SAGA Metals Reports Best Drill Results To-Date at Radar Ti-V-Fe Project in Labrador --First Assay Results Reported for the Trapper Zone Following Completion of the 2025 Phase of the Mineral Resource Estimate Drill Program-- VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SAGA Metals Corp. ("SAGA" or the "Company") (TSXV: SAGA) (OTCQB: SAGMF) (FSE: 20H), a North American exploration company focused on critical mineral discovery, is pleased to announce the assay results for the first two (2) of eight (8) drill holes from the Company’s Phase 1 Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) drill program over the Trapper Zone at the Radar Ti-V-Fe Project, located near the port of Cartwright in Labrador, Canada. Assay Highlights Analytical results have been obtained for the first two (2) diamond drill holes of the 2025 Phase of the Trapper Zone MRE drill program with full hole assays including: Hole R-0008 (drilled from surface): 269.36 m @ 36.21% Fe₂O₃, 6.57% TiO₂, 0.244% V₂O₅Hole R-0009 (drilled from surface): 296.47 m @ 39.75% Fe₂O₃, 7.46% TiO₂, 0.25% V₂O₅ 193 out of 418 samples grading over 7% TiO2 with 97 out of 418 grading over 10% TiO2 (Majority are 2-meter sample length)241 out of 418 samples grading over 0.2% V2O5 with 128 out of 418 grading over 0.3% V2O5 (Majority are 2-meter sample length)Core sample 1800528 is the highest TiO2 to date with a 2 m assay of 13.30% TiO2.Numerous exceptional intercepts including 87.20 m @ 50.67% Fe2O3 + 10.15% TiO2 + 0.339% V2O5. (See composites Table 1 below)Overall significant increase of best full hole metrics of Fe2O3 (124% increase), TiO2 (105.90% increase) & V2O5 (36.90% increase) from Trapper North assays vs Hawkeye.Significant increase in overall oxide concentration from Trapper Vs Hawkeye. Michael Garagan, CGO & Director of Saga Metals, stated: “The first results from the 2025 phase of the MRE drill program at Trapper North have returned meaningful quantitative validation for the large intercepts of semi-massive and massive oxide that the team observed during the logging. The results from the first two holes are an outstanding success, and represent the best intercepts drilled on the Radar property to date.” DescriptionDDHFROMTOLengthFe2O3TiO2V205 IDmmm%%%Full Hole R-0008R-00083.4272269.3636.216.570.244High V2O5 LayerR-000837.76117.7279.9645.638.400.335High TiO2 LayerR-0008170237.668.2646.159.210.311TiO2 LayerR-0008237.6266.5728.9840.457.020.285Full Hole R-0009R-00092.53299296.4739.757.460.250High TiO2 LayerR-00092.536663.4744.269.020.254High V2O5 Layer (A)R-000994181.287.2050.6710.150.339High V2O5 Layer (B)R-0009196.11216.420.2949.128.670.368 Table 1: Assay results and composites of R-0008 & R-0009 from Trapper North. Hole_IDSample_IDFrom (m)To (m)Width (m)Fe2O3 (%)TiO2 (%)V2O5 (%)R-00081800528109.65111.65264.5513.300.518R-00081800529111.65113.65261.9212.800.500R-00091800737111113258.3412.660.394R-00081800531113.65115.65263.3312.460.488R-00091800732101103256.7912.210.369 Table 2: High-grade samples in correlation to higher oxide content in samples MetricTrapper Zone (best full hole)Hawkeye Zone (best full hole)Trapper uplift vs HawkeyeFe₂O₃ (%)39.75% (R-0009)17.75% (HEZ-04)124.00%TiO₂ (%)7.46% (R-0009)3.62% (HEZ-04)105.90%V₂O₅ (%)0.250% (R-0009)0.183% (HEZ-07)36.90% Table 3: Assays results and Composites in a comparison between Trapper & Hawkeye’s full drill hole assay results from the respective drill programs. (Hawkeye Zone was drilled in Q1 2025 and Trapper Zone was drilled in Q4 2025.) These results further validate the presence of a strong, arcuate magnetic-high anomaly identified in regional and ground-based magnetic surveys validating the known 16+ km oxide layering trend stretching from the Hawkeye Zone to the Trapper Zone within the Dykes River layered mafic intrusive complex. Trapper Zone vs Hawkeye Zone Best Full Hole Drill Assay Comparison to-date: Fe₂O₃: Trapper’s best hole (39.75% Fe₂O₃) is 124.0% higher than Hawkeye’s best (17.75% Fe₂O₃), establishing a clear iron-grade step-change.TiO₂: Trapper sets a new titanium benchmark — 7.46% TiO₂, 105.9% higher than Hawkeye’s best (3.62% TiO₂).V₂O₅: Trapper’s best vanadium result (0.250% V₂O₅) is 36.9% higher than Hawkeye’s best (0.183% V₂O₅).Majority of Trapper’s assays are 2 m samples versus Hawkeye’s at 0.5 m. The assay results from drill holes R-0008 and R-0009 not only validate the Trapper Zone and in-field hypothesis, but they also uphold VTM-Ilmenite ratios seen at the Hawkeye Zone. This suggests that the TiO2 values are related to overall oxide concentrations and not a change in mineralogy and that the results are vastly superior to what was considered a very successful maiden drill program at Hawkeye in Q1 2025. The Trapper Zone has upheld the conclusion that the total percentage of observed oxide correlates directly to Fe2O3, TiO2 & V2O5 grades as seen in Figure 1 below. Figure 1: Cross-Section N-11 showing R-0008, -0009, -0010 and -0011 with the 3D Magnetic Inversion of the 2025 Trapper Zone gr