Excalibur Metals appoints Lewis Lawrick chairman

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 7, 2026) - Excalibur Metals Corp. (TSXV: EXCL) (OTCQB: EXCBF) ("Excalibur" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Lewis Lawrick as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Lawrick is a seasoned Canadian mining executive with more than 30 years of experience in mineral exploration, corporate finance, capital markets, and corporate leadership. He currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Magna Terra Minerals Inc. and is Managing Director of Thorsen-Fordyce Merchant Capital Inc., a Toronto-based private investment and merchant banking firm that provides advisory services and financing to emerging mineral exploration ventures.

Mr. Lawrick previously founded Signal Gold Inc. (formerly Anaconda Mining Inc.), where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer and played a key role in building and advancing the company. Throughout his career, he has served as an officer and director of numerous public mining companies, including Volta Resources Inc., Franconia Minerals Corporation, NorthWest Copper Corp., and Normabec Mining Resources Inc., bringing extensive experience in corporate strategy, project development, financings, and public company governance. Mr. Lawrick holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary.

Mr. Lawrick was granted incentive stock options to purchase 400,000 common shares of Excalibur at an exercise price equal to $0.125 per share. The options have a 5-year term and vest in four equal installments over a period of 24 months. About Excalibur Metals Corp. Excalibur Metals Corp. is a Canadian company focused on exploring for precious metals within established mining areas in the Western United States.

The Company has acquired the option to purchase 100% of the Bellehelen Project in Nye County, Central Nevada. The claims cover most of the historic Bellehelen Mining District, where gold and silver were initially discovered and mined in the early 1900's. Excalibur has assembled an exceptional team with considerable exploration, developing and permitting experience within North America.

Excalibur is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) under the symbol "EXCL". For more information, visit www.excaliburmetals.com . EXCALIBUR METALS CORP. On behalf of the Company "John Gilbert" CEO For further information regarding this news release, please contact: John Gilbert, CEO Evelyn Cox (604) 687-3376 info@excaliburmetals.com Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release contains "forward-looking information" concerning anticipated developments and events that may occur in the future.

Forward looking information contained in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the expected contributions of Mr. Lawrick and the exploration and development of the Company's mineral projects. In certain cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be achieved" suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the availability of financing to continue as a going concern and implement the Company's operational plans, metal prices, the timing and amount of future exploration expenditures, the availability of labour, equipment and material, receipt of and compliance with necessary regulatory approvals and permits, the estimation of insurance coverage, and assumptions with respect to currency fluctuations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, and other similar matters.

While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include risks related to the Company not obtaining adequate financing to continue operations, risks related to the delay in approval of work plans, variations in mineral resources and reserves, grade or recovery rates, risks relating to the ability to access infrastructure, risks relating to changes in commodity prices, risks related to current global financial conditions, risks related to current global financial conditions on the Company's business, access and supply risks, reliance on key personnel, operational risks inherent in the conduct of exploration activities, including the risk of accidents, labour disputes, regulatory risks including the risk that permits may not be obtained in a timely fashion or at all, financing, capitalization and liquidity risks, risks related to disputes concerning property titles and interests, environmental risks and the additional risks identified in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's reports and filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information is made as of the date of this news release.

Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) has reviewed or accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/304156 Newsfile Corp. July 7, 2026 - 4:00 AM PDT News by QuoteMedia www.quotemedia.com