Bedford Metals Completes 2025 Exploration Program at Sheppard Lake Uranium Project
NEWS RELEASE
BEDFORD METALS COMPLETES 2025 EXPLORATION PROGRAM
AT SHEPPARD LAKE URANIUM PROJECT
January 19 th, 2026—Bedford Metals Corp. (TSX-V: BFM, FWB: O8D, ISIN: CA0762301012) (the
“Company” or “Bedford”) is pleased to announce completion of its Phase 3 Exploration program at its
wholly owned Sheppard Lake Uranium Project, which concluded at the end of December 2025 and
included an ongoing field program. The fully funded drill program is scheduled to resume in the spring of
2026, drilling the TZ-2 showing, as well as TZ-1 and Warr Lake. The newly discovered Silica Cap Zone at
Warr Lake will also be explored with a high-resolution walking magnetometer survey and backpack
drilling.
The field program consisted of 3 radiometric surveys in addition to prospecting and grab sampling.
Radiometric surveys were conducted at 3 targeted locations: an area west of and adjacent to TZ-2, at TZ-
1, and at an area west of Warr Lake. Radiometric data was collected on high-resolution grids with
maximum CPS readings collected every 10m along 500m lines, with line intervals spaced at 25m. A total
of 3,644 radiometric readings were recorded resulting in the delineation of several anomalous zones,
particularly at the TZ-2 west and TZ-1 zones.
A total of 18 grab samples were collected while prospecting outcrop at TZ-1, west of TZ-2, and at Warr
Lake with CPS readings up to 10,609, the Silica Cap Zone.
Solid ice coverage by the beginning of December allowed the team to visit the 2 islands in the center of
Warr Lake. The larger island to the east contained pink I-type granite, with a definitive increase in
banding/metamorphism and had elevated CPS readings with hotspots ranging from 1500-10,000 CPS. The
smaller island to the west exhibited a distinctly different lithology with massive coarse/pegmatitic
silica/quartz flooding with minor amounts of plagioclase, which is believed to be a silica cap. This silica cap
could be the upper reaches of a uranium bearing pegmatite (alaskite style) or a basement style basin
deposit. Note that the Warr Lake islands are located adjacent to a N-S trending fault, a NW-SE trending
EM conductor, and are within 500m of the Athabasca Basin boundary.
Due to extremely cold weather and resultant equipment problems, only 298.5 m were drilled in total. This
included the first hole (SHP-25-01), which had to be abandoned at 32m due to rods binding, and a second
hole (SHP-25-02) that traced the same azimuth as hole 1 but a slightly steeper dip to reach a hole length
of 266.5m. Both holes were intended to test the area directly south of the TZ-2 showing. A total of 74
samples with a maximum CPS of 152 were collected.
In total, 92 samples (grab samples and drill core) were delivered to the SRC Geoanalytical Laboratory in
Saskatoon for multi-element, U3O8, and boron assay analyses.
Bedford remains steadfast in its commitment to conducting all exploration activities in an environmentally
responsible manner and in close collaboration with local indigenous communities and other stakeholders.
The Company places the highest priority on minimizing its environmental footprint while fostering positive
and mutually respectful relationships within the region.
Qualified Person
Dr. Peter Born, PGeo, is the designated qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and
the President of the Company, and is responsible for and has approved the technical information
contained in this release.
For further information, please contact the Company at [email protected] or 604-622-1199 or
visit the Company’s website at www.bedfordmetals.com.
On behalf of the Board,
Bedford Metals Corp.
“Peter Born”
President
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