<div id="readability-page-1"><article>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador--(Newsfile Corp. - May 11, 2026) - Pirate Gold Corp. (TSXV: YARR) (OTCQB: YARRF) (&#34;Pirate Gold&#34; or the &#34;Company&#34;) is pleased to announce that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (&#34;FINRA&#34;) has confirmed the Company's new OTCQB trading symbol will be YARRF, effective at the open of trading on Monday, May 11, 2026.The Company's common shares will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol YARR.The ticker change aligns the Company's U.S. trading symbol with its corporate branding and TSXV ticker, creating greater consistency for shareholders and improving market recognition across trading platforms and investor communications.No action is required by current shareholders in connection with the ticker symbol change.Pirate Gold is advancing district-scale gold exploration across its Treasure Island project in central Newfoundland, spanning over 90 km along the Valentine Lake Fault Zone near major discoveries and producing mines. The Company is currently executing a fully funded 50,000 metre drill program across the Moosehead and Crippleback discoveries.For more information, visit: Pirate Gold Corp.Subscribe to Pirate Gold's YouTube channel for weekly episodes of Treasure Hunters and follow the drill in real time: https://www.youtube.com/@PirateGoldCorp.About Pirate Gold Corp.Pirate Gold Corp. is led by an experienced management team and is the dominant explorer along the Valentine Lake Fault Zone in Newfoundland, Canada's newest gold district. The Company's primary focus is its 100% owned district-scale Treasure Island Gold Project, along with a portfolio of gold projects, including the district-scale Fleur de Lys Project.Website: www.pirategold.ca Twitter: @PirateGoldCorp Facebook: @PirateGoldCorp LinkedIn: @PirateGoldCorpNeither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.Investors are cautioned that trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. This news release contains &#34;forward-looking statements&#34; within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation that are based on expectations, estimates, assumptions, geological theories, and projections as at the date of this news release. The information in this news release about any information herein that is not a historical fact may be &#34;forward-looking statements.&#34; Actual results may differ materially. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (which may, but not always, include phrases such as &#34;anticipates&#34;, &#34;plans&#34;, &#34;scheduled&#34;, &#34;believed&#34; or &#34;intends&#34; or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results &#34;may&#34; or &#34;could&#34;, &#34;would&#34;, &#34;might&#34; or &#34;will&#34; be taken to occur or be achieved) including statements regarding the Company's plans with respect to the Company's projects and the timing related thereto, the merits of the Company's projects, the Company's objectives, plans and strategies, and other matters are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements and are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause results to vary include delays in obtaining necessary approvals, changes in the market for the Company's securities, results of exploration, loss of title to properties, delays in obtaining permits or access to mineral properties, including as a result of adverse weather, fire or flood, changes to the Tax Act, rejection of expenditures as Qualifying Expenditures, and factors included in the documents filed from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities by Pirate Gold Corp. Pirate Gold Corp. will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except as required by law.<img id="corporateNewsLogo" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/6079/296851_be26f9c3e42abb85_logo.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="200" height="281" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/6079/296851_be26f9c3e42abb85_logo.jpg"/>To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/296851<img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://api.newsfilecorp.com/newsinfo/296851/375?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="1" height="1" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://api.newsfilecorp.com/newsinfo/296851/375"/></article></div>

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Pirate Gold Corp. has announced a change in its OTCQB trading symbol to YARRF, effective May 11, 2026, confirmed by FINRA. The change aligns the U.S. trading symbol with its TSX Venture Exchange ticker, YARR, enhancing market recognition. The company is focused on gold exploration in Newfoundland, particularly the Treasure Island project, and is executing a 50,000 metre drill program. Current shareholders do not need to take any action regarding the ticker change.

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