Mr. David Atkinson reports

EARTHWORKS INDUSTRIES INC. - CORTINA TRIBAL ATTORNEY FEES

Earthworks Industries Inc. has provided an update on the status of the motion for attorney fees filed by the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria, California (the tribe), which was reported in the company's news release dated Nov. 14, 2025.

The tribe filed its motion for attorney fees after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed the complaint filed by the company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Cortina Integrated Waste Management Inc., (CIWM), challenging the order of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA), which as the company reported in its news release dated Oct. 23, 2025, purported to cancel the federally approved lease between the tribe and CIWM.

The tribe asserts that, as the prevailing party in the action, it is entitled to recover the attorney fees it incurred in enforcing its rights under the lease. The tribe seeks fees beginning from March, 2018, covering the proceedings before the regional director, the appeal to the IBIA and the district court litigation.

CIWM does not have the approximately $400,000 (U.S.) required to pay the fees claimed or to file an opposition to the tribe's motion for the fees.