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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2022

No. 08/22

MAMMOTH REPORTS 39.0 METRES GRADING 1.2 G/T

GOLD EQUIVALENT FROM DIAMOND DRILLING AT ITS

TENORIBA GOLD-SILVER PROPERTY, MEXICO

Toronto, Canada (December 15, 2022) - Mammoth Resources Corp. (TSX-V: MTH), (the "Company", or "Mammoth") is pleased to provide results from the final six drill holes from its 27-hole diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Tenoriba gold-silver property located in the Sierra Madre precious metal belt, Mexico.

The drill program was designed to test up to five target zones which measure from hundreds of metres (m) to over one kilometre (km) in strike length along a 4 km, east-west trend of gold-silver mineralization identified in 3-dimensional (3D) modelling incorporating data from over 3,000 soil, chip and channel samples, 26 prior diamond drill holes, geological and structural mapping, and the potential continuity at depth of surface mineralization as indicated by an Induced Polarization/Magnetometer (IP/Mag) geophysical survey.

Results from an additional six diamond drill holes for a total of 620.7 m brings the total metres drilled in the recent phase to 3,244.25 m in 27 holes. Refer to Figure 1 - Location Map, Tenoriba Property Drilling, 2021-22 (drill holes TEN 21-01 to 21-27) for the locations of all the 2021-22 program drill holes plus all historical drill holes on the Tenoriba property.

Thomas Atkins, President and CEO of Mammoth commented on these final drill results from its 2021-22 drill program, stating: "Similar to many of the prior holes reported from this program, we continue to intersect individual and cumulative intervals of potentially economical gold-silver mineralization extending over tens of metres. The Mammoth team is particularly encouraged as these tens-of-metre, potentially economical intervals occur in all three project areas, each measuring greater than one kilometre in size, distributed over greater than a four-kilometre strike length and where surface mineralization remains open beyond this four-kilometre strike.

"Among the holes reported in this release are those in which we stepped-out up to half a kilometre from prior drilling to test new targets or potential lengthy extensions to previously intersected mineralization. Reaching-out to these more distant areas, we're pleasantly surprised to encounter both anomalous gold-silver mineralization over tens of metres, plus the reported, potentially economical mineralized intervals. These interval lengths and gold grades, considering that many occur at depths of under 100 metres and are predominantly in oxidized rock over tens of metres in this large target area, continue to support a bulk, open pit mining and heap leach gold extraction scenario, in-line with what we'd hoped for from this drilling and analogous to other economical, High Sulphidation mines in the Sierra Madre.

"Several activities are being advanced to further enhance Mammoth's understanding of economic considerations within these three principal mineralized areas, while we plan for the next phase of their development. We look forward to reporting on these activities in the coming weeks."

A summary of potentially economical intervals from the six drill holes from this press release are illustrated in the table below, including hole TEN 21-24 in the Masuparia area, which intersected 39.0 m

grading 1.12 grams per/tonne ("g/t") gold equivalent ("gold Eq") followed by 42.0 m grading 0.48 g/t gold Eq.

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

Average

Average

Average

Average

Gold

Hole

Gold

Silver

Copper

Equivalent

Location

Number

From

To

Total

Grade

Grade

Grade

Grade

(m)

(m)

(m)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(%)

(g/t)

Carneritos

TEN 21-22

12.0

15.0

3.0

0.98

10.0

1.12

49.5

60.0

10.5

0.57

8.5

0.68

TEN 21-23

0.0

6.0

6.0

0.52

5.5

0.60

54.0

55.5

1.5

0.14

74.8

1.13

70.5

76.2

5.7

0.20

0.8

0.21

Masuparia

TEN 21-24

9.0

10.5

1.5

0.55

1.1

0.85

54.0

91.5

39.0

1.14

5.4

1.22

(including)

55.0

57.0

3.0

5.28

13.1

5.45

(including)

82.5

91.5

9.0

1.45

11.2

1.60

(and)

130.5

172.5

42.0

0.46

2.2

0.48

(including)

160.5

172.5

12.0

1.21

4.7

1.28

Moreno

TEN 21-25

No significant results

TEN 21-26

10.5

15.0

4.5

0.25

2.2

0.28

22.5

30.0

7.5

0.29

3.6

0.34

TEN 21-27

1.5

10.5

9.0

0.41

3.6

0.46

Notes: * Gold Equivalent where silver grade is converted to gold grade at 75 g/t silver = 1 g/t gold = 13.0 lbs copper. Mammoth attempts to drill as near perpendicular as believed to be the orientation of mineralized control features, however drill set-up location options can challenge this objective. Intervals shown are core lengths versus perpendicular, true widths of these mineralized features.

