Fortune BAY Announces Option Agreement FOR the Woods Uranium Projects
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FORTUNE BAY ANNOUNCES OPTION AGREEMENT
FOR THE WOODS URANIUM PROJECTS
HALIFAX, NS July 30, 2025 – Fortune Bay Corp. (TSXV: FOR) (FWB: 5QN) (OTCQB: FTBYF) (“Fortune
Bay” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive option agreement (the
“Agreement”), dated July 25, 2025, with Neu Horizon Uranium Limited ACN 653 749 145 (the “Optionee”),
a private Australian arms-length party. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Optionee will be granted the option
(the “Option”) to acquire a n eighty percent interest in The Woods Uranium Projects (“The Woods” or the
“Projects”) located on the northern margin of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan (Figure 1).
The Woods Highlights:
• District-scale opportunity, including five projects covering approximately 40,000 hectares.
• A dominant land position along the Grease River Shear Zone (“GRSZ”) within 30 kilometres of the
northern Athabasca Basin margin.
• The GRSZ is significantly underexplored relative to other major Athabasca Basin structures ( less than
20 historical drill holes northeast of Fond du Lac, and only 3 historical drill holes on the Projects).
• Geological setting s and structural features are prospective for ; 1) unconformity -related basement-
hosted uranium deposits, 2) magmatic intrusive uranium deposits and , 3) rare earth element (“REE”)
deposits.
• Abundant historical uranium and REE showings, and the highest lake sediment uranium anomalies in
Saskatchewan.
Dale Verran, CEO of Fortune Bay, commented: “We are pleased to have executed a Definitive Option
Agreement with Neu Horizon for the advancement of The Woods Uranium Projects. This partnership
combines strong technical capabilities and capital markets expertise to accelerate exploration efforts on
these high-potential projects at a time of strengthening uranium market fundamentals . The transaction
reflects our disciplined approach to capital allocation —prioritizing spend on our core gold assets at
Goldfields and Poma Rosa —while unlocking blue -sky pote ntial from earlier -stage projects through
partnerships that preserve upside for our shareholders.”
Martin Holland, Executive Chairman of Neu Horizon Uranium, added: “We’re pleased to have successfully
closed the earn -in agreement with Fortune Bay and to partner with an experienced in -country team,
complementing Neu’s strong technical expertise. With this foundation in place, we’re eager to hit the ground
running and carry out substantial work to position the project for drilling ahead of our planned ASX I PO in
Q1 2026.”
Key Terms
Consistent with the Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) signed in M ay, 2025, the Option is exercisable by the
Optionee completing staged cash payments and share issuances, and incurring the following exploration
expenditures on the Project:
Cash Consideration
Shares
Exploration
Expenditures Interest Earned
Signing of Definitive Agreement A$50,000 A$50,000 Nil
80% 31 December 2025 Nil A$200,000 A$700,000
31 December 2026 Nil A$500,000 A$2,300,000
Total A$50,000 A$750,000 A$3,000,000
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The Company will act as the operator during the Option period and will be entitled to charge a management
fee of 10% of expenditures incurred on the Projects. A participating Joint Venture (“JV”) will be formed at
the end of the Option period, consistent with customary JV Terms. The JV will allow for dilution and should
the Company’s interest fall below 10% the Company will be granted a 2% net smelter returns (“NSR”)
royalty. One-half (1%) of the NSR may be purchased at any time prior to commercial production for a cash
payment of A$5 million, subject to Consumer Price Index increase.
Further Projects details are provided in the Company’s News Release dated May 29, 2025.
Figure 1: The Woods Uranium Projects – District-Scale Opportunity
Qualified Person
The technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Gareth
Garlick, P.Geo., Technical Director of the Company , who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43 -101.
Mr. Garlick is an employee of Fortune Bay and is not independent of the Company under NI 43-101.
Technical Disclosure on Historical Results
The historical uranium and REE occurrences referenced in the “Woods Highlights” section derive from the
Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index . The lake sediment uranium anomalism referred to in the same
section refers to historical results derived from the Saskatchewan Mineral Assessment Database file
number 74O09-0004, in comparison with the open-source regional Saskatchewan lake sediment
geochemistry database available on the Government of Saskatchewan Mining and Petroleum GeoAtlas.
Historical results are not verified and there is a risk that any future confirmation work and exploration may
produce results that substantially differ from these. The Company considers these unverified historical
results relevant to assess the mineralization and economic potential of the property.
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About Fortune Bay
Fortune Bay Corp. (TSXV:FOR, FWB:5QN, OTCQB:FTBYF) is an exploration and development company
with 100% ownership in two advanced gold projects in Canada, Saskatchewan (Goldfields Project) and
Mexico, Chiapas (Poma Rosa Project), both with exploration and development potential. The Company is
also advancing seven uranium exploration projects on the northern rim of the Athabasca Basin,
Saskatchewan, which have high-grade potential. The Company has a goal of building a mid-tier exploration
and development Company through the advancement of its existing projects and the strategic acquisition
of new projects to create a pipeline of growth opportunities. The Company’s corporate strategy is driven by
a Board and Management team with a proven track record of discovery, project development and value
creation. Further information on Fortune Bay and its assets can be found on the Company’s website at
www.fortunebaycorp.com or by contacting us as [email protected] or by telephone at 902 -334-
1919.
About Neu Horizon
Neu Horizon is a public unlisted Australian company focused on discovering and developing Tier 1 uranium
deposits in premier exploration jurisdictions. Through this exciting new partnership with Fortune Bay, the
company has access to a dominant land package with over 100,000ha of prime exploration ground covering
three projects in Sweden and five projects in Canada.
Sweden is Europe's leading mining nation and also hosts the world’s largest low-grade uranium resource
within the Alum -shale, where Neu Horizon has a significant landholding. The company aims to take
advantage of the Swedish Government’s plans to lift the 2018 moratorium on uranium exploration and
mining to delineate a significant European uranium deposit.
Canada’s Athabasca Basin is the world’s leading source of high -grade uranium. Access to this land
package along the northern rim of the basin provides Neu Horizon direct access to this underexplored
uranium exploration frontier.
These strategic projects align Neu Horizon with the global demand for clean, sustainable and low -carbon
energy, by taking advantage of both countries’ rich uranium resources and supportive mining legislation.
On behalf of Fortune Bay Corp.
”Dale Verran”
Chief Executive Officer
902-334-1919
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