Assays from three additional drill holes at North American Niobium and Critical Minerals Corp.’s Bardy property in Québec have confirmed rare earth mineralization, led by an intercept returning 0.43% total rare earth oxides (TREO) across 2.05 metres.

Hole BBY-2026-001 intersected the 2.05-metre interval from 133.75 metres to 135.8 metres within a small syeno-granitic pegmatite intrusion and surrounding rocks that contained biotite and slight magnetism. A second hole, BBY-2026-002, returned 14.6 metres averaging 0.12% TREO from 132.4 metres downhole, hosted in intermediate intrusive rock cut by smaller pegmatitic injections.

Smaller intervals carrying TREO grades at or above 0.1% were also identified across holes BBY-2026-001, BBY-2026-002, and BBY-2026-005. Composite intervals were calculated using a cutoff grade of 0.1% TREO and a maximum of 2 metres of internal dilution, with core recovery across mineralized sections averaging between 95% and 97%.

The Bardy property forms part of North American Niobium’s district-scale land package within Québec’s Grenville Province, where the company completed an eight-hole, 1,554-metre diamond drilling program.

“The goal of our 2026 diamond drilling program at Bardy was to intersect niobium and rare earth bearing systems,” said Murray Nye, NIOB’s Chief Executive Officer, “and the latest results show that we are on the right track. Bardy’s eight holes were all collared at targets where radon data, high resolution magnetics, and surface mapping all intersect, and we’re pleased that the results continue to be validated.”

— Murray Nye, Chief Executive Officer

As part of its ongoing technical work, North American Niobium plans to complete whole-rock analysis and sample the remaining monzonite interval from 102.6 metres to 132.4 metres in hole BBY-2026-002 for rare earth elements. The company also expects to receive further assay results from the Bardy sector to support broader geological interpretation of the mineralised system.

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