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Empowering Explorations: The Value of Canada Exchanges

Canada has been recognized for a very long time as the global leader in resource exploration and responsible mineral development. This reputation and trust aren’t just built on geology alone, but also on the supporting financial ecosystem designed to help early-stage explorers grow, innovate, and responsibly unlock the natural potential of their projects. Among the main or important pillars of this ecosystem are Canada’s modern, well-regulated exchanges, including the Canadian Securities Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

These platforms not only empower companies to raise capital but also cultivate trust and transparency for investors around the world. One such company benefiting from this environment is the Golden Age Exploration Ltd. (CSE: GDN), an emerging exploration company advancing the promising projects in British Columbia. Its listing on the CSE illustrates how Canada’s exchanges play a vital role in bridging the opportunity, innovation, and responsible exploration.

A Platform Built for Growth & Transparency

The Canadian Securities Exchange was established to meet the needs of modern, growth-oriented public companies. Unlike the traditional markets burdened by the complex administrative layers, the CSE offers a streamlined regulatory framework that aims to reduce the necessary overhead. For companies like the Golden Age Exploration, this means more time and resources can be dedicated to actual exploration work, mapping, sampling, drilling, and advancing projects towards the discovery.

Transparency is one of the most important values for CSE. Investors have clear access to the disclosures, financials, and the ongoing corporate activities, further creating a marketplace where the early-stage exploration firms can build credibility. For the Golden Age Exploration, trading under the symbol CSE: GDN enhances the visibility among the retail and institutional investors who focus on Canada’s most renowned exploration and mining sectors. This much increased visibility not only boosts the investor confidence but also drives liquidity, an essential ingredient for companies to rely on the public markets to progress from concept to discovery.

Strength Through Partnership: CSE & Golden Age Exploration

The relationship between the exchange and the issuer is symbiotic. In the case of GDN and the CSE, this partnership demonstrates how the supportive market infrastructure can accelerate exploration success.

From the CSE, GDN gains:

  • A credible and trusted platform recognized globally
  • Access to the capital markets that understand the exploration risk and opportunity
  • Streamlined reporting requirements that reduce the administrative burden
  • A transparent marketplace that builds investor trust

From GDN, the CSE gains:

  • A growth-oriented exploration company contributing to the dynamic mining portfolio
  • Projects like the Magic Project attract interest and diversify the exchange’s resource offerings.
  • A commitment to the responsible, data-driven exploration practices
  • Increased investor engagement and sector vibrancy

Together, this partnership highlights how the Canadian exchanges foster sustainable resource development by further supporting the companies that are committed to environmental responsibility, good governance, and long-term value creation.

Canada's Exchanges: A Global Gateway for Investors

While the CSE plays a crucial role for the emerging companies, Canada’s broader financial landscape, including the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange, strengthens the country’s position as a global mining capital. These exchanges are recognized internationally for their high-regulatory standards, rigorous compliance expectations, and deep sector expertise.

For the investors abroad, the Canadian exchanges offer:

  • Transparent trading environments with clear disclosure standards
  • High levels of regulatory oversight, which reduce the risk and foster accountability
  • Efficient access to capital markets, enabling fast and reliable trading
  • Exposure to a world-class resource project and early-stage exploration opportunities

These features are particularly attractive to international investors seeking exposure to early-stage companies like Golden Age Exploration. Canada’s exchanges make it easier to evaluate, trade, and support promising explorers, helping them move from grassroots exploration to potential resource development.

Fueling the Future of Responsible Future Exploration

As the global demand for critical minerals grows, responsible exploration becomes increasingly essential. Early-stage companies must embrace modern technology, data-driven exploration, and sustainable practices to meet investor expectations and regulatory standards. Exchanges such as the CSE actively encourage these values, making them hubs for innovative explorers who prioritize environmental awareness while pursuing discovery.

Golden Age Exploration exemplifies this shift. By focusing on scientifically driven exploration at the Magic Project and other prospective assets, GDN demonstrates how responsible mineral exploration can coexist with long-term economic opportunity. Its listing on the CSE allows the company to attract the capital necessary to execute its vision while upholding transparent practices that align with modern investor priorities.

Conclusion: The Power of Canada's Market Ecosystem

Canada’s exchanges do more than facilitate trading; they empower exploration. They offer the financial structure, regulatory clarity, and investor trust that early-stage companies need to thrive. For Golden Age Exploration Ltd., being listed on the CSE is more than a symbol; it is a strategic foundation that supports growth, enhances credibility, and enables progress.

As the world continues to seek secure supplies of minerals essential for technological advancement and environmental transition, Canada’s exchanges will remain a cornerstone of global exploration. By nurturing partnerships like the one between GDN and the CSE, they help drive innovation, attract investment, and ensure that exploration remains sustainable, transparent, and forward-looking.

In this evolving landscape, companies like Golden Age Exploration stand at the forefront, empowered by Canada’s world-class exchanges and ready to shape the future of discovery.

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Aziz-Ur Rehman,
Chief Financial Officer

GOLDEN AGE EXPLORATION

Aziz-ur Rehman, CPA, CGA, ACCA(UK), BGS
Chief Financial Officer

GOLDEN AGE EXPLORATION

Mr. Rehman is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified General Accountant(CPA, CGA) and Chartered Certified Accountant(ACCA) from the United Kingdom. He attended Langara College and then graduated from Athabasca University with a Bachelor of General Studies(BGS). Mr. Rehman has a broad range of financial accounting and management accounting experience and served various private and publicly listed junior mining companies during the last 12 years.

