GATLING EXPLORATION INC. announce that it has drilled widespread gold within a strike length in excess of 1,200 m at the Fernland deposit. The mineralization, which was intercepted at surface, occurs within three defined zones hosting multiple lenses. Results include 1.1 g/t Au over 101.3 m at Zone 1, and the Company is awaiting assays from Zone 2, located 400 m east. The holes are part of Gatling's current strategy of testing continuity and evaluating near surface potential across all three highgrade deposits, beginning with the underexplored Fernland deposit. News Highlights: Continuous Near Surface Gold Mineralization at Fernland and Cheminis. Recent drilling indicates that the Fernland deposit contains both highgrade gold and continuous, near surface gold mineralization. The new holes targeted two zones and test down plunge continuity from surface. GTR20088 intersected 1.1 g/t Au over 101.3 m at Zone 1 and drill hole GTR20089 has assays outstanding at Zone 2. The two zones are more than 400 m apart with gold values starting at surface and were drilled within the same south volcanic package indicating a large, continuous, near surface gold zone. Of note, the Cheminis deposit also hosts numerous near surface gold mineralized zones with historic results including as 3.6 g/t Au over 30.6 m, 4.5 g/t Au over 23.5 m, 1.9 g/t Au over 54.2 m, and 2.3 g/t Au over 35.0 m. Multiple Zones Identified at Fernland within 300 m of Surface. The Fernland deposit has three distinct zones that are displaced by faults containing multiple gold bearing lenses. These zones exhibit strong gold continuity from surface to 300 m. Gatling believes that there is potential to add a fourth zone with First Quarter drilling focused on near surface gold mineralization to the west. Continued Expansion of Gold Mineralization between Fernland and Cheminis. Gatling continues to prove that all three deposits are in fact one large 4.5 km mineralized system. Hole GTR20071 intersected 7.9 g/t Au over 2.0 m at the new North zone discovered by Gatling in hole GTR19034. Recent drilling extends this zone 200 m along strike to the west which is located outside of the historic resource extents at the Cheminis deposit further connecting Fernland and Cheminis along strike. The region contains numerous deposits that host both open pit and underground resources, such as Agnico Eagle's Upper Beaver deposit, Moneta Porcupine's Golden Highway deposits, and QMX's Bonnefond deposit. These deposits offer increased potential operating scenarios due to the flexibility of delivering gold ounces from both open pits followed by underground mining. Gatling will continue evaluate the vast potential across the three gold deposits at the Larder Gold Project.