Scorpio Gold Drills 22.25 Metres Grading 2.09 g/t Gold, from 34.14 Metres Along the Zanzibar Trend, at the Manhattan District, Nevada

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Highlights

• Hole 26MN-063 returned 2.09 g/t gold over 22.25 metres ("m") from 34.14 m, including 45.19 g/t gold over 0.85 m from 39.84 m along the Zanzibar Trend.
• Hole 26MN-061 returned 0.54 g/t gold over 18.07 m from 50.21 m at Stray Dog.
• Hole 26MN-059 returned 1.05 g/t gold over 13.26 m from 199.03 m and 1.05 g/t gold over 13.01 m from 281.61 m along the Reliance Trend.

Vancouver, April 16, 2026 - Scorpio Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGN) (OTCQB: SRCRF) (FSE: RY9) ("Scorpio Gold", or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from five step-out holes of the Phase Two drill program at the Manhattan District Project ("Manhattan"), Nevada, USA: 26MN-059 through 26MN-063, see Figure 1. The results are tabulated in Table 1 and discussed below. Scorpio Gold has drilled 72 drill holes to date from its Phase Two diamond drilling program, 25MN-011 through 25MN-045, 26MN-046 through 26MN-077, 26MN-079, and 26MN-081, for a grand total of 20,518 m. With the results herein, Scorpio Gold has reported assays on 48 of these (25MN-011 through 25MN-045 and 26MN-046 through 26MN-063), totalling 17,393 m, and assays are pending from 16 holes (26MN-064 through 26MN-077, 26MN-079, and 26MN-081), totalling 3,125 m. The pending results will be reported as they become available.

"The Zanzibar Trend has quickly emerged as a priority-one target for the Company, representing a newly defined zone that splays off the main Reliance structure. Surface mineralization first demonstrated in hole 25MN-044, which returned 3.14 g/t gold over 49.62 metres, has now been successfully followed up with a step-out to the southeast along a 700-metre largely untested strike corridor extending from Goldwedge to Mustang Hill. Drill hole 26MN-063 further demonstrates continuity along the trend, particularly along the eastern limb of the Manhattan Anticline. As a splay off the principal structural corridor and with limited historical testing, we believe this trend has significant potential to be additive to the existing resource base, supported by the presence of promising grades encountered to date. We continue to allocate focused drilling to this area, with one of our three active rigs currently dedicated to advancing the Zanzibar Trend," stated Harrison Pokrandt, VP Exploration of Scorpio Gold.

Figure 1. Surface Plan Map of drill results, with highlights noted. Map Inset area shown in Figure 2.

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Drill hole 26MN-063 was drilled along the Zanzibar Trend as ~50 m step-outs to both holes 25MN-044 and 25MN-045, see news release dated February 19, 2026, see Figure 2. Drill hole 26MN-059 is a 50 m step-out to the southwest, along the Reliance Trend, to hole 25MN-026, see news release dated November 24, 2025. Drill hole 26MN-062 is a 50 m step-out to the northwest, along the Reliance Trend, to hole 26MN-047, see news release dated February 27, 2026. Two drill holes, 26MN-061 and 26MN-062, drilled at Stray Dog, stepping out from the historic USD Pit. All the drill holes tested beyond the Inferred Resource Constraining Pit ("IRCP"), see Figure 4. Step-out drill holes targeted non-pit constrained inferred category mineralization and uncategorized mineralization. For further details see "Mineral Resource Estimate and NI 43-101 Technical Report, Manhattan Property, Nye County, Nevada" with an effective date of June 4, 2025, on Scorpio Gold's website at https://wp-scorpiogold-2025.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/media/2025/10/Scorpio-Gold-Manhattan-Mineral-Resource-Estimate-43-101-FINAL-2025-10-23.pdf.

Figure 2. Inset Surface Plan Map of Zanzibar Trend Target Area, with drill hole traces projected to surface and result highlights noted.

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Table 1. Results from the current batch of drill holes. Note: There is insufficient geological information to estimate a true width for the drill intercepts reported.

