VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – July 16, 2026 – TheNewswire – Bighorn Metals Corp. (CSE: HRNY) (“Bighorn Metals” or the “Company”), announces that it has engaged the services of Independent Trading Group ("ITG") to provide market-making services in accordance with Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE") policies. ITG will trade shares of the Company on the CSE and all other trading venues with the objective of maintaining a reasonable market and improving the liquidity of the Company's common shares.

The agreement is for an initial term of one month at $5,500 and will renew for additional one-month terms unless terminated. The agreement may be terminated by either party with 30 days' notice. There are no performance factors contained in the agreement, and ITG will not receive shares or options as

Compensation. ITG and the Company are unrelated and unaffiliated entities, and at the time of the

agreement, neither ITG nor its principals have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the securities of the

Company.

 

About Independent Trading Group

 

Independent Trading Group (ITG) Inc. is a Toronto-based CIRO dealer-member that specializes in

market making, liquidity provision, agency execution, ultra-low latency connectivity, and bespoke

algorithmic trading solutions. Established in 1992, with a focus on market structure, execution and

trading, ITG has leveraged its own proprietary technology to deliver high-quality liquidity provision and execution services to a broad array of public issuers and institutional investors. ITG can be reached at info@itg84.com and by phone 416-583-2194.

 

About Bighorn Metals Corp.

 

The Company holds an option to acquire the Loljuh Property (the “Property”), which is located in the Omineca Mining Division of British Columbia.  The Property consists of one claim covering a surface area of 1,656.73 hectares in the Omineca Mining Division of central British Columbia, Canada, 40 km south of the community of Smithers or 32 km west of the community of Houston. The Property is prospective for porphyry copper-gold mineralization.

 

Geochemical work conducted in 2019 outlined several areas of anomalous gold and copper in soil.  These surveys were widespread with lines 400 meters apart and samples taken on 200-meter centers. Rock sampling in 2019 also returned anomalous values of copper and gold from several sites within the plateau area.  The aeromagnetic survey outlined several areas of alteration.

 

The Company has recently completed work on the Property that consisted of ground mapping, geological prospecting and sampling, a 50 x 50-meter grid placed over the entire plateau area, a 25 x 50-meter grid placed over the Loljuh area, and a 25 x 25-meter grid placed over the Bornite Zone.

 

On behalf of the Board of Directors of:

 

Bighorn Metals Corp.

 

“Kosta Tsoutsis”

 

Kosta Tsoutsis

Chief Executive Officer

Phone: 1-877-913-1912

 

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its regulation services provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to: the engagement of Independent Trading Group ( ITG)  to provide market-making services for the Company; the anticipated effect of the market-making arrangement, including the maintenance of a reasonable market and the improvement of liquidity for the Company's common shares on the CSE and other trading venues; the term, renewal, and termination provisions of the agreement with ITG; and the Company's expectations regarding the benefits of the arrangement generally.

Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of this news release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including risks that the market-making arrangement may not achieve its intended objective of maintaining a reasonable market or improving liquidity for the Company's common shares; that the agreement may be terminated by either party on 30 days' notice; general market and economic conditions; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's continuous disclosure filings available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as 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 Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities laws.

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