Gladiator intercepts 32.0m @ 1.36% Cu + 0.63 g/t Au at Cub East

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 22, 2026) - Gladiator Metals Corp. (TSXV: GLAD) (OTCQB: GDTRF) (FSE: ZX7) ("Gladiator" or the "Company") is excited to announce the latest assay results from Cub East, confirming high-grade copper, gold, and silver mineralization across multiple drill holes. Step-out drilling has successfully extended high-grade strike continuity to over 300 metres, solidifying Cub East as a major discovery within the Bear Cub trend. HIGHLIGHTS:   1 .

Continued high-grade strike continuity now confirmed over greater than 300 metres, with recent results returning: 32.0m @ 1.36% Cu, 0.63g/t Au & 10.93g/t Ag from 178.0m Incl. 18.0m @ 2.12% Cu, 1.06g/t Au, 16.33/t Ag from 188.0m 32.77m @ 1.06% Cu, 0.44 g/t Au & 6.37g/t Ag from 176.73m Incl. 7.28m @ 2.47% Cu, 1.45 g/t Au, & 15.09 g/t Ag from 186.52m And 3.70m @ 1.97% Cu, 0.46 g/t Au, & 8.04 g/t Ag from 204.3m 38m @ 1.20% Cu, 0.43 g/t Au & 10.29 g/t Ag from 168m Incl. 15.1m @ 2.41% Cu, 0.93g/t Au &18.85 g/t Ag from 185.4m 2. In addition, six rock chip samples of exposed mineralized copper skarn mineralisation were collected from historic trenches located approximately 300m along strike to the southeast of BCG-017 , within the interpreted mineralized corridor:  2.37% Cu, 0.88 g/t Au & 32.6 g/t Ag (SA0047516) 1.00% Cu, 3.24 g/t Au & 10.8 g/t Ag (SA0047512) 1.31% Cu, 1.43 g/t Au & 30.8 g/t Ag (SA0047514) These samples further support the potential for mineralization to extend beyond the currently drilled Cub East footprint and provide compelling near-surface targets for follow-up drilling  3. Planned drilling metres for 2026 has increased to 50,000m from 35,000m Gladiator CEO Jason Bontempo commented: "Cub East continues to deliver exactly the type of results we want to see from a rapidly emerging high-grade copper-gold-silver discovery with