Zanzibar Trend Results:

26MN-063: This drill hole tested the Ordovician Zanzibar Formation and associated mineralization, as it trends from the southeast of Goldwedge towards Mustang Hill. The drill hole contains three intervals hosted in Ordovician Zanzibar Formation limestones and fine grained meta-sedimentary units, including 0.45 g/t gold over 2.99 m from 13.41 m, 0.83 g/t gold over 4.63 m from 25.30 m, and 2.09 g/t gold over 22.25 m from 34.14 m; including 45.19 g/t gold over 0.85 m from 39.84 m (see Figure 3). The latter interval represents new mineralization outside the current IRCP, see cross-section A to A' (Figure 4) and cross-section B to B' (Figure 5).

Figure 3. Drill hole 26MN-063, interval 38.56 m to 41.27 m, displaying Ordovician Zanzibar Formation limestones with quartz-calcite-adularia epithermal veins.

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Figure 4. Cross-section A-A', showing gold grades with reported intervals highlighted.

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Figure 5. Long-section B-B', showing gold grades with reported intervals highlighted.

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Reliance Trend Results:

26MN-059: contains seven intervals hosted in the Cambrian Gold Hill Formation along the Reliance Trend to the north of the West Pit. These intervals are hosted in fine grained meta-sedimentary clastic and carbonate units, including 9.18 g/t gold over 0.91 m from 96.02 m, 0.48 g/t gold over 9.02 m from 156.91 m, 1.05 g/t gold over 13.26 m from 199.03 m, including 3.53 g/t gold over 3.20 m from 204.06 m, 0.46 g/t gold over 5.33 m from 221.59 m, 0.29 g/t gold over 4.42 m from 252.53 m, 7.16 g/t gold over 1.8 m from 281.6 m, and 1.05 g/t gold over 13.01 m from 281.61 m, including 0.72 g/t gold over 12.57 m from 298.63 m.

26MN-062: contains three intervals hosted in the Cambrian Gold Hill Formation along the Reliance Trend to the north of the West Pit. These intervals are hosted in fine grained meta-sedimentary clastic and carbonate units, including 0.29 g/t gold over 15.21 m from 67.82 m, including 1.51 g/t gold over 2.16 m from 67.82 m, 0.29 g/t gold over 11.55 m from 126.19 m, and 0.7 g/t gold over 3.47 m from 224.19 m.

Stray Dog Results:

26MN-060: contains two intervals hosted in the Cambrian Gold Hill Formation to the southwest of the historic USD Pit. These intervals are hosted in fine grained meta-sedimentary clastic units containing 0.20 g/t gold over 21.03 m from 109.03 m and 0.28 g/t gold over 4.97 m from 212.2 m.

26MN-061: contains five intervals hosted in the Cambrian Gold Hill Formation to the southwest of the historic USD Pit. These intervals are hosted in fine grained meta-sedimentary clastic units containing 0.43 g/t gold over 8.63 m from 3.99 m, 0.20 g/t gold over 19.78 m from 21.64 m, 0.54 g/t gold over 18.07 m from 50.21 m, including 1.23 g/t gold over 5.82 m from 61.14 m, 0.30 g/t gold over 6.68 m from 107.59 m, and 0.81 g/t gold over 9.91 m from 188.45 m, including 3.5 g/t gold over 1.45 m from 196.91 m. See cross-section C to C', Figure 6.

Figure 6. Cross-section C-C', showing gold grades with reported intervals highlighted.

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QA/QC

HQ sized diamond drill core samples were cut in halves, then bagged and secured with security tags to ensure integrity during transportation to the Reno, NV, Paragon Geochemical facility for preparation. For quality assurance ("QA"), unmarked coarse blanks, unmarked certified reference materials, and requested laboratory duplicates were inserted into the sampling sequence. QA samples were systematically inserted into each batch of samples, amounting to approximately 10% of the run of samples. Samples were analyzed for gold using method PA-AU02 (~500 g), a two-cycle PhotonAssay^TM analysis of crushed material (70% passing 2 mm). All Paragon Geochemical facilities comply with ISO 17025:2017.