Richard Simpson, Mammoth's Vice President Exploration further commented on these results, stating: "With the holes reported in this release, comprising the last few holes of the program, the Mammoth team put in the added effort to create the access enabling us to test surface and geophysical features up to half a kilometre from prior drilling and in the case of hole TEN 21-23, almost one kilometre from what appears the center of the large Carneritos area. Hole TEN 21-23 potentially extends the size of the Carneritos area to almost a two-kilometre northeast strike length.

"Mammoth geologists are particularly excited by the mineral potential at Carneritos given its size and the consistency we've had in producing tens of metre intervals of potentially economical mineralization in drill holes spaced hundreds of metres one from the other, as we attempt to identify the boundaries of this large area."

The drill results reported in this release compliment drill intervals from the following 21 previously released drill holes from this program.

Drill Hole Description:

While conducting this phase of exploration, Mammoth initially drilled 2 to 4 holes in each of the three main target areas at significant, commonly at greater than 200 m from any prior drilling, then moved to another target area to drill a similar number of holes (please refer to press release dated July 22, 2021 for target zones). Once these initial holes were logged and on occasion, results received, drilling returned to each area to expand on the successes of the initial series of drill holes. Additional drilling, beyond the first pass of holes in each area, were in some instances as much as 700 m from any prior drilling to test various targets in each area. Where mineralized intervals were intersected in the initial sequence of drilling, or where holes failed to encounter mineralization as suggested by the data, the location of follow up holes were based on the combination of results from the initial sequence of drilling, combined with surface geology, soil, chip and channel sample results, geophysics data and ease/complexity of drill access. These field assessments were used to assist in defining additional drill collar locations for follow up holes in the program in order to understand and test the controls and continuity to gold-silver mineralization over the large areas of surface gold-silver and occasionally copper mineralization.

Drill holes TEN 21-22 through TEN 21-27 were collared to test some final targets to extend the boundaries of previously drill intersected mineralization in all three areas; Moreno, Masupari and Carneritos, and to test some new targets along the trend of surface gold-silver and occasional copper mineralization within the High Sulphidation (HS) mineralization model present at Tenoriba.

Drill Hole TEN 21-22

Drill Hole TEN 21-22 was collared in the epithermal HS gold-silver mineralized system in the Carneritos area. The hole was drilled to a depth of 71.70 m of a planned 100.0 m at 65 degrees decline/dip, azimuth 130 degrees. The hole was collared approximately 235 m south-southwest of hole TEN 17-06 and approximately 200 m west-southwest of hole TEN 17-07.

Hole TEN 21-22 was drilled to test the continuity of mineralization over the HS mineralizing system present at Carneritos and was targeting a near north - south ridge of altered and mineralized dacite porphyry and associated breccias under which a low resistivity and high chargeability geophysical feature was identified in the 3D geophysics modelling and upon which numerous rock chip samples returned >0.3 g/t gold, including a 0.4 m chip sample grading 1.05 g/t gold and 42.9 g/t silver. The prior drill holes in the vicinity of TEN 21-22, including hole TEN 17-06 intersected 126.85 m grading 0.58 g/t gold Eq, including 58.2 m grading 0.80 g/t Eq, while hole TEN 17-07 intersected 42.0 m grading 0.28 g/t gold Eq plus 12.5 m grading 0.36 g/t gold Eq.

Drill hole TEN 21-22 intersected the dacite porphyry unit from surface to the bottom of the hole at 71.70 m with drill core generally grinded and/or highly fractured. The first 34.80 m are highly weathered and oxidized followed by a mixed oxide-sulfide zone down to 41.20 m. From 48.0 to 60.0 m, the unit is brecciated with occasional weakly silicified zones with minor dickite veinlets and very minor black sulfide veinlets, plus intervals with up to 5% fine disseminated pyrite. It is the presence of these sulfide minerals which are believed to be the likely source of the chargeability geophysical feature. It is suspected that the highly weathered, oxidized and grinded core within the first 38.80 m results from a late, post mineralization fault. The dacite porphyry is believed to be major host of the epithermal HS mineralization present in the Carneritos area.

