Mr. John Lee reports

CLEANTECH ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF SECOND TRANCHE OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Further to Cleantech Vanadium Mining Corp.'s press release dated Aug. 20, 2026, the company has completed the second tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of $290,000 by the sale and issuance of 2.9 million units of the company at a price per unit of 10 cents.

Each unit consists of one common share in the capital of the company and one share purchase warrant. Each warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional share at a price of 15 cents at any time on or before the three-year anniversary of the date of issuance of the warrants.

In connection with the closing, the company also issued 152,000 units to certain finders as finders' fees. Each finder's unit consists of one share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each finder's warrant is exercisable to acquire one share at a price of 15 cents at any time on or before the 36 month anniversary of the date of issuance of the finders' warrants.

The offering proceeds are expected to be used for the company's general working capital purposes.

About Cleantech Vanadium Mining Corp.

Cleantech is a mining company focused on discovering, producing and supplying critical mineral resources from within and to the United States. The company has an option to acquire more than 17,550 acres of mineral rights with historic Fluorspar resources across multiple projects in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar district. Cleantech also owns a 100-per-cent interest in the Gibellini vanadium mine project in Nevada.

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