American Eagle Expands North Zone High-Grade Mineralization

American Eagle's North Zone Highlights:

• NAK24-27 intercepted 50 m of 1.01% Copper Equivalent (CuEq)

  • within 252 m of 0.48% CuEq

  • within 600 m of 0.33% CuEq

• NAK24-30 Intercepted 515 m of 0.40 % CuEq

  • Including 112 m of 0.56% CuEq

  • And including 61 m of 0.71% CuEq

• Assay results for eight holes are pending

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 3, 2024) - American Eagle Gold Corp. (TSXV: AE) (OTCQB: AMEGF) ("American Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the intersection of strong copper-gold mineralization at the north zone, expanding NAK's high-grade mineralized envelope to the west and north. Holes NAK24-27 and NAK24-30 intersected strongly mineralized conglomerate and zones of bornite and chalcocite veining within rocks of the Babine porphyry stock

Watch CEO Anthony Moreau and Lead Geologist Neil Prowse Discuss Recent Results

Broad Intervals of High Grade within a Large System

American Eagle believes that NAK represents a large, well-mineralized system with significant potential for growth. The drill holes reported in this news release provide evidence of a deep-rooted mineralized system extending beyond the limits of previous drilling. Confirmed grades and visually rich mineralization observed in recent northern drill holes (NAK24-33, -35, -37, and -38) suggest broad connectivity of the system to the north (refer to the northerly hole map).

Additionally, the Company is reporting results from NAK24-29, its first shallow infill hole drilled between the western drill fence of NAK Phase 1 and the porphyry stock. NAK24-29 intersected consistent copper mineralization throughout, and the results track a zone of increased grade extending to the north from the south zone, that appears to steadily improve northwards with depth.

"One of our primary focuses remains unlocking the potential of the North Zone, where we are confident a high-grade source lies at depth and may extend to surface. We believe 2025 will be a pivotal year as we refine our targeting efforts and showcase NAK's potential. With South32's recent $29 million strategic equity investment and over $37 million in our treasury, our drilling programs at NAK are funded for the next three years," stated CEO Anthony Moreau.

Plan Map, Long Section and Drill Core Images:

• Interactive plan view map of drilling to date at NAK

• Core images for Assayed 2024 Drill Core

NAK24-27 Assay Results (Table 1) and Details*

Cross Section of NAK24-27

* Copper Equivalent (CuEq) shown in Tables for drill intersections are calculated on a basis of US$ 3.75/lb for Cu, US$ 1,900/oz for Au, US$ 20/oz for Ag and US$ 25/lb for Mo, with 80% metallurgical recoveries assumed for all metals (Since it's unclear what metals will be the principal products, assuming different recoveries is premature at this stage). The formula is: CuEq. = Cu % + (Au grade in g/t x (Au recovery / Cu recovery) x [Au price ÷ 31] / [Cu price x 2200]) + (Ag grade in g/t x (Ag recovery / Cu recovery) x [Ag price ÷ 31] / [Cu price x 2200] + (Mo grade in % x (Mo recovery / Cu recovery) x [Mo price x 2200] / [Cu price x 2200]). The assays have not been capped.

NAK24-27 was collared 100 m west of NAK23-12, and drilled eastward. It confirms that the higher grade mineralization encountered in NAK24-12 adjacent to and locally within the Babine porphyry stock extends westward at depth. NAK24-27 was collared in coarse- to fine-grained sedimentary rocks hosting sparse copper mineralization, occurring primarily as mm- to cm-scale semi massive sulphide veins. At a depth of approximately 343 m, well-mineralized conglomerate was intersected, with the strongest mineralization occurring below 700 m. Mineralization consists primarily of bornite and chalcopyrite, as partial matrix replacement, as disseminations within conglomerate clasts, and in local zones of mm- to cm-scale semi-massive sulphide veins. NAK24-27 tracks the strongest mineralization encountered in holes NAK23-12 and NAK22-04 steeply to depth, where it appears to parallel the the steeply west-dipping contact of the Babine porphyry stock.