Drilling on 50 to 100 m step-outs to the south, southwest and southeast of hole TEN 21-22 are recommended to test the continuity, extent and define the boundaries to gold-silver mineralization, in these directions, within the Carneritos area.

Drill Hole TEN 21-23

Drill Hole TEN 21-23 was collared in the epithermal HS gold-silver mineralized system in the Carneritos area. The hole was drilled to a depth of 76.25 m of a planned 100.0 m at 75 degrees decline/dip, azimuth 130 degrees. The hole was collared approximately 450 m northeast of the easterly-most hole drilled at Carneritos and 900 m from the center of the large Carneritos area.

Hole TEN 21-23 was drilled to test the continuity of mineralization over the HS mineralizing system present at Carneritos and was targeting the depth extension to surface of altered dacite porphyry at the eastern boundary of the IP geophysical survey. The hole was collared 450 m east-northeast of hole TEN 21-01 which returned 37.5 m grading 0.53 g/t gold equivalent Eq, including 4.5 m grading 1.47 g/t gold Eq.

Drill hole TEN 21-23 was successful in intercepting the targeted dacite porphyry unit from surface to the bottom of the hole at 76.25 m. Refer to Figure 2 - Drill Section, Drill Hole TEN 21-23 (looking east). Drill core is highly fractured throughout the entire 76.25 m length with numerous intervals of grinded core containing minor fault gouging. The first 28.70 m are highly weathered, oxidized and underwent argillic alteration. From 28.7 m to the end of the hole, the core is fresh to moderately argillized containing up to 5% disseminated pyrite. The hole was abandoned at 76.25 m of the intended 100.0 m depth as the drill rods were tightening in broken ground and as a result there was a risk the rods would become stuck and unrecoverable. Alteration was less than in other parts of the Carneritos area, however host rocks and alteration remain consistent with what would be expected on the periphery of a HS mineralizing system this hole having encountered anomalous gold-silver mineralization over tens of metres, including the reported, potentially economically mineralized intervals.

Detailed mapping and sampling is recommended in the area east and west of this hole with the objective of evaluating the extent and degree of alteration within the dacite porphyry outcropping in this area and further opportunities for economical gold-silver mineralization.

Drill Hole TEN 21-24

Drill Hole TEN 21-24 was collared in the Masuparia Target area. The hole was drilled to a depth of

176.9 m of a planned 175.0 m at 55 degrees decline/dip, azimuth 15 degrees. The hole is collared 80 m west of historic hole TDH-12 and 100 m east of hole TEN 17-10, drilled earlier in this program.

Hole TEN 21-24 was testing the continuity of mineralization along an approximate 1.2 km long northwest to west-northwest gold mineralization control-structure identified by prior drilling and in the 3D geophysical modelling of magnetic (Mag) data. Historical hole TDH-12 returned 6.0 m grading 0.59 g/t gold Eq and 12.0 m grading 0.38 g/t gold Eq while hole TEN 17-10 returned 22.5 m grading 0.40 g/t gold Eq and 24.0 m grading 0.36 g/t gold Eq.

Drill hole TEN 21-24 intercepted from surface to bottom of the hole at 176.90 m, crystal lithic tuff generally weakly chloritized with overall 1 to 2% fine disseminated pyrite. Refer to Figure 3 - Drill Section, Drill Hole TEN 21-24 (looking east). The first 15.0 m are weathered and oxidized followed by an oxide-sulfide transition zone down to 32.5 m. The gold and silver mineralized intercepts coincide with broken to late brecciated intervals with the presence of black sulfide in the breccia matrix and within irregular fine sulfide stringers. Mineralization within the Masuparia control-structure appears to provide a northern boundary to the geophysical magnetic high (possibly indicative of an intrusive unit) to the south with IP resistivity (silicified unit) and chargeability (mineralized unit) geophysical features. Anomalous soils are frequent in the area in addition to various mineralized drill intercepts within this 1.2 km long control-structure. The hole was a successful in intercepting tens of metres of gold-silver mineralization, including: 39.0 m grading 1.22 g/t gold Eq. The crystal lithic volcanic tuff host rocks, their alteration and the style of mineralization are more consistent with those generally more distal to the core of a HS mineralizing system.

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