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Defense Metals Resource Upgrade Drilling Intersects 2.86% TREO over 65 Metres; Including 6.15% TREO over 20 Metres at the Wicheeda Rare Earth Project

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense Metals" or the "Company"); (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) is pleased to announce assay results for an initial eleven core drill holes, totalling 1,633 metres (m), completed during spring 2026 at its 100% owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Project (the "Wicheeda Project") located near Prince George, Canada. Robin Jones, Defense Metals VP Projects, commented: "We're exceptionally pleased that all eleven drill holes reported in today's news release intersected significant widths of high to moderate grade Rare Earth Element mineralization within the pit confines defined by the 2025 Preliminary Feasibility Study and are expected to contribute positively to a resource classification uplift.

Defense Metals Invited by Natural Resources Canada to Submit a Full Project Proposal for its Wicheeda Processing Feasibility Program

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense Metals" or the "Company"; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) announces that Natural Resources Canada ("NRCan") has invited the Company to submit a Full Project Proposal under its Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration ("CMRDD") and Global Partnerships Initiative ("GPI") programs. The invitation follows an expert committee assessment of the Company's Expression of Interest seeking up to C$32 million toward the Wicheeda Rare Earth Concentrator and Hydrometallurgical Feasibility Program (the "Program").