Juggernaut Confirms Free Milling Gold on New District Scale Gold Silver Copper Rich Discovery at 100% Controlled Big One Property, Golden Triangle, B.C. (TheNewswire) Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - February 23, 2026 – Juggernaut Exploration Ltd (JUGR: TSX.V) (OTCPK: JUGRF) (FSE: 4JE) (the “Company” or “Juggernaut”) is pleased to report the discovery of high-purity free milling gold within the gold-mineralized veins from the newly discovered district scale gold, silver, copper rich system on the 100% controlled Big One property (the “Property”), Golden Triangle, British Columbia. The petrographic study carried out by the Colorado School of Mines also confirms a magmatic origin for the mineralizing fluids, indicating a potential porphyry source. Petrography highlights: Results from a petrographic study prepared by the Colorado School of Mines confirmed that gold occurs as free milling gold up to 150 microns in size. Free milling gold associated with galena. Free milling gold filling fracture in quartz between pyrite. Free milling gold filling fracture in quartz between pyrite. Free milling gold filling fractures in quartz. Based on EDS analyses, the composition of the observed gold grains is quite pure, with gold accounting for 80-90 wt% and silver accounting for 10-20 wt%. Fluid inclusions with both liquid and gaseous CO bubbles have been observed within the gold-mineralized quartz veins, indicating that fluids are generated at high pressures, confirming a magmatic origin, potentially a porphyry. Three-phase fluid inclusion containing aqueous fluid, liquid, and gaseous CO2. Three-phase fluid inclusion with minor aqueous liquid and abundant liquid CO2. The overall geochemistry of the gold-rich mineralized veins is clean with no occurrence of deleterious elements such as mercury or arsenic. Petrographic and metallurgical investigations are ongoing, and additional results will be available after the 2026 inaugural drill program. Manuele (Lele) Lazzarotto, President and COO of Juggernaut Exploration, states: “The discovery of high-purity free milling gold in an environment characterized by no deleterious materials at Big One surely explains the high gold grades observed in the veins and bodes well for recovery through simple gravity. Double CO2 bubbles trapped as fluid inclusions within the quartz veins, confirming a magmatic source, combined with strong propylitic alteration over a 4 km2 area and geochemical trace element distributions, indicate that the source of this mineralization is a potential porphyry, similar to what we see next door at the multimillion-ounce Galore Creek copper-gold-silver porphyry deposit. From an exploration perspective, this opens the door to another exceptional discovery opportunity for the presence of a large causative mineralizing source at depth. Additional petrographic investigations are underway, and we will also be undertaking metallurgical testing with core material from the inaugural drill program slated to start in May 2026. We look forward to continuing to work closely with the Colorado School of Mines as we advance the Big One discovery.” Dan Stuart, CEO of Juggernaut Exploration, states: “These high-grade veins containing high-purity free milling gold encircle the Deeker Creek glacier along the 15 km Highway of Gold Corridor. Clearly, we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg on this mountain of gold. What other surprises remain to be discovered below the surface with the drill bit? Obvious opportunities with scale and grades like those seen on Big One are extremely rare, and we have barely begun to scratch the surface. We strongly believe we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg, and the best is yet to come. The entire team is excited to be the first to drill this extensive high-grade discovery. We look forward to the upcoming fully-funded 10,000 m maiden drill program on Big One, where we will target the low-hanging fruit, the largest and most extensive gold-rich veins seen on surface.” Link to Big One 2026 Video Big One Gold-Rich District-Scale System Highlights: The district-scale Eldorado System covers an area of 22 km that remains wide open where grab samples assayed up to 263.70 g/t AuEq or 8.48 oz/t AuEq (256.60 g/t Au, 546.00 g/t Ag, 0.43 % Cu, 0.41 % Pb and 0.01 % Zn) from 400 mineralized veins that remain open and are up to 10 m wide, hosted in shear zones up to 50 m wide, and are exposed on surface for 500 m with 1 km of vertical relief. Link to Gold Dome Figure Link to Whopper Zone Figure The Gold Swarm Discovery is a 3 km area of strong gold potential with 100 gold-rich polymetallic veins exposed on surface for 200 m and up to 4.5 m wide with up to 700 m of vertical relief, where grab samples assayed up to 231.81 g/t AuEq or 7.45 oz/t AuEq (226.94 g/t Au, 335.00 g/t Ag, 0.00 % Cu, 4.99 % Pb and 0.01 % Zn) that remains open. Link to Goldswarm Figure 41% (219 samples out of 527) collected within the Eldorado System in 2024 and 2025 assayed 1 g/t