Spartan Metals retains strategic government relations firm for non-dilutive funding

Vancouver, Canada, June 11, 2026 – TheNewswire – Spartan Metals Corp . (“ Spartan ” or the “ Company ”) (TSX-V: W OTCQB: SPRMF | FSE: J03) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Strategic Marketing Innovations, Inc (“ SMI ”) for a period of 12-months to position Spartan for US federal program support and funding for its Victorio Tungsten-Molybdenum and Eagle Tungsten-Silver-Rubidium Projects. Brett Marsh, Spartan’s President and CEO, stated, " The addition of SMI to the Spartan Metals team represents an important step in our effort to advance opportunities within the U.S. critical minerals ecosystem. SMI has a proven track record of supporting companies seeking engagement with federal agencies and accessing programs designed to accelerate the development of domestic supply chains for strategically important materials.” Mr. Marsh continued, “With growing government support for critical minerals, including tungsten, through initiatives led by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy, SMI's expertise will assist Spartan in evaluating potential government programs, funding mechanisms, and strategic initiatives.

We are excited to leverage their experience as we continue positioning Spartan as a potential contributor to North America's secure tungsten supply." Since 1993, SMI has been providing full-service government relations services focused on federal policy, appropriations, and marketing. SMI maintains a roster of 50 Senior Advisors, primarily former high-level government officials and scientists, with access and expertise across a wide breadth of government agencies and programs. SMI has key relationships with senior officials and program managers across several federal departments and agencies.   Over the last decade, SMI has positioned clients for contract awards and generated significant funding for numerous projects across advanced materials, additive manufacturing, semiconductor technology, and hypersonics.

SMI’s areas of policy expertise are expansive and include a particularly successful record in national security, especially wins in the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). About Spartan Metals Corp . Spartan Metals is focused on developing critical minerals projects in well-established and stable mining jurisdictions in the Western United States, with an emphasis on building a portfolio of diverse strategic defense minerals such as Tungsten, Rubidium, Antimony, Bismuth, and Arsenic.

Spartan’s high quality project portfolio includes an option to earn 100% of the Victorio Tungsten-Molybdenum Project in New Mexico and the 100% owned Eagle Tungsten-Silver-Rubidium Project in Nevada. Victorio hosts the largest tungsten resource in the United States and contains significant concentrations of beryllium and fluorspar, while the Eagle Project consists of the highest-grade historic tungsten resource in the USA which includes significant under-defined resources consisting of: high-grade silver; rubidium; antimony; bismuth; indium; as well as precious and base metals, and more information about Spartan Metals can be found at www.SpartanMetals.com     On behalf of the Board of Spartan “Brett Marsh” President, CEO & Director   Further Information: Brett Marsh, M.Sc., MBA, CPG President, CEO & Director 1-888-535-0325 info@spartanmetals.com   Jeff Walker VP, The Howard Group 403-221-0915 jeff@howardgroupinc.com   Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release   Forward Looking Statements This news release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will,” “would,” “may,” “could” or “should” occur.   Forward-Looking Information in this news release, Spartan has applied several material assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions that: the current objectives concerning the Company’s projects can be achieved and that its other corporate activities will proceed as expected; that general business and economic conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner; and that all requisite information will be available in a timely manner.   Although the Company believes the forward-looking information contained in this news release is reasonable based on information available on the date hereof, by their nature forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.   By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.   Examples of such assumptions, risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, assumptions, risks and uncertainties associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future legislative and regulatory developments; the Company’s ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favorable terms; the ability of the Company to implement its business strategies; competition; the ability of the Company to obtain and retain all applicable regulatory and other approvals and other assumptions, risks and uncertainties.   THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE.

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