NAK24-30 Assay Results (Table 2) and Details*

Cross Section of NAK24-30

NAK24-30 was collared 100 m north of NAK23-12 and drilled eastward. In a manner similar to hole NAK24-27, its mineralization increased downhole, with moderately mineralized sandstone and conglomerate giving way to strongly mineralized conglomerate at a depth of 384 m, where broad zones of disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite host local zones of dense veining (bornite-chalcopyrite +/- chalcocite). NAK24-30 remained in mineralized conglomerate, hosting subintervals of sandstone, and with both intruded by porphyry dykes of intermediate composition, down to a depth of approximately 660 m, where the Babine porphyry stock was encountered. Mineralization within the porphyry stock remained strong, returning 0.37 % CuEq from 711 m to End of hole. It is characterized by abundant veins, veinlets, and fracture coatings of bornite and chalcocite, which appear to have high-temperature potassic alteration haloes. The hole was ended at 899 m within moderately well-mineralized rocks of the stock. This is suggestive of the potential for further mineralization, and perhaps for another mineralized center, lying to the north and east

NAK24-29 Assay Results (Table 4) and Details*

Cross Section of NAK24-29

NAK24-29 was collared 100 m east of NAK24-18 (refer to the southerly hole map) and drilled eastward. It intersected sandstone to a depth of 200 m, and weakly mineralized conglomerate below that and down to a depth of 460 m, where dyking, possibly as marginal phases related to the Babine porphyry stock, was encountered. The strongest copper grades in NAK24-29 were intersected over 3.82 m, in bornite mineralized, sparsely plagioclase feldspar phyric monzonite which returned 0.75% Cu. This dyke is analogous in trace element geochemistry and texture to similarly mineralized dykes, known colloquially in the region as "Copper dykes," which have been intersected in various drill holes drilled by the Company over three seasons of drilling. In addition, a well mineralized screen of conglomerate hosting chalcopyrite and bornite was intersected between stock-related dykes and the stock itself. In a manner consistent with the north-south line of 2024 drill holes collared to the west and drilled to the east, the highest grades intersected in drilling to the immediate north of the historical near surface mineralization at the south zone appear to form a connected zone proximal to the porphyry stock, and in general, the widths and grades of this mineralization appears to increase steadily to the north.

Collar details for holes drilled in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 drill program: Table 6

QA/QC and Sampling Protocol

Sampling at NAK follows a rigorous methodology and internal QA/QC protocol. Drill core is halved on site, and samples are submitted to ALS Geochemistry in Langley, British Columbia for preparation and analysis. ALS is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for assays. All analytical methods include quality control standards inserted at set frequencies. The entire sample interval is crushed and homogenized, and 250 g of the homogenized sample is pulped. All samples were analyzed for gold, silver, copper, molybdenum and a suite of 45 other major and trace elements. Analysis for gold is by fire assay fusion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) on 30 g of pulp. Analysis for silver, copper, and molybdenum is by four-acid digestion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS). All other major and trace elements are analyzed by four-acid digestion followed by ICP-MS.

Internal QA/QC protocols dictate that individual core samples are no less than 70 cm and no greater than 3 m in length. To control standard, blank, and duplicate sample frequency, and to better constrain pass/fail re-analysis intervals, samples are submitted to the lab in 50 sample batches. Within each 50-sample batch, there is one gold-copper standard and two coarse reject duplicates, inserted at regular intervals, and two blank samples, inserted sequentially following well-mineralized samples where possible, for a total of 10% QA/QC samples. All gold and copper standard analyses from the 2023 program passed within 2 standard deviations of expected values. Where duplicate values differed significantly, the lower values from the resulting re-analyses were used.

About American Eagle's NAK Project

The NAK Project lies within the Babine copper-gold porphyry district of central British Columbia. It has excellent infrastructure through all-season roads and is close to the towns of Smithers, Houston, and Burns Lake, B.C., which lie along a major rail line and Provincial Highway 16. Historical drilling and geophysical, geological, and geochemical work at NAK, which began in the 1960's, tested only to shallow depths. Still, the work revealed a very large near-surface copper-gold system that measures over 1.5 km x 1.5 km. Drilling completed in 2022, 2023, and 2024 by American Eagle has returned significant intervals of high-grade copper-gold mineralization that reach beyond and much deeper than the historical drilling, indicating that zones of near-surface and deeper mineralization, locally with considerably higher grades, exist within the broader NAK property mineralizing system.

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About American Eagle Gold Corp.

American Eagle is focused on exploring its NAK copper-gold porphyry project in west-central British Columbia, Canada.

Q.P. Statement

Mark Bradley, B.Sc., M.Sc., P.Geo., a Certified Professional Geologist and 'qualified person' for the purposes of Canada's National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties, has verified and approved the information contained in this news release.

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