Mr. Karl Kottmeier reports

EMP METALS COMMENCES RE-ENTRY OPERATIONS ON BRACKISH WATER WELL

The service rig to be used for the re-entry of EMP Metals Corp.'s existing brackish water well 5-23-7-9W2 has arrived on location and commenced re-entry operations (see press releases dated Jan. 27 and Jan. 30, 2026).

The work program includes isolating an upper section of the existing wellbore, perforating the targeting brackish water interval and swabbing the well at maximum swabbing rates to obtain water samples and establish a sustained fluid level.

Re-entry operations and testing are expected to take approximately 10 days to complete.

Once the service rig re-entry operations are completed, the company will begin planning the integration of the brackish water source into the Project Aurora demonstration plant.

The existing well is in close proximity to the Project Aurora demonstration plant site and testing is an important and cost-effective step in identifying additional, low salinity, brackish water sources for continued advancement toward commercial production scale-up.

The Project Aurora demonstration plant will establish, test and optimize a wellhead-connected, continuous-flow, modular hub and spoke lithium extraction and refining model. The on-site program aims to unlock performance improvements and cost savings while derisking future investments. Project Aurora, a joint initiative between EMP Metals and Saltworks Technologies Inc., is aimed at driving down costs, simplification, and leveraging the best available and most economic and innovative technology. As part of the collaborative's launch, Saltworks will advance full-scale plant design and cost estimates for a greater-than-3,000-tonne-per-year modular, repeatable, commercial refinery for EMP Metals utilizing data and insights from the demo plant project.

About EMP Metals Corp.

EMP is a Canadian-based lithium exploration and development company focused on large-scale resources using direct lithium extraction (DLE). EMP currently holds over 205,000 net acres (83,000 hectares) of subsurface dispositions and strategic wellbores in Southern Saskatchewan.

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