Blue Gold Issues Update On Strategic Review; Has Initiated Measures To Reduce Its Corporate Cost Structure

trategic review announced on September 22, 2026, outlining measures intended to reduce operating costs, address balance sheet obligations and maintain the Company’s Nasdaq listing, while continuing to advance selected business initiatives.

Operating Cost Reductions

As part of its ongoing strategic review, Blue Gold has initiated measures to reduce its corporate cost structure, including targeted reductions in headcount, streamlining administrative functions, reviewing professional and advisory expenditures, and reducing discretionary operating expenses.

These initiatives are intended to align the Company’s operating expenditures more closely with available financial resources and its near-term strategic priorities.

The Company will continue evaluating additional opportunities to improve operating efficiency and simplify its organizational structure.

Balance Sheet Restructuring and Nasdaq Compliance

Blue Gold is prioritizing initiatives intended to address outstanding financial obligations, improve its capital structure and strengthen its balance sheet.

These efforts include evaluating potential restructuring arrangements with creditors and other stakeholders, as well as reviewing opportunities to reduce financial obligations.

Maintaining the Company’s Nasdaq listing remains a central priority. Blue Gold continues to evaluate available measures to address applicable continued listing requirements, including potential capital structure adjustments and other permitted alternatives.

There can be no assurance that these initiatives will result in successful restructuring arrangements or that the Company will regain or maintain compliance with all applicable Nasdaq listing requirements.

Standard Gold Platform Development

In parallel with its corporate restructuring initiatives, Blue Gold continues to focus on the development of Standard Gold, its gold-based financial services platform.

As previously announced in October 2026, the Company completed a beta version and subsequently introduced the first internal version of the Standard Gold platform, integrating functionality designed to support USD accounts, payment capabilities and ownership of allocated physical gold.

The Company is continuing to evaluate potential banking-as-a-service providers and related banking, custody and payment infrastructure relationships that may support the platform’s future commercial operations.

These evaluations remain subject to technical, commercial and regulatory considerations. Standard Gold remains in internal development and is not currently available to the public.