Foremost Clean Energy Advances Dual Drilling Campaigns on its Murphy Lake South Uranium Project and its Jean Lake Gold-Lithium Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. (NASDAQ:FMST) (CSE:FAT) ("Foremost" or the "Company") is pleased to report that drilling remains underway at its Murphy Lake South Uranium Property ("Murphy') in the eastern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, and the Company has now also commenced its 2,500 m diamond drill program at its100% fully owned Jean Lake Gold-Lithium Property ("Jean Lake") in Snow Lake, Manitoba.
Murphy Lake Uranium Program
The 8-hole 2,500 m diamond drill program at Murphy was announced earlier this month on September 02, 2025, located in the world-renowned Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan. Drilling is currently testing high-priority targets for unconformity-style uranium mineralization following up on historic uranium mineralization intersected by Denison Mines Corp. ("Denison" TSX:DML, NYSE American: DNN), ("Denison" TSX: DML, NYSE:DNN). Murphy is located in a highly prospective area in the Athabasca Basin and is adjacent to the Larocque Lake Conductive Corridor, host to IsoEnergy's Hurricane Deposit, one of the world's highest-grade published indicated uranium resources of 48.6Mlbs U3O8 at 34.5% U3O8 and inferred resource of 2.7Mlbs at 2.2% U3O81.
"Running two active drill programs in parallel on two different commodities, in two different regions, is an exceptional opportunity that few uranium explorers can execute well." Foremost's President and CEO, Jason Barnard comments: "Our shareholders are invested in Foremost for its uranium potential. By simultaneously advancing a high-grade gold asset that we already own 100% of, we are effectively using the gold market's momentum to build a stronger, better-funded uranium company. Every metre drilled at Jean Lake de-risks that asset and adds potential value that supports our primary goal in the Athabasca Basin. This program underscores Foremost's primary commitment: advancing its uranium portfolio at a time of historic strength in the sector. We're positioned to deliver catalysts from multiple fronts while maintaining our core commitment to uranium exploration. Our shareholders get the upside of both critical mineral stories without dilution of our uranium focus."
Figure 1. Murphy Lake South Property – Regional Map
The Company utilized ambient noise tomography ("ANT") survey to generate 3D velocity models to optimize drill hole placement at Murphy. The ANT survey provides a much sharper picture of the subsurface architecture which further refines targets. Results of the ANT survey were processed to generate a 3D velocity model of the subsurface to enhance targeting confidence by imaging structural offsets, fault zones, and alteration halos in both the sandstone and basement rocks. Similar surveys in the Athabasca Basin have demonstrated the ability to identify velocity anomalies that correlate with known uranium deposits, such as IsoEnergy's Hurricane Deposit.
Jean Lake Gold-Lithium Program – Building on 4 Years of Work
The current 20 hole, 2,500-metre drill program at Jean Lake is designed to expand known high-grade zones, validate historical drilling, and define the broader mineralized system across the property. It is the culmination of systematic exploration work conducted since 2021, de-risking the property ahead of this second round of drilling and can be broken out in five phases:
- Phase 1 (2021 – Initial Discovery & Prospecting): Field prospecting identified spodumene-bearing pegmatites (the "Beryl Pegmatites"), with rock chip sampling returning 5.17% Li₂O and 20.9 g/t Au, confirming Jean Lake's potential for both lithium and gold.
- Phase 2 (2021–2022 – Geophysical & Geochemical Targeting): A 483.4-line km UAV magnetic survey, combined with soil geochemistry and mapping, defined multiple high-priority anomalies.
- Phase 3 (2022–2023 – Maiden Drill Program): A 3,002-metre program tested 14 targets, intersecting new mineralization, including high-grade gold & lithium intercepts including 7.50 g/t Au over 7.66m (including 102.0 g or 3.28 ounces/t Au over 0.48 metres) in drill hole FM23-8 and 1.26% Li₂O over 3.35m in drill hole FM23-04A from surface (see press release January 16, 2025 for full details)
- Phase 4 (2023 – Target Refinement): Additional mapping and chip sampling confirmed mineralization, with assays up to 1.86% Li₂O. (see October 12, 2023 for full sample results)
- Phase 5 (Current Drill program 2025-Follow-Up & Expansion): The newly commenced drill program will step out from known intercepts to test continuity and expansion of high-grade zones.
The 2,476-acre/1,002-hectare Jean-Lake property is located near the historic mining centre of Snow Lake, Manitoba within Proterozoic Flin-Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt of the Canadian Shield. This area is known for hosting world-class gold, and gold-rich base-metal deposits and for the development of lithium resources. The area is currently active with other mineral companies exploring for gold, and is just miles away from Hudbay Minerals' core operating area, which has produced more than 1 million+ ounces of gold at its Lalor Mine2.
Foremost's 2025 Jean Lake Diamond Drill Program
Planned drilling (figure 2) will focus on following up the strong results from the Jean Lake 2022/2023 drill program which showed favorable gold and lithium intercepts. The program aims to assess the potential for additional gold mineralization at depth as well as to create a litho-structural framework of the gold system along the Valkyrie Trend. The Company will also target the B1 spodumene-bearing pegmatite, where earlier drilling intersected 1.26% Li₂O over 3.35 metres near surface, with the aim of delineating and expanding the extent of this mineralized body.
Figure 2. Lithium and Gold Intersections Drill Holes
Qualified Person
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Cameron MacKay, P. Geo., Vice President of Exploration for Foremost Clean Energy Ltd., and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
A qualified person has not performed sufficient work or data verification to validate the historical results in accordance with National Instrument 43-101. Although the historical results may not be reliable, the Company nevertheless believes that they provide an indication of the property's potential and are relevant for any future exploration program.
About Foremost
Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMST) (CSE:FAT) (WKN: A3DCC8) is a rapidly growing North American uranium and lithium exploration company. The Company holds an option to earn up to a 70% interest in 10 prospective uranium properties (with the exception of the Hatchet Lake, where Foremost is able to earn up to 51%), spanning over 330,000 acres in the prolific, uranium-rich Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan. As the demand for carbon-free energy continues to accelerate, domestically mined uranium and lithium are poised for dynamic growth, playing an important role in the future of clean energy. Foremost's uranium projects are at different stages of exploration, from grassroots to those with significant historical exploration and drill-ready targets. The Company's mission is to make significant discoveries alongside and in collaboration with Denison through systematic and disciplined exploration programs.
Foremost also has a portfolio of lithium projects at varying stages of development, which are located across 55,000+ acres in Manitoba and Quebec. For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.foremostcleanenergy.com.
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1 Technical Report on the Larocque East Project, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, effective July 8, 2022, prepared by SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd., available under IsoEnergy's profile on www.sedarplus.ca.
2 https://hudbayminerals.com/investors/press-releases/press-release-details/2025/Hudbay-Celebrates-Major-Milestone-with-Millionth-Ounce-of-Gold-Recovered-from-Lalor-Mine/default.aspx
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