Vault Strategic engages Pioneer for mag survey at War Bond, Nevada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JULY 24 th , 2026 – TheNewswire - VAULT STRATEGIC MINING CORP. (TSXV: KNOX) (OTCID: KNXFF) (FSE: M850) (WKN: A41WE4) ("VAULT" OR THE "COMPANY") is pleased to announce that it has engaged Pioneer Exploration Consultants Ltd. ( “Pioneer” ) to conduct the Company’s previously announced high-resolution, UAV-based airborne magnetic survey at its War Bond Tungsten Project ( “War Bond” ) in Nevada, USA. War Bond encompasses the historical War Bond, Tactite and Thursday tungsten mines. Nevada was ranked as the number one mining jurisdiction in the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies released on February 26 th , 2026. 1 Click Image To View Full Size Figure 1.

Courtesy of Pioneer Exploration - Drone Magnetometry   The planned survey will comprise approximately 70 line-kilometres of airborne magnetic data collection using tightly spaced 25-metre flight lines and 250-metre perpendicular tie lines. This configuration is designed to provide high-density geophysical coverage across the Project and assist in identifying magnetic features, structural trends and geological contacts that may be associated with tungsten-bearing tactite and skarn mineralization over areas of soil and aeolian sand cover. The magnetic survey represents an important follow-up to the Company’s recently completed Phase 1 surface sampling program.

A total of 42 samples, comprising 30 rock-chip samples and 12 soil samples, were collected from six field areas and submitted to ALS Geochemistry in Reno, Nevada, for analysis. Tungsten has a large ion that does not easily fit in common geologic minerals, so it has a very low normal geochemical background of 1 - 3 ppm. The Company’s Phase 1 sampling returned tun