Vault Strategic intercepts 1,100 ppm tungsten, 4,430 ppm manganese at War Bond

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JULY 22, 2026 – TheNewswire - VAULT STRATEGIC MINING CORP. (TSXV: KNOX) (OTCID: KNXFF) (FSE: M850) (WKN: A41WE4) ("VAULT" OR THE "COMPANY") is pleased to announce that assay results from 42 rock and soil samples collected during the Company’s Phase 1 exploration program have returned widespread anomalous tungsten values across the War Bond Tungsten Project ( "War Bond" or the "Project" ), including rock results of up to 1,100 parts per million tungsten ( "ppm W" ) and manganese values of up to 4,430 parts per million ( "ppm Mn" ). The results support an emerging, structurally controlled tungsten-skarn model across the Project, which encompasses the historical War Bond, Tactite and Thursday tungsten mine areas in western Nevada. Click Image To View Full Size Figure 1.

See Recent War Bond video Nevada was ranked the world’s top mining jurisdiction in the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies , released on February 26, 2026. 1 A total of 42 samples, comprising 30 rock-chip and 12 soil samples, were collected from six field areas and submitted to ALS Geochemistry in Reno, Nevada, for analysis. The results will be integrated with the Company’s previously announced drone-borne magnetic survey and historical data to refine geological interpretations, prioritize follow-up mapping and sampling, support drill-target generation and drill-permitting activities, and form part of the technical foundation for the Company’s maiden NI 43-101 technical report being prepared by veteran geologist William "Bill" Feyerabend and Amazona Enterprises, as announced on July 15, 2026. Quinn Field-Dyte, Chief Executive Officer of Vault Strategic Mining Corp., stated: “Phase 1 has produced a very encouraging set of results across War Bond.

Rock assay