Domestic Metals gears up for Smart Creek exploration

Executive Summary

• Domestic Metals Corp. provided a 2025 year-end update highlighting progress at its Smart Creek copper porphyry project in Montana, a joint venture with Rio Tinto.
• The company identified a significant quartz vein stockwork at the Sunrise mine target returning 4.26 g/t gold, confirming a porphyry linkage and advancing the target to the drill testing phase.
• Management announced plans for a targeted geophysics program followed by diamond drilling in Q1 2026, while also granting stock options to directors, officers, and consultants.

Key Details

• Smart Creek Project (Joint Venture with Rio Tinto):
  • Rio Tinto retains 40% of the asset.
  • Rio Tinto drilled approximately 26 of 40 permitted sites over 2.5 years.
  • Historical drilling at the Smart Creek target returned 109.73 metres at 0.75% Cu, including 89 metres of 0.97% Cu (SMCR0022).
  • Initial fieldwork by Domestic included ~40 days of mapping, sampling, and prospecting at Smart Creek, Sunrise mine, and Radio Tower targets.
  • Field observations have enhanced all three targets; follow-up diamond drilling is scheduled for late Q1 2026.
• Sunrise Mine Target Advancement:
  • Previous mapping identified a quartz vein stockwork in a quartz-sericite-pyrite altered intrusion ~1 km east of the Sunrise mine.
  • Sample returned 4.26 g/t gold.
  • This finding confirms a porphyry linkage to historically mined mineralization, identifying a previously unrecognized, high-priority porphyry target.
  • Additional geochemistry results are pending; proposed geophysics is scheduled for early Q1 2026 to plan drilling.
• Stock Option Grant:
  • Granted incentive stock options to directors, officers, and consultants under the omnibus incentive plan.
  • Aggregate options: 2.7 million common shares.
  • Exercise price: $0.25 per share.
  • Expiration date: December 27, 2030.
• Conference Appearances:
  • Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC): Booth No. 1101 on Jan. 25 and 26, 2026.
  • PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada): Booth No. 3139 on March 1–4, 2026.

Notable Quotes

• "Two thousand twenty-five was a year of team organization and readying Domestic for a major porphyry discovery program at the Smart Creek copper porphyry project in Montana. I can't tell you how excited I am that we are one step closer to drill success. I see 2026 as a pivotal and transformational year for Domestic Metals and thank our shareholders for their support in closing two placements in 2025 allowing us to further the project by running a targeted geophysics program followed by a diamond drill program in Q1, 2026." — Gord Neal, CEO