TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 7, 2026 / Galway Metals Inc. (TSX-V:GWM)(OTCQB:GAYMF) (the "Company" or "Galway") is pleased to report drill results for 11 diamond drill holes at the Southwest Deposit in the Company's 100%-owned flagship Clarence Stream high-grade gold project in New Brunswick, Canada. The Clarence Stream Gold Project hosts district-scale potential, with an approximately 65-kilometre strike length of highly prospective gold showings and anomalies; and a 2022 MRE of 12.4 Mt @ 2.3 g/t Au Indicated for 922,000 oz., and 16.0 Mt @ 2.6 g/t Au Inferred for 1.334 M oz. gold from the NI 43-101 technical report titled "Technical Report on the Clarence Stream Mineral Resource Project, New Brunswick, Canada" dated March 31, 2022, by SLR Consulting Ltd.

Rob Hinchcliffe, President and CEO of Galway, said, "The latest drilling at the Southwest Deposit continues to demonstrate strong continuity of gold mineralization within and along the margins of our 2022 resource pits. These results are important in supporting our infill strategy and in confirming extensions where mineralization remains open, both laterally and at depth. As we continue to connect zones between existing pit shells, the drilling is adding confidence to the resource model and highlighting opportunities for future expansion. With 32 additional infill and resource drill holes pending in this area, we expect to report further meaningful results as the program advances."

Highlights (Plan Map)

• BL-286 intersected 2.6 g/t gold over 16.0m including 6.2 g/t gold over 5.0m (Section 1)

• BL-282 intersected 1.8 g/t gold over 8.0m including 6.5 g/t gold over 1.0m (Section 2)

• BL-289 intersected 7.5 g/t gold over 2.0m

Targeted Drilling Connects 2022 Resource Pits

The drill holes reported in this release were designed to connect mineralization between pit shells from the 2022 resource and to test extensions along the margins of those pits. Drill holes BL-286 through BL-288 intersected wide, shallow zones of mineralization outside the existing resource, demonstrating continuity along section to depth.

Drill holes BL-279 through BL-282 targeted mineralization below the westernmost resource pit and successfully confirmed gold mineralization beneath the current pit outlines, including an intercept of 1.0 g/t gold over 7.0 meters in BL-279. These results support the potential to connected existing resource pits and expand the Southwest Deposit both laterally and at depth.

Assays remain pending for 32 additional drill holes in this area and are expected to be released in the coming weeks and months. For a more comprehensive list of the Southwest Deposit assays, please click the following link (Assay and Coordinate Table)

Geology and Mineralization

The Clarence Stream deposits can be characterized as intrusion-related, structurally controlled, quartz-vein hosted gold deposits. These deposits consist of quartz veins and quartz stockwork within brittle-ductile fault zones that include adjacent crushed, altered wall rocks and veinlet material. The mineralized systems are hosted in intrusive and metasedimentary rocks within high strain zones controlled by regional fault systems. Pyrite, base metal sulphides, and stibnite occur in these deposits along with anomalous concentrations of bismuth, arsenic, antimony and tungsten. Alteration in the host rocks is confined within a few metres of quartz veins and occurs mainly in the form of sericitization and chloritization. A more complete description of Clarence Stream's geology and mineralization can be found at www.galwaymetalsinc.com.

New Brunswick Junior Mining Assistance Program

Galway would like to acknowledge financial support from the New Brunswick Junior Mining Assistance Program, which will contribute up to $50,000 towards exploration drilling in 2025.

Review by Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jesse Fisher, P.Geo., Project Manager for Clarence Stream and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Fisher certifies that this news release fairly and accurately reflects the technical information and data presented. Galway Metals conducts its exploration activities in accordance with CIM Best Practices Guidelines.

Quality Control and Reports

All core, chip/boulder samples, and soil samples are assayed by Activation Laboratories, located at 41 Bittern Street, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, Agat Laboratories, located at 5623 McAdam Road, Mississauga Ontario, Canada L4Z 1N9 and 35 General Aviation Road, Timmins, ON P4P 7C3, and/or Swastika Laboratories situated in Swastika, ON. All four labs have ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. All core is under watch from the drill site to the core processing facility. Drill core is NQ size and sample intervals range from 0.5 meters to 1.5 meters in length. All samples are assayed for gold by Fire Assay, with gravimetric finish, and other elements assayed using ICP. The Company's QA/QC program includes the regular insertion of blanks and standards into the sample shipments, as well as instructions for duplication. Standards, blanks and duplicates are inserted at one per 20 samples. Approximately five percent (5%) of the pulps and rejects are sent for check assaying at a second lab with the results averaged and intersections updated when received. Core recovery in the mineralized zones has averaged 99%.

About Galway Metals Inc.

Galway Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing its 100%-owned, high-grade, open-pitable flagship Clarence Stream gold project in southwest New Brunswick. Clarence Stream is an emerging gold district with an exploration strike length of approximately 65 kilometres and widths of up to 28 kilometres in certain areas. Galway Metals also has 100%-ownership in the Estrades project, a former producing high-grade, gold-rich polymetallic VMS mine in the northern Abitibi of western Quebec. Led by a management team with a proven track-record of creating shareholder value having sold Galway Resources for US$340 million, Galway Metals is focused on creating value for all its stakeholders.

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