Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 5, 2026) - NordX Metals Corp. (CSE: NRDX) (OTCQB: NRDMF) (FWB: 0UL0) ("NordX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results from a historical drill core resampling program confirming significant, shallow uranium mineralization at its 100%-owned Riutta project ("Riutta"), near Joensuu in eastern Finland.

The best result came from the Ristimonttu prospect where drill hole AREVA DH1 intersected 11.3 metres ("m") at 0.68% uranium oxide ("U₃O₈") from 21.20 to 32.50m including 3.7m grading 1.52% U₃O₈ between 28.30 and 32.00m. The estimated true thickness of the interval is 8.6m. AREVA (now Orano) drilled the hole in 2008. The core went unassayed amid the company's global restructuring and a downturn in uranium prices, ahead of the 2010 sale of its Finnish uranium assets to Mawson Resources which subsequently sampled this same interval and reported a historical result in 2011 that is consistent with NordX's result above. This historical result has not been verified by the Company's Qualified Person and should not be relied upon.

Other notable results from the newly sampled intervals include:

• 2m at 0.20% U₃O₈ between 62.80m and 64.80m, including 0.5m at 0.66% U₃O₈ between 63.8m and 64.3m from Atomienergia's drill hole AE-7;

• 1.75m at 0.033% U₃O₈ between 39.75m and 41.5m including 0.6m at 0.07% U₃O₈ between 39.75m and 40.35m from AREVA's drill hole DH2;

• 0.85m at 0.094% U₃O₈ between 5.8m and 6.65m from AREVA drill hole DH1; and

• 2.6m at 0.17% U₃O₈ between 22.2m and 24.8m from Outokumpu drill hole EP038.

Anomalous grades of copper and silver were also identified together with some of the elevated uranium grades with maximum assay values grading up to 0.45% Cu and 46g/t Ag in AREVA DH1 (see Appendix, below).

"This confirms one of the best uranium drill intercepts in Finland's history and demonstrates the potential for highly significant near-surface uranium mineralization at Riutta," said Jon Franklin, NordX President and Director. "Mineralization has been recorded over 450 metres of strike within a larger 3.6 kilometre trend. As such, we are really excited to get to working at Riutta and are looking forward to exploration success."

Riutta Uranium Project History

The Riutta uranium occurrence was discovered in 1958 through radiometric boulder tracing. Four exploration campaigns have followed — Atomienergia (1958-59), Outokumpu Oy (1960-63), the Geological Survey of Finland ("GTK") (1983-88), and AREVA (2008-09) — totalling 65 drill holes across 6,275 m, with only 10 holes drilled in the last 38 years. Over 500 mineralized boulders have been located at Riutta, more than one hundred assaying above 1% uranium, and trenching at the Ristimonttu and Unimonttu prospects has exposed pitchblende veins and pockets. Prior to the newly confirmed AREVA DH1 results, the best previously assayed drill results at Riutta were in drill hole 324, which intersected 3.6m at 1.10% U₃O₈ between 42.00m and 45.60m (including 0.35m at 9.79% U₃O₈ between 42.60m and 42.95m) at the Unimonttu prospect, and in drill hole AE-7 which intersected 1.0 m at 0.35% U₃O₈ between 63.30 m and 64.30m at the Kolmosviuhka prospect, located 260 m and 450 m SSE of drill hole AREVA DH1, respectively (Figure 1). The historical drill results and boulder sampling data referenced above have not been verified by the Company's Qualified Person and should not be relied upon.

Figure 1. Geological compilation map showing historical drilling at Riutta. All newly sampled drillholes fall within this area except drillhole EP038 which targets the Paukkajanvaara prospect approximately 11km north in another part of the Riutta tenement.

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Full assay results from the newly sampled intervals are set out in the Appendix to this news release.

Previous historical drill core sampling by Mawson Resources

Mawson Resources sampled and analysed the same AREVA DH1 interval and reported the results in a September 20, 2011 news release. The underlying assay data was later sold, along with the Riutta property, to Tournigan Energy Ltd. in 2012, renamed months later as European Uranium Resources ("EUR"). Most of EUR's claims were subsequently allowed to lapse or were relinquished, and the data was never filed with Finland's Safety and Chemicals Agency ("Tukes"). NordX has not been able to obtain the underlying assay data or methodology.

Riutta Uranium Project Mineralization

Uranium mineralization at Riutta occurs as thin pitchblende veins (up to a few mm wide) infilling fractures and microbreccias within a sericite-quartz schist host. The bedrock comprises Archean granitoids and gneisses overlain by Paleoproterozoic quartzitic metasediments, cut by mafic to ultramafic dykes. Riutta is interpreted as a structurally controlled, low-temperature hydrothermal uranium system, with extensive alteration including epidote, chlorite, quartz, sericite, albite, potassium feldspar, carbonate, and clinozoisite.

Sampling protocol and assay method

Drill core was logged and marked to show where historical core was to be half- or quarter-sampled, in some cases using an automated diamond-blade saw. Cut sections were bagged, assigned sample IDs, and logged in a sample register. Resampling took place at GTK's core archive in Rovaniemi, Finland; samples were then driven personally by NordX geologists to CRS Laboratories Oy in Kempele, near Oulu, for preparation and assay. CRS Laboratories Oy is independent of NordX. Samples were crushed, split, and pulverized under standard procedures, then assayed by four-acid digestion with an ICP-MS finish (method 4A-MS12).

A Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QAQC) program monitored sampling, preparation, and assay quality throughout the resampling campaign, inserting four OREAS certified reference standards, two core duplicates, and one blank into the sample stream — together representing 8% of all samples submitted for analysis. CRS Laboratory operates under ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and is widely trusted by Nordic mining and exploration companies for geochemical analysis. All QAQC control samples returned results within acceptable limits for accuracy and precision, and no issues were identified that would affect the reliability of the assay dataset. All standards plotted within two standard deviations of certified values, all blanks returned below detection limit or below threshold and all duplicates showed <20% relative percent difference.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Avrom E. Howard, MSc, PGeo (Ontario), Principal Geologist at Nebu Consulting, LLC, an independent US-based mineral exploration consulting firm. Mr. Howard is independent of NordX, and is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About NordX Metals Corp.

NordX is an exploration and development company advancing uranium, lithium, and rare earth projects in politically stable jurisdictions with the infrastructure to support rapid, cost-effective exploration, development, and production.

The Company's consolidated financial statements and related management's discussion and analysis are available on the Company's website at https://nordxmetals.com or under its profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

On Behalf of NordX Metals Corp.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All statements included in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the timing, scope and results of future exploration and permitting activities at Riutta; and the Company's expectations regarding the significance of the resampling results disclosed in this news release. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "potential", "target", "budget" and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may", "will", "should", "could" or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions, including the negatives thereof.

Forward-looking statements are based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its experience, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors management believes to be appropriate in the circumstances. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk that boulder (float) samples may not be sourced from or proximal to a bedrock source and that drilling may not locate in-situ mineralisation; permit title, transfer, validity and renewal risk; survey and drilling timing and results; risks associated with mineral exploration and development; metal and mineral prices; availability of capital and financing; changes in market conditions; regulatory approvals; environmental and permitting risks; operational and technical difficulties; title matters; competition; fluctuations in interest and exchange rates; and general economic, market and business conditions.

Although the Company believes the assumptions and expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this news release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

The Canadian Securities Exchange has not approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Appendix

All assay results from newly sampled intervals at Riutta.

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Source: NordX Metals Corp.