Vancouver, British Columbia – May 6th, 2019: Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals”) (TSX-V:DEFN / OTCQB: DFMTF / FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce that it has received a Mineral Exploration Permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources that allows for the establishment of up to 51 separate drill site locations at theWicheeda Rare Earth Element (“REE”) Property. Each individual drill pad site may be used for multiple diamond drill holes if warranted. The Mineral Exploration Permit for the Wicheeda Property is valid until February 25, 2024 and during this period of about 5 years,

VANCOUVER, May 2, 2019 /CNW/ – Defense Metals Corp. (the “Company“) (DEFN: TSX-V / DFMTF: OTCQB / 35D: FSE) is pleased to announce that it has obtained DTC eligibility by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC“) for electronic settlement and transfer of its common shares in the United States and will trade under the symbol“DFMTF” on the OTCQB. The Company’s common shares will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “DEFN” and on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol of “35D”. The Company is confident that trading on the OTCQB will add to

VANCOUVER, April 24, 2019 /CNW/ – Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company“) (TSX-V: DEFN/ DFMTF: OTCQB / 35D: FSE) is pleased to announce Mr. Craig Taylor and Mr. Ryan Cheung will be resuming the roles as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Defense Metals Corp would like to announce that Mr. Richard Grayston is retiring after 40 years in public markets and we want to thank him for his valuable knowledge and wish him all the best in his retirement. Mr. Ryan Cheung, owner of MCPA services, will be resuming the role

Vancouver, British Columbia – March 14th, 2019: Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: DEFN/ DFMTF: OTCQB / 35D: FSE) is pleased to announce that SGS Canada Inc. (“SGS”) has provided initial composite head assay results for the 30 tonne bulk sample collected from its Wicheeda Property. Select head assay results for the 30 tonne bulk sample include 1.77% lanthanum-oxide, 2.34% cerium-oxide, 0.52% neodymium-oxide, and 0.18% praseodymium-oxide which the Company considers potentially economically significant, for a total of 4.81% LREO (light rare-earth oxide) (see Figure 1 below). Figure 1: Select Composite Head Assay

Vancouver, British Columbia – February 25, 2019: Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the“Company”) (TSX-V: DEFN / DFMTF: OTCQB / 35D: FSE) is pleased to announce that Phase 1A metallurgical testing on the Wicheeda bulk sample at SGS Labs is underway. SGS Labs Phase 1A Timeline Defense Metals Corp has been informed by SGS that the entire 30 tonne bulk sample has been crushed to a nominal 1 inch size and a 400 kg subsample has been taken for batch and grindability tests. Preparation is underway to prepare a grindability sample, flotation charges and head assays, which is

VANCOUVER, Jan. 23, 2019 /CNW/ – Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: DEFN) is pleased to announce that the Wicheeda Project’s bulk sample has arrived at SGS Labs in Peterborough, Ontario and has been offloaded and is to be prepped this week prior to initiation of the laboratory work. SGS Canada Inc. (SGS) is to immediately begin Phase 1a of the planned work program which includes chemical and mineralogical characterization, grindability, and laboratory flotation testing on a 200 kg subsample. The objectives of this program are to validate the process and confirm