About the Manhattan District

Manhattan, located in the Walker Lane Trend of Nevada, USA, is road accessible and lies approximately 20 kilometers south of the operating Round Mountain Gold Mine (https://www.kinross.com/operations/default.aspx#americas-roundmountain), which has produced more than 15 million ounces of gold. For the first time, the Company has consolidated Manhattan's past-producing mines under a single entity that holds valuable permitting and water rights. Historically, Manhattan has produced approximately 700,000 ounces of gold from high-grade placer and lode operations dating from the late 1890s through to the mid-2000s.¹ The maiden mineral resource estimate (the "Maiden MRE") covering the Goldwedge and Manhattan Pit areas of Manhattan is comprised of 18,343,000 tonnes grading 1.26 g/t gold for a total of 740,000 oz contained gold in the inferred category.²

A historical mineral resource estimate (the "Historical MRE") covers the Black Mammoth, April Fool, Hooligan, Keystone, and Jumbo areas of Manhattan and comprises 1,652,325 tonnes grading 5.89 g/t gold for a total of 303,949 oz contained gold.³ The deposit is interpreted as a low-sulfidation, epithermal, gold-rich system situated adjacent to the Tertiary-aged Manhattan caldera in the Southern Toquima Range of Nevada. A "Qualified Person" as defined in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") has not done sufficient work to make the Historical MRE current, and the Company is not treating the Historical MRE as current.

Notes

• Adjacent Properties: The Company has no interest in, or rights to, any of the adjacent properties mentioned, including the Round Mountain Gold Mine, and exploration results on adjacent properties are not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Company's properties. Any references to exploration results on adjacent properties are provided for information only and do not imply any certainty of achieving similar results on the Company's properties.

• Historical Data: This news release includes historical information that has been reviewed by the Company's qualified person. The Company's review of the historical records and information reasonably substantiate the validity of the information presented in this presentation. The Company encourages readers to exercise appropriate caution when evaluating these data and/or results.

• Third-Party Mineral Projects: These deposits are cited solely for geological context. The Company cautions that these properties are not necessarily adjacent to, nor does the Company or have any interest in or control over them. Although certain geological features may be similar, there is no assurance that mineralization comparable to these deposits will be discovered on any of the Company's properties. Information regarding the aforementioned deposits is taken from publicly available sources and technical reports believed to be reliable but has not been independently verified by the Company. The Company encourages readers to exercise appropriate caution when evaluating these data and/or results.

• Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE): All scientific and technical information relating to Manhattan pertaining to Maiden MRE contained in this news release is derived from the Technical Report dated October 23, 2025 (with an effective date of June 4, 2025) titled "Mineral Resource Estimate and NI 43-101 Technical Report" (the "Technical Report") prepared by Matthew R. Dumala, P.Eng (BC) of Archer Cathro Geological (US) Ltd., Patrick Loury, M.Sc., CPG (AIPG) of Daniel Kunz & Associates, Annaliese Miller, LG (WA) of Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. and Art Ibrado, PhD, PE (AZ) of Fort Lowell Consulting PPLC. The information contained herein in respect of the Maiden MRE is subject to all of the assumptions, qualifications and procedures set out in the Technical Report and reference should be made to the full text of the Technical Report, a copy of which has been filed with the applicable securities regulators and is available under the Company's profile on www.sedarplus.ca.

• Historical MRE: A Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to make the Historical MRE current, and the Company is not treating the Historical MRE as current.
  
  The Company considers the Historical MRE relevant as it demonstrates the presence of significant gold mineralization across multiple zones within Manhattan; however, its reliability is uncertain because it was prepared prior to the adoption of the current CIM Definition Standards and current QA/QC practices. The Historical MRE provides limited disclosure of assumptions, parameters, estimation methods, cutoff grades, and QA/QC protocols, and therefore these cannot be fully verified by the Company. The categories used in the historical estimate predate, and are not directly comparable to, current CIM Definition Standards, and the Company is not treating the Historical MRE as a current Mineral Resource Estimate. To upgrade and verify the Historical MRE in order to make it a current Mineral Resource Estimate, the Company would be required to undertake confirmatory drilling, modern QA/QC sampling, validation and digitization of historical datasets and updated geological modeling followed by the preparation of a new Mineral Resource Estimate in accordance with CIM Definition Standards and NI 43-101. The Company encourages readers to exercise appropriate caution when evaluating the Historical MRE.
  
