Artemis Gold Inc. provided an update on first quarter construction progress at the Blackwater Mine in central British Columbia. The project remains fully funded, within the guidance for initial capital expenditure, and on schedule for first gold pour in second half 2024. At March 31, 2024 overall construction was approximately 73% complete, and approximately CAD 523 million of the guided initial capital expenditure of CAD 730 to CAD 750 million had been spent.

By the end of first quarter 2024, the Company had entered into contractual commitments for CAD 682 million (or 93% of the lower end of the guided initial capital expenditure). The majority of uncommitted expenditures relate to owners' cost and earthworks associated with mining pre-strip and construction of the tailings storage facility and other civil structures. Construction Update: Mild weather conditions in first quarter 2024 provided good, early access to infrastructure areas at the Blackwater Mine.

Construction of major site water management facilities, including the water management pond, the central diversion system and the Davidson Creek diversion, have been completed. Work on the tailings storage facility dam is progressing well. Initial material placement has been successfully achieved, including tying into the surrounding topography, providing for optimal productivity moving into summer.

Process Plant: At the end of March 2024, the Sedgman EPC contract work on the processing plant was approximately 84% complete overall, with engineering, design and procurement essentially complete. Process plant construction continues to progress well, particularly within steel erection and conveyor installation. Installation of mechanical equipment within the secondary and tertiary crushing circuits, as well as the screening station, was completed during the quarter.

Notable achievements throughout the period included the installation of the ball mill, intensive leach reactor and the regeneration kiln, while installation of the gravity concentrator has commenced. All major tanks have been completed, including pre-leach, carbon-in-leach, and elution, and hydrotesting is underway. Concrete work is nearing completion with most of the major pours now completed including the primary crusher run-of-mine slab, crusher vault and ore stockpile reclaim tunnel.

Erection of the reagents and mill buildings are in progress with cladding works planned to commence in April. Electrical and instrumentation activities are scaling up, with the installation of the main electrical room in the crushing circuit area now complete. Transmission Line: During first quarter 2024 the transmission line right-of-way clearing was completed.

Construction contracts were awarded, and contractors mobilized to the region. Laydown areas and camp facilities have been established and civil foundation work and structure erection commenced. All electrical conductors have been delivered to site.

Poles and hardware deliveries are in progress and sequenced to support the construction schedule. The line is being built in two parts, north and south of the Nechako River. The length of the northern section is approximately 50km and the southern section approximately 80km.

Upgrades to the BC Hydro Glenannan substation are progressing to plan. Commissioning planning with BC Hydro is advancing as planned. Work associated with Blackwater's 25kV power distribution network has progressed according to plan with engineering at an issued-for-construction (IFC) level, procurement complete, and most materials on site.

Pole foundations are 65% completed and pole erection has commenced. Assembly and commissioning of the owner's mining fleet continues to advance. Two 400-tonne hydraulic backhoe excavators, six 240-tonne rigid frame haul trucks and two large mining front-end loaders are fully assembled.

The remainder of the fleet to support initial operations is on site and nearing completion. Additional units will be added to the fleet as operations ramp up.