VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Almadex Minerals Ltd. ('Almadex' or the 'Company') (TSX-V: 'DEX”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Fountain Ridge epithermal precious metals prospect in western Idaho by staking. The project is located in a region with significant known epithermal gold-silver deposits such as Grassy Mountain, Oregon and DeLamar, Idaho. The DeLamar deposit in Idaho is located approximately 27 kilometers away from the Fountain Ridge prospect and had reported historic production of ~1 million ounces of gold and 50 million ounces of silver1. The Grassy Mountain deposit is located roughly 58 kilometres from the Fountain Ridge prospect. The information disclosed from nearby properties is not necessarily indicative to the mineralization on the Fountain Ridge property.