  All scientific and technical information relating to Manhattan pertaining to the Historical MRE contained in this news release is derived from the Technical Report dated May 1997 titled "Exploration and Pre-Production Mine Development, Manhattan District Project, Nye County" (the "Historical Technical Report") prepared by New Concept Mining, Inc. The information contained herein in respect of the Historical MRE is subject to all the assumptions, qualifications and procedures set out in the Historical Technical Report and reference should be made to the full text of the Historical Technical Report.

• References: (1) Strachan, D. G., and Master, T. D., 2005: Update and Revision of the Gold Wedge Project Development, Nye County. Report prepared for Nevada; Royal Standard Minerals Inc. and dated March 31, 2005; (2) Dumala, M. R., and Lowry, P., 2025: Mineral Resource Estimate and NI 43-101 Technical Report, Manhattan Property, Nye County, Nevada. Report prepared for Scorpio Gold Corporation and dated October 23, 2025 (with an effective date of June 4, 2025); and (3) Berry, A., and Willard, P., 1997: "Exploration and Pre-Production Mine Development, Manhattan District Project, Nye County". Report prepared for New Concept Mining, Inc. and dated May 1997.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed, verified and approved by Thomas Poitras, P. Geo., Chief Geologist of Scorpio Gold, a "Qualified Person", as defined under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Verification included review of laboratory certificates, review of field logs and chain-of-custody records, inspection of blank/standard/duplicate performance, and review of collar and down-hole survey data. No limitations or failures to verify were identified.

About Scorpio Gold Corp.

Scorpio Gold holds a 100% interest in the Manhattan District located in the Walker Lane Trend of Nevada, USA. Scorpio Gold's Manhattan District is ~4,780-hectares and comprises the advanced exploration-stage Goldwedge Mine, with a 400 ton per day maximum capacity gravity mill, and four past-producing pits that were acquired from Kinross in 2021 (see news release dated March 25, 2021 https://scorpiogold.com/news/scorpio-gold-closes-purchase-of-kinross-manhattan-property-nye-county-nevada/). The consolidated Manhattan District presents an exciting late-stage exploration opportunity, with over 140,000 metres of historical drilling, significant resource potential, and valuable permitting and water rights.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SCORPIO GOLD CORPORATION

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Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements relating to: the timing, scope and interpretation of assay results; potential for resource growth and discovery; the potential continuity, extent, grade and characteristics of mineralization along the Reliance Trend, Gap Zone, Zanzibar Trend and Mustang Hill; the intended follow-up exploration activities and timing thereof; the Company's exploration plans and objectives; expected future drilling programmes; anticipated timing of future disclosures and announcements; and other statements that are not historical facts. In making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including: that the Company will be able to obtain sufficient financing to complete planned exploration activities; that the Company will be able to obtain necessary permits and regulatory approvals in a timely manner; that exploration results will be consistent with management's expectations; that general business and economic conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner; that equipment and qualified personnel will be available when required; and that the Company's interpretations of geological data are accurate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others: the Company may require additional financing from time to time in order to continue its operations, which may not be available when needed or on acceptable terms and conditions; the inherent risks involved in the exploration and development of mineral properties, including uncertainties related to the interpretation of drill results and other geological data; fluctuations in commodity prices; compliance with extensive government regulation and changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations that could adversely affect the Company's business and results of operations; uncertainties related to obtaining necessary permits and regulatory approvals; risks related to the Company's ability to retain key personnel; environmental risks and hazards; title matters and surface rights issues; competition in the mining industry; the stock markets have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of companies and these fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the Company's securities, regardless of its operating performance; and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the Company's public filings.

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