Mr. Hugues Jacquemin reports

NORTHERN GRAPHITE APPOINTS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

Northern Graphite Corp. has promoted Dr. Moritz Hantel to the position of chief product officer, effective immediately.

Dr. Hantel previously served as vice-president, innovation and product management, and has been a key member of Northern Graphite's executive team since joining the company in 2024. In his new role, Dr. Hantel will lead the company's global product strategy, technology development and customer solutions, with a focus on advancing Northern's strategy of becoming an integrated supplier of battery anode material to the electric vehicle and energy storage sectors.

"We are proud to promote Moritz to chief product officer," said Northern chief executive officer Hugues Jacquemin. "His leadership, vision and deep understanding of electrochemical systems have been critical to building a competitive and innovative BAM platform. This promotion reflects our confidence in his ability to further drive product excellence and technological differentiation across our operations."

Dr. Hantel, who holds a PhD in electrochemistry from ETH Zurich, brings deep technical expertise and a strong commercial focus to his new role. Since joining the company, he has been pivotal in the development of Northern's battery materials group and was instrumental in driving the licensing of key technologies essential to the company's growth strategy.

Dr. Hantel will continue to be based in Germany and report directly to the chief executive officer.

About Northern Graphite Corp.

Northern is a Canadian, TSX Venture Exchange-listed company that is the only flake graphite producing company in North America. Northern is focused on becoming a world leader in producing natural graphite and upgrading it into high-value products critical to the green economy, including anode material for lithium-ion batteries/EVs, fuel cells and graphene, as well as advanced industrial technologies. The company's mine-to-battery strategy is spearheaded by its battery materials group, which has a fully equipped, state-of-the-art laboratory in Frankfurt.

Northern's graphite assets include the producing Lac des Iles mine in Quebec, where the company is boosting output to meet growing demand from industrial customers and coming demand from North American battery makers. The company also owns the large-scale Bissett Creek project in Ontario and the fully permitted Okanjande graphite mine in Namibia, which is currently on care and maintenance, and represents an opportunity to substantially increase graphite production at a lower cost and with a shorter time to market than most competing projects. All projects have battery quality graphite and are located close to infrastructure in politically stable jurisdictions.

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