Maple Gold Mines Ltd. announced the appointment of Paul Harbidge to its technical committee, which helps guide exploration, drilling and project management at the Company's projects located in Québec, Canada, and to provide an update on the ongoing deep drilling programs at the Douay Gold Project ("Douay") and the Joutel Gold Project ("Joutel"), which are held by a 50/50 joint venture ("JV") between the Company and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. Mr. Harbidge is an accomplished geologist with more than 25 years of experience and a track record of discovering world-class gold deposits. He is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Faraday Copper Corp., an emerging U.S. copper developer.

Mr. Harbidge was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of GT Gold Corp. and led the company to a CAD 456 million acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in May 2021.

Prior to that, Mr. Harbidge was Senior Vice President of Exploration for Goldcorp Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in April 2019. He also led the exploration team at Randgold Resources that was credited with five major gold discoveries.

Mr. Harbidge holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Geology from Kingston University, London (UK) and a Master of Science in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from Leicester University (UK). A total of six (6) drill holes and drillhole extensions are planned at Douay, several of which are expected to be drilled to 2,000 metres ("m") downhole or more. Deep drilling will test beneath the current mineral resource (SLR 2022) and across the favorable Casa Berardi North Fault corridor, where modeled wireframes demonstrate the potential for higher-grade (>2 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au")) mineralization at greater depths.

Deep drilling at Douay commenced in early January 2023 with drill hole DO-23-331, which is collared approximately 400 m southwest of the conceptual pit limits at the 531 Zone. Previous drilling at the 531 Zone has returned some of the highest-grade and largest gold accumulations (grade x thickness) to-date at Douay, including 8.8 g/t Au over 28.5 m at a depth of 295.0 m in drill hole DO-21-310. While the primary target for this hole is located approximately 1,900 m downhole, where it is expected to intersect the projection of the defined mineralized zone at the 531 Zone significantly down-plunge, DO- 23-331 will also serve to test the full width of the mineralized corridor in this area .

DO-23-331 is currently approaching 1,100 m downhole and is proving to be more mineralized than anticipated in the hanging wall rocks. Two (2) additional drill rigs were recently mobilized to Douay and as previously reported the Company expects five (5) rigs to be turning concurrently throughout first quarter of 2023.