Mr. Karl Kottmeier reports

EMP METALS PARTNER SALTWORKS SELECTED BY GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURER FOR LANDMARK ADVANCED WATER RECOVERY AND ZLD PROJECT

EMP Metals Corp.'s valued partner on Project Aurora, Saltworks Technologies Inc., was selected by a leading global semiconductor manufacturer to deliver critical water recovery and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) infrastructure.

This decision reinforces Saltworks' leadership in delivering future-proof water treatment systems for the world's most demanding industrial facilities. The award followed a rigorous process in which Saltworks' modernized industrial desalination processes, modular off-site construction (OSC) architecture and intelligent digital controls provided clear advantages.

Karl Kottmeier, EMP Metals chief executive officer, commented: "We are pleased to share this tremendous development for our