Au over 14.0m and 5.08 g/t Au over 5.0m"The continued discovery of high-grade mineralization, which is often associated with visible gold, demonstrates the continuity of the mineralized domains and emphasizes the high-grade potential in the core of the Powerline Deposit," said Tara Christie, President and CEO. "Our drill program for 2026 is underway with five drills on-site. As we continue to receive results from the 2025 drill program, we anticipate an active news cycle in the coming months." Figure 1: Plan map of highlight gold intersections at AurMac.Figure 2: Visible gold intersections in drillholes from Central Powerline. Top left - AX-25-801 - 81.4m. Top Right - AX-25-819 - 118.3m. While visible gold at Powerline is typically (but not always) indicative of high-grade intervals, the potential for heterogeneous gold distribution in a recovered drill core and analyte material processed by the laboratory means not all instances of visible gold will be reflected in high-grade assay results. Figure 3: Cross-section A-B in Central Powerline (See Figure 1). High-grade mineralization in AX-25-819 and -821 has the potential to extend mineralized domains below the conceptual pit boundary from the 2025 Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE"). Magenta outlines show preliminary potential mineralized zones. Once refined, these domains will aid in better constraining estimations of the distribution of gold in the MRE. Figure 4: Cross-section 466850mE in Powerline (See Figure 1). Mineralization in AX-25-801 has the potential to extend high-grade mineralization, convert waste blocks and flatten the conceptual pit floor. Magenta outlines show preliminary potential mineralized zones. Once refined, these domains will aid in better constraining estimations of the distribution of gold in the Mineral Resource Estimate. Figure 5: Diamond drill core from AX-25-801. discordant quartz veins with accessory Bi-sulphosalts, aresenopyrite, and visible gold (See Figure 2). Figure 6: Cross-section 466950mE (See Figure 1) in Powerline. High-grade gold mineralization intersected in AX-25-814 highlights the continuity and potential for up-dip and down-dip extensions of mineralized domains and convert waste blocks. Magenta outlines show preliminary potential mineralized zones. Once refined, these domains will aid in better constraining estimations of the distribution of gold in the Mineral Resource Estimate.Table 1: Diamond drillhole assay intercepts for Powerline in this releaseHOLE NUMBERdepth fromdepth toAu Interval (m)Au Interval (g/t)AX-25-8018.012.54.50.77including8.09.51.51.89and34.536.01.50.31and44.346.01.70.67and58.096.138.10.30including75.085.810.80.57and119.4154.034.60.60including119.4120.00.64.16including132.6153.020.40.79including147.2153.05.81.70including147.2147.60.414.10and181.7184.22.50.76including181.7182.20.52.38and213.5222.59.00.35and237.8238.60.80.33AX-25-81431.932.60.71.94and44.4143.098.60.39including44.444.70.317.11and including56.357.81.51.56and including71.882.010.21.37including75.476.10.77.06and including95.8112.817.00.38and185.6201.015.40.67including195.9197.41.54.92and239.5241.21.70.46and247.1248.00.90.31and268.1268.70.60.77AX-25-81966.680.313.70.35including66.668.11.51.64and including79.980.30.42.93and99.9149.549.61.06including104.4130.626.21.82including106.8107.20.44.24and including115.2122.97.74.64including117.9122.95.06.58including121.4122.91.519.90AX-25-82143.057.014.02.10including52.057.05.05.08including55.557.01.514.90Note: Calculated true widths for AX-25-801, -814 and -820 are approx. 90% of reported drill widths. Calculated true widths for AX-25-819 and -821 are approx. 45% of reported drill widths.Table 2: Collar Locations for drillholes in this releaseHOLE IDEASTING (m)NORTHING (m)ELEVATION (m)Depth (m)AzimuthDipAX-25-8014668577082879773243.80-55AX-25-8144669407082910775272.80-52AX-25-8194667437083282775152.0150-60AX-25-821466766708326377879.5120-50Analytical Method and Quality Assurance/Quality Control MeasuresAll diamond drill core was systematically logged and photographed by Banyan geology personnel. All core samples (HTW and NTW diameter) were split on-site at Banyan's core processing facilities. Once split, half sampl