Spartan Metals Joins Defense Industrial Base Consortium as It Advances U.S. Tungsten and Critical Minerals Portfolio
Spartan Metals Joins Defense Industrial Base
Consortium as It Advances U.S. Tungsten and
Critical Minerals Portfolio
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 3, 2026) - Spartan Metals Corp. (TSXV: W)
(OTCQB: SPRMF) (FSE: J03) ("
Spartan
" or the "
Company
"), an exploration and development
company focused on tungsten and critical minerals in the western United States, is pleased to announce
that it has joined the Defense Industrial Base Consortium ("
DIBC
").
The DIBC is a collaborative initiative focused on advancing secure, innovative, and resilient solutions for
the nation's defense industrial base. As a member, Spartan looks forward to working with other DIBC
partners to share best practices, contribute to research, and support the consortium's mission of
strengthening national security through industrial collaboration.
Brett Marsh, Spartan's President and CEO, stated,
"Joining the DIBC is a meaningful step for Spartan.
Tungsten is critical to defense, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and industrial applications, and
North America needs secure, allied supply. We've purposely built a portfolio that can satisfy those
supply needs. We're excited to be a DIBC member and look forward to working with other DIBC
partners."
DIBC Membership and U.S. Supply Chain Resilience
Spartan intends to use its DIBC membership to monitor relevant consortium opportunities, evaluate
potential collaboration pathways, and engage with stakeholders focused on strategic and critical
materials. DIBC membership provides Spartan with a platform to participate in an ecosystem that
includes government, industry, academic and non-traditional members working across defense industrial
base priorities.
The Company cautions that DIBC membership does not constitute a grant, funding award, government
contract, project approval, procurement decision, or endorsement by the DIBC or the U.S. Government.
There can be no assurance that Spartan will submit any proposal through the DIBC, that any proposal will
be selected, or that any funding, contract, collaboration, award or other agreement will result from the
Company's membership.
Qualified Person Statement
The technical information contained in this news release has been prepared under the supervision of,
and approved by Brett R. Marsh, CPG. Mr. Marsh is President and CEO of Spartan Metals Corp. and a
"qualified person" as defined under National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects
.
About Spartan Metals Corp.
Spartan Metals is focused on developing critical minerals projects in well-established and stable mining
jurisdictions in the Western United States, with an emphasis on building a portfolio of diverse strategic
defense minerals such as Tungsten, Rubidium, Antimony, Bismuth, and Arsenic.
More information about Spartan Metals can be found at
www.SpartanMetals.com
On behalf of the Board of Spartan
"Brett Marsh"
President, CEO & Director
Further Information:
Brett Marsh, M.Sc., MBA, CPG
President, CEO & Director
1-888-535-0325
Jeff Walker
VP, The Howard Group
403-221-0915
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward
looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ
materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts
and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes,"
"intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions
"will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur. Forward-Looking Information in this news release,
Spartan has applied several material assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions that: the
current objectives concerning the Company's projects can be achieved and that its other corporate
activities will proceed as expected; that general business and economic conditions will not change in
a materially adverse manner; and that all requisite information will be available in a timely manner.
Although the Company believes the forward-looking information contained in this news release is
reasonable based on information available on the date hereof, by their nature forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our
actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements.
By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown
risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and
achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
Examples of such assumptions, risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, assumptions, risks
and uncertainties associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future
legislative and regulatory developments; the Company's ability to access sufficient capital from
internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favorable terms; the
ability of the Company to implement its business strategies; competition; the ability of the Company
to obtain and retain all applicable regulatory and other approvals and other assumptions, risks and
uncertainties.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE
REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS
RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS
SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND
SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE
COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT
ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
LAWS.
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