Mr. Paul Schubach reports

EMP METALS - PROJECT AURORA LITHIUM DEMONSTRATION PLANT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

EMP Metals Corp. is providing an update on construction of its lithium demonstration plant, known as project Aurora, at the company's Viewfield project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Construction of the 8,400-square-foot production facility building commenced in mid-September. EMP is currently under way with the balance of the on-site work, focused now on finalizing the building and the interior finishing, and fully on track for completion in early November. The next phase installation of electrical work is set to begin in the new year. Currently, production equipment skids are being built at Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s production facility in Richmond, B.C., and are expected to begin shipping to site in the first quarter of 2026.

Paul Schubach, chief operating officer of EMP Metals, commented: "We are pleased with the progress on the building and site development for our demonstration plant at our core Viewfield site. Focus remains on delivering a high-quality, cost-effective build with integrated environmental controls to ensure project Aurora operation is set up for success. We are on schedule to hit our construction milestones in preparation to receive processing equipment in early 2026."

The project Aurora demo 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 de-risking future investments. Project Aurora, a joint initiative between EMP Metals and Saltworks, is aimed at driving down costs, simplification, and leveraging the best available and most economic technology while optimizing a complete lithium system, from well to battery chemical. As part of the collaborative's launch, Saltworks will advance full-scale plant design and cost estimates for a 3,000-plus-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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