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   <title>Defense Metals Resource Upgrade Drilling Intersects 2.33% TREO over 153 Metres at the Wicheeda Rare Earth Project</title>
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                &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;legendSpanClass&quot;&gt;&lt;location value=&quot;LU/ca.bc.vancvr&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;VANCOUVER, BC&lt;/location&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;legendSpanClass&quot;&gt;&lt;chron&gt;Oct. 8, 2026&lt;/chron&gt;&lt;/span&gt; /PRNewswire/ -- &lt;span value=&quot;TorontoVE:DEFN&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;Defense Metals Corp.&lt;/span&gt; (&quot;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span value=&quot;TorontoVE:DEFN&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;Defense Metals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&quot; or the &quot;&lt;b&gt;Company&lt;/b&gt;&quot;; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce assay results for a final ten core drill holes, totalling 1,702 metres (m), completed during spring 2026 at its 100% owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Project (the &quot;&lt;span&gt;Wicheeda Project&lt;/span&gt;&quot;) located near &lt;location value=&quot;LU/ca.bc.prirge&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;Prince George, Canada&lt;/location&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>Defense Metals Resource Upgrade Drilling Intersects 2.33% TREO over 153 Metres at the Wicheeda Rare Earth Project</title>
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                &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;legendSpanClass&quot;&gt;&lt;location value=&quot;LU/ca.bc.vancvr&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;VANCOUVER, BC&lt;/location&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;legendSpanClass&quot;&gt;&lt;chron&gt;Oct. 8, 2026&lt;/chron&gt;&lt;/span&gt; /PRNewswire/ -- &lt;span value=&quot;TorontoVE:DEFN&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;Defense Metals Corp.&lt;/span&gt; (&quot;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span value=&quot;TorontoVE:DEFN&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;Defense Metals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&quot; or the &quot;&lt;b&gt;Company&lt;/b&gt;&quot;; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce assay results for a final ten core drill holes, totalling 1,702 metres (m), completed during spring 2026 at its 100% owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Project (the &quot;&lt;span&gt;Wicheeda Project&lt;/span&gt;&quot;) located near &lt;location value=&quot;LU/ca.bc.prirge&quot; idsrc=&quot;xmltag.org&quot; &gt;Prince George, Canada&lt;/location&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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   <title>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</title>
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