Emperor Metals Inc. announced the resumption of drilling operations at the Duquesne West Gold Project. The drilling activities had temporarily ceased between June 4, 2023 and June 30, 2023 due to a provincial ban on work in response to the significant forest fires in the Province of Quebec. Based on knowledge gained from in-house A.I. modelling, additional drilling permit applications were submitted on May 4, 2023 and granted on June 26, 2023.

The additional permits will provide optionality to the Phase 1 drilling program as results emerge. Permits were also received for drilling in areas close to wetlands. Emperor's initial ~+7,000 meter Phase 1 Drill Program began on May 9th and a province-wide wildfire ban went into effect during the drilling of the second diamond drill hole.

Geological processing for the first two holes was completed and samples have been sent to SGS Laboratories in Lakefield, ON. Drilling resumed on June 30th and the first three diamond drill holes have now been completed: DQ23-01: 1,068 meters; DQ23-02: 834 meters and DQ23-03: 948 meters. Drilling has commenced on the fourth diamond drill hole, DQ23-04.

The 2023 field program is expected to run until the end of September and complete 10 diamond drill holes of about 700m each on average, for a total of about 7,000m. To date, 3,000m have been completed. Each hole is carefully planned using the most current information and interpretation of results.

The Duquesne West Gold Property is located 32 km northwest of the city of Rouyn-Noranda and 10 km east of the town of Duparquet. The property lies within the historic Duparquet gold mining camp in the southern portion of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt in the Superior Province. Under an Option Agreement, Emperor agreed to acquire a one hundred percent (100%) interest in a mineral package comprising 38 claims covering approximately 1,389 ha, located in the Duparquet Township of Quebec (the "Duquesne West Property") from Duparquet Assets Ltd., a 50% owned subsidiary of Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. The Property hosts a historical inferred mineral resource estimate of 727,000 ounces of gold at a grade of 5.42 g/t Au.

The mineral resource estimate predates modern CIM guidelines and a Qualified Person on behalf of Emperor has not reviewed or verified the mineral resource estimate, therefore it is considered historical in nature and is reported solely to provide an indication of the magnitude of mineralization that could be present on the property. The gold system remains open for resource identification and expansion. Reinterpretation of the existing geological model was created using A.I. and Machine Learning.

This model shows the opportunity for additional discovery of ounces by revealing gold trends unknown to previous workers and the potential to expand the resource along significant gold-endowed structural zones.