 VANCOUVER, BC, April 12, 2021 PRNewswire - Defense Metals Corp. Defense Metals TSXV: DEFN OTCQB: DFMTF FSE: 35D is pleased to announce that it has recently been notified by its Asian based advisor Golden Dragon Capital Limited GDC that is has received requests from two leading global Rare Earth Element REE smelting and separator enterprises to provide samples of Wicheeda REE mineral concentrate for the purposes of evaluation prior to entering discussions with respect to the negotiation of an initial memorandum of understanding MOU and subsequent potential mineral concentrate offtake agreements. These requests represent the third and fourth REE concentrate evaluation requests received by the Company to date, and discussions are currently ongoing with several other parties. 