Mr. Ian Berzins reports

CANADIAN CRITICAL MINERALS ANNOUNCES ADOPTION OF SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING TRIAL

Canadian Critical Minerals Inc. intends to participate in the semi-annual reporting (SAR) pilot program recently adopted by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA).

The SAR pilot: Implemented through Coordinated Blanket Order 51-933, allows eligible venture issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) to voluntarily move from a quarterly to a semi-annual financial reporting framework. By adopting the SAR, Canadian Critical Minerals aims to reduce the administrative and financial burden associated with quarterly reporting, allowing management to focus resources on advancement of the Bull River mine project.

Transition details -- Canadian Critical Minerals' fiscal year ends on May 31, 2026. Under the SAR pilot, the company will be exempt from filing interim financial reports and related management discussion and analysis (MD&A) for its first and third quarters.

• Initial interim period: The company will not file an interim report for the third quarter (Q3) ending Feb. 28, 2026.
• Continuing reporting: Canadian Critical Minerals will continue to file audited annual financial statements (due within 120 days of May 31, 2026, and six-month interim financial reports (due within 60 days of Nov. 30).
• Continued disclosure: The company remains committed to timely disclosure and will continue to report all material changes and significant developments as required under National Instrument 51-102.
• Eligibility: Canadian Critical Minerals confirms it meets the pilot program's eligibility criteria, which includes being a venture issuer with annual revenues of less than $10-million and maintaining a clean 12-month continuous disclosure record.
• Continued participation: Should the company cease to continue participating in the SAR pilot program, it will announce it in a future news release.

About Canadian Critical Minerals Inc.

Canadian Critical Minerals is a mining company primarily focused on copper production assets in Canada. Canadian Critical Minerals' main asset is the 100-per-cent-owned Bull River mine project (150 million pounds of copper) near Cranbrook, B.C., which has a mineral resource containing copper, gold and silver. Canadian Critical Minerals also owns a 4-per-cent interest in XXIX Metal Corp., which holds a 100-per-cent interest in the Thierry copper project near Pickle Lake, Ont., and a 100-per-cent interest in the Opemiska copper project near Chapais-Chibougamau, Que.

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