Gladiator Metals Starts Drilling at Best Chance and Grafter Copper Prospects

• Gladiator Metals has begun expanded drilling at Best Chance and Grafter within its wholly owned Whitehorse Copper Project in Yukon.
• A fifth rig has been mobilized, enabling simultaneous resource delineation at Cowley and exploration across priority prospects.
• The program will test mineralization continuity along the 2-kilometer Arctic Chief trend to assess potential connections between copper zones.
• Fully funded exploration plans exceed $40 million for 2026-2027, with more than 100,000 meters of drilling planned.
• A maiden NI 43-101-compliant copper resource at Cowley is targeted for 2027.

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