North Peak Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: NPR) (OTCQB: NPRLF) is pleased to announce the initial closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of C$4,380,000.  In connection with this closing of the Private Placement, on March 13, 2026, 4,380,000 equity units of the Company were issued at a price of C$1.00 per Unit.

Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company. Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one Common Share for a period of 12 months from the date of issuance of the Warrant (subject to acceleration) at an exercise price of C$1.50 per share.

The Warrants are subject to an acceleration provision whereby, if the Common Shares trade at or above a volume-weighted average price of C$2.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, the Company will have the right to accelerate the Expiry Date of all or part of the outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to the Private Placement to a date that is 30 days from the notice of such acceleration that is provided by way of press release by the Company.

The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Private Placement to continue to progress drilling at its flagship property Prospect Mountain as it seeks to prove its potential, located in the heart of the historic gold and polymetallic mining camp of Eureka, Nevada, the continued development of its business and for general and administrative expenses.

The securities issued in connection with the Private Placement are subject to a four-month hold period, in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Subject to the final review by the TSX Venture Exchange and in connection with the Private Placement, the Company has agreed to pay cash finder’s fees (6%) to each of the following in respect of the aggregate sales to subscribers under the Private Placement that were introduced by them: (i) Haywood Securities Inc. (C$36,000); (ii) Canaccord Genuity Corp. (C$29,700); (iii) Integral Wealth Securities Limited (C$24,000); (iv) Red Cloud Securities Inc. (C$13,800); and (v) Research Capital Corporation (C$1,500).

In addition, the Company has agreed to issue finder’s warrants (6%) to each of the following in respect of the number of Units sold by the Company under the Private Placement that were introduced by them: (i) Haywood Securities Inc. (warrants to purchase 36,000 Common Shares); (ii) Canaccord Genuity Corp. (warrants to purchase 29,700 Common Shares); (iii) Integral Wealth Securities Limited (warrants to purchase 24,000 Common Shares); (iv) Red Cloud Securities Inc. (warrants to purchase 13,800 Common Shares); and (v) Research Capital Corporation (warrants to purchase 1,500 Common Shares).  These warrants are non-transferable, have an exercise price of C$1.00 per share and expire 12 months from the date of issuance (subject to acceleration).

About North Peak Resources

The Company is a Canadian based gold exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “NPR” and the OTCQB under the symbol “NPRLF”. Launched by the founding team behind both Kirkland Lake Gold and Rupert Resources, the team has a strong track record of acquiring mining assets, applying modern exploration techniques and taking them into operational mines.

North Peak’s flagship property is the Prospect Mountain Mine complex  which lies in the Battle Mountain Eureka trend, in an area known as the Southern Eureka Gold Belt, where three styles of mineralization have been identified, gold, silver Carlin style mineralization, Carbonate Replacement gold, silver, lead, zinc mineralization (CRD) and carbonate hosted Porphyry Related Skarn lead, zinc and gold mineralization associated with cretaceous intrusions.  At the Property, the CRD mineralization is heavily oxidized to depths of at least 610m (2,000ft) below the top of the ridge line.

A Plan of Operations is in place which covers part of the Property and entitles an operator to pursue surface exploration (totaling 189 acres), underground mining of up to 365,000 tons per annum and certain infrastructural works. A more complete description of the Property’s geology and mineralization, including at the Wabash area, can be found in the NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Prospect Mountain Property, Eureka County, Nevada, USA dated and with an effective date April 10, 2023, prepared by David Pym (Msc), CGeol. of LTI Advisory Ltd. and Dr Toby Strauss, CGeol, EurGeol., of Merlyn Consulting Ltd., which has been filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca under the profile of the Company and on the Company’s website.