Manhattan Appoints Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Critical Minerals Policy Expert Dennis Bartow as Strategic Advisor Appointment strengthens Manhattan’s engagement with U.S. federal financing programs and domestic nuclear fuel
Manhattan Appoints Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Critical Minerals
Policy Expert Dennis Bartow as Strategic Advisor
Appointment strengthens Manhattan’s engagement with U.S. federal financing programs and domestic nuclear fuel
security policy
Vancouver, B.C. – August 13, 2026 – Manhattan Uranium Discovery Corp. (TSXV: MANU, OTC QB: MAUUF, FWB:
JB50) (“Manhattan” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dennis W. Bartow II as Strategic
Advisor to the Company.
Mr. Bartow is a critical minerals and national security specialist who advises mining, refining and advanced manufacturing
companies across the United States and allied nations on securing U.S. government financing and building strategic
partnerships. He is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Polemarchoi Inc. (“Polemarchoi”), a strategic
advisory firm operating at the intersection of defense, energy, and critical minerals. Mr. Bartow will support Manhattan’s
engagement with U.S. federal policymakers, agencies and financing institutions as the Company advances its portfolio of
past-producing uranium mines across Utah, Colorado and Nevada, assets positioned to help address the domestic supply
gap at the centre of the U.S. nuclear energy renaissance.
Uranium’s designation as a critical mineral combined with growing federal support rebuilding the domestic nuclear fuel
supply places the Company’s U.S. mine portfolio squarely within the critical minerals policy framework. Mr. Bartow’s
experience with the federal programs is tied to that framework, including the Defense Production Act, the U.S. Department
of Energy Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Defense programs and Export -Import Bank of the United States
financing, is expected to support the Comp any’s efforts to engage the policy and funding mechanisms supporting
America’s nuclear energy agenda.
Galen McNamara, CEO and Director of Manhattan, commented: “Dennis served this country for nearly three decades in
uniform and went on to hold some of the most senior policy positions in the Pentagon. He has spent his career at the
intersection of policy, capital and industrial capability, and he understands the federal machinery as well as anyone in this
sector. As we advance a portfolio of past -producing American uranium assets at a moment when domestic fuel security
has become a national priority, his counsel on how Washington works will be of real value to our shareholders.”
Dennis Bartow, incoming Strategic Advisor, commented: "America gave away its nuclear fuel supply chain over three
decades and is now rebuilding it under time pressure. Manhattan is working the right end of that problem — brownfield
assets in proven districts, with existing permits and historic production behi nd them. I am glad to help the team navigate
the federal landscape as they advance these projects."
The Company has granted Mr. Bartow incentive stock options (each, an "Option") to purchase 100,000 common shares
at an exercise price of $0.22 per-share for a period of 2 years. The Options vest over a six-month period and are subject
to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.
About Dennis Bartow
Dennis W. Bartow II brings three decades of experience in national security, industrial policy, and the private sector. As
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Policy, he advised the Secretary of Defense and other senior
Department of Defense leaders on international security st rategy, led the Pentagon's global strategic competition effort
with a policy focus on defense support for economics, and oversaw the writing of the Department's Great Power
Competition Strategy. He was a "plank owner" of the Prosper Africa interagency fram ework, the whole -of-government
trade and investment initiative with Africa, and of the Security Cooperation Executive Policy Committee.
As Director of the Department of Defense Office of Small Business Programs he served as principal advisor to the
Secretary of Defense on small business matters, led a network of more than 700 small business professionals, and
oversaw a portfolio representi ng approximately $90 billion in annual small business procurement. He coordinated
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production of the 2019 DoD Small Business Strategy and worked on Federal Acquisition Regulation matters intended to
broaden the defense industrial base.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Bartow served from 2014 to 2017 in the Counterterrorism Division at INTERPOL Washington as
a military operations subject matter expert, where he led a U.S. Department of State –funded initiative with five African
nations to combat maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. He spent five years as a U.S. congressional staffer, including as
a Military Legislative Assistant to a member of the House Armed Services Committee, where he helped analyze, amend
and pass four National Defense Authorization Acts.