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Ehsan Salmabadi,
Qualified Person (“QP”) / Director

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Ehsan Salmabadi, B.Sc.(Geology), P. Geo. and Qualified Person (“QP”)

Mr. Salmabadi has worked in the mining industry since 2007 and has a broad base of previous experience in not only exploration but also mine development and operation. Mr. Salmabadi began his career working for exploration companies and decided to move to a mine setting to expand his breadth of knowledge. He served as an Underground Mine Geologist, then Senior Geologist at North American Tungsten Corp. at the Cantung Mine in the Northwest Territories where he was involved in increasing mineral resources, reserve development, and long-range planning. Since then, Mr. Salmabadi has taken his mining and exploration experience and applied it as a consultant to exploration projects in Canada and the United States. Mr. Salmabadi holds a Bachelor of Science in geology from the University of British Columbia and is registered as a Professional Geologist (P.Geo.) with the Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. He served as the Vice President of Exploration for Stuhini Exploration Ltd as Senior Geologist at Stuhini from 2019 until 2025 and currently is a senior project Geologist with Fireweed Metals Corp.

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Andrew Wilkins, Project Geologist

GOLDEN AGE EXPLORATION
I have balanced work in two professions for over 30 years. During the winter months, I have worked as a ski guide in the helicopter skiing industry since 1986. This included being a business partner with Whistler Heli-Skiing from 1994 to 2006 before selling the company to Whistler/Blackcomb. For the remainder of the year, I have worked in the mining exploration industry as an exploration geologist since 1981. Over the years, I have specialized in working in rugged mountainous environments. More recently, I have managed medium sized exploration projects in Canada, USA, Mexico and Argentina. I am currently QP for Mountain Boy Minerals and Stuhini Exploration.
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Tibor Gajdics,
Director

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Licensed to manage investments for individual clients in 1982 at Yorkton Securities, Tibor retired in 1998 and has since established himself as a specialist in corporate governance, project finance, mergers and acquisitions. With over 35 years in the business of raising equity for start ups and mid-tier companies, Tibor specializes in structuring early stage companies and identifying the financial instruments best suited for each venture. He also has extensive experience internationally in mining, focused on gold exploration, development and production. Most recently, as founding member and President of biotech company, KOP Therapeutics Corp, Tibor has raised more than $3M in equity capital for KOP and developed a pathway to commercialization of a new cancer drug platform with a target date for FDA approved human trials in 2024 – 2025. KOP Therapeutics’ mission is to support biomedical scientific research by working closely with lead investigators / scientists to discover leading edge scientific breakthroughs to improve human health.
Kevin Hanson

Kevin Hanson, President / Director

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Kevin Hanson, B.A.(Commerce), C.P.A, C.A., C.P.A. (Nevada)

Mr. Hanson is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Public Accountant since 1983 and C.P.A. (Nevada) with more than 43 years experience in the financial reporting and 29 years in auditing of publicly traded companies. From January 1991 to December 2007, Mr. Hanson was a partner with Amisano Hanson, a public accounting firm which merged with BDO Dunwoody LLP (predecessor to BDO Canada LLP) in December 2007 and continued as a consultant with BDO Canada LLP, Chartered Accountants until 2011. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Hanson provided services as a controller of seven reporting public companies. From 1994 until 1998, Mr. Hanson served as a member of the Technical Subcommittee to the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Vancouver Stock Exchange. From 1993 to current, Mr. Hanson has been directly involved with public companies, in both Canadian and US markets, including incorporation, IPO’s, management, financing and project acquisition services. Mr. Hanson was a director of two junior capital pool companies, Pender Capital Corp, from 1993 to 1995, and Commercial Consolidators Corp. (formerly Balmoral Capital Corp.) from May 1998 to October 1999. Mr. Hanson was the President and a director of Petro River Oil Corp., (formerly Brockton Capital Corp.) from February 2000 to December 2007 and a director of Coastal Gold Corp (formerly Ridgemont Capital Corp.) from July, 2008 to November, 2010. Mr. Hanson was also a director and Chief Financial Officer of Taal Distributed Information Technologies Inc. (formerly Squire Mining Ltd.) from August 2014 until March 2018. Mr. Hanson has been a director of Golden Age Exploration Ltd from February 2021 to current and President / CFO from January 11, 2022 to current.
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Kevin Hanson, President

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Mr. Hanson is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Public Accountant since 1983 and C.P.A. (Nevada) with more than 35 years experience in the financial reporting and 25 years in auditing of publicly traded companies. From January 1991 to December 2007, Mr. Hanson was a partner with Amisano Hanson, a public accounting firm which merged with BDO Dunwoody LLP (predecessor to BDO Canada LLP) in December 2007 and continued as a consultant with BDO Canada LLP, Chartered Accountants until 2011. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Hanson provided services as a controller of seven reporting public companies. From 1994 until 1998, Mr. Hanson served as a member of the Technical Subcommittee to the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Vancouver Stock Exchange. From 1993 to current, Mr. Hanson has been directly involved with public companies, in both Canadian and US markets, including incorporation, IPO’s, management, financing and project acquisition services. Mr. Hanson was a director of two junior capital pool companies, Pender Capital Corp, from 1993 to 1995, and Commercial Consolidators Corp. (formerly Balmoral Capital Corp.) from May 1998 to October 1999. Mr. Hanson was the President and a director of Petro River Oil Corp., (formerly Brockton Capital Corp.) from February 2000 to December 2007 and a director of Coastal Gold Corp (formerly Ridgemont Capital Corp.) from July, 2008 to November, 2010. Mr. Hanson was also a director and Chief Financial Officer of Taal Distributed Information Technologies Inc. (formerly Squire Mining Ltd.) from August 2014 until March 2018. Mr. Hanson is also a director and Chief Financial Officer of Zena Mining Corp. (formerly Zena Capital Corp.), since February 2000, a public industrial minerals company involved in the exploration of barite in British Columbia.