TORONTO, ONTARIO, February 3, 2021 – E2Gold Inc. begins its first drill program on its Hawkins Gold Project in north-central Ontario. The program aims to enlarge the McKinnon Zone, a shallow Inferred Mineral Resource of 328,800 ounces of gold (6.2 million tonnes grading 1.65 g/t),¹ located in the center of the 60 km long Hawkins Project.