Through Polemarchoi, Mr. Bartow advises developers, processors and traders across the critical minerals and defense
industrial base sectors. His engagements span tungsten, uranium, copper and molybdenum, silver, antimony and gallium,
rare earths, platinum -group metals, lithium, nickel, cobalt and phosphate, covering the supply chain from mine
development through processing, refining and offtake. He works regularly with the Export-Import Bank of the United States,
the Department of Energy Loan Programs Offic e, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and Defense
Production Act Title III programs, and advises on National Defense Stockpile strategy, export -control and sanctions
exposure, and the construction of non-Chinese supply chains for defense-relevant materials. On the national security side,
his current work extends into directed-energy and advanced-manufacturing programs supporting Department of Defense
and U.S. Space Force requirements.
Mr. Bartow currently advises the DARPA Critical Minerals Forum and is a Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia's
National Security Data and Policy Institute. In March 2026 he presented at the PDAC Convention in Toronto on navigating
agency financing opportunities for U.S. critical minerals projects. He is a decorated, 70% service -disabled retired U.S.
Army combat veteran with more than 29 years of honorable service, 23 of which were in support of U.S. Army Special
Forces and Special Operations units, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University.
About Manhattan Uranium Discovery Corp.
Manhattan Uranium Discovery Corp. (TSXV: MANU, OTC QB: MAUUF, FWB: JB50) is a newly consolidated North
American uranium company committed to the discovery, development, and advancement of high -quality uranium assets.
Following the successful acquisitions of Urano Energy and Pegasus Resources, Manhattan now holds a premier portfolio
of 15 past -producing uranium mines across 25 underexplored properties covering 25,099 acres in the United States,
complemented by high -grade exploration potential in Canada’s Atha basca Basin. Backed by an experienced technical
and management team with decades of uranium discovery, project advancement, and capital markets experience,
Manhattan is strategically positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for domestic uranium and the American nuclear
renaissance. For more information about Manhattan, please visit: www.manhattanuranium.com.
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On behalf of Manhattan Uranium Discovery Corp
“Galen McNamara”
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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“target”, “plan”, “potential”, “could” or similar terminology. Forward -looking statements in this release include, without
limitation statements regarding Mr. Bartow’s expected role as Strategic Advisor; the Company’s ability to engage with U.S.
federal policymakers, agencies and financing institutions; the potential applicability of U.S. federal financing, policy or
critical minerals programs to the Company’s business and mineral property portfolio; the Company’s plans to advance its
uranium assets; the Company’s business strategy; and the potential impact of U.S. government policy, domestic nuclear
fuel security policy and critical minerals initiatives on the Company’s business .
Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs, expectations and assumptions, including, without
limitation: that Mr. Bartow will provide strategic advisory services as anticipated; that the Company will be able to evaluate
and pursue engagement with relevant U.S. federal programs, agencies and financing institutions; that U.S. government
policy and critical mine rals initiatives will continue to support domestic nuclear fuel security and uranium supply chain
development; and that gener al business, market, regulatory and policy conditions will remain consistent with
management’s expectations. Although management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently
available information, they may prove to be incorrect.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward -looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: the risk that historical data may prove to be inaccurate
or unverifiable; that exploration results may not support further work risks related to changes in U.S. government policy,
funding priorities, program eligibility requirements or agency processes; the risk that the Company may not receive any
government funding, financing, support, partnership or other benefit from any U.S. federal program or agency; risks related
to the Company’s ability to execute its business strategy; uranium price volatility; financing and capital markets risks;
regulatory and permitting risks; title and mineral property risks; operational, technical and geological risks inherent in
mineral exploration and development; stakeholder a nd community relations risks; changes in economic, political,
regulatory or market conditions; and the other risks set out in the Company’s public disclosure record under its profile on
SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and management’s ability to anticipate and manage the foregoing risks and uncertainties.
The Company provides no assurance that forward -looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place
undue reliance on forw ard-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the Company will obtain any financing,
funding, support, endorsement, partnership or other benefit from any U.S. federal program, agency or financing institution.
The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, other than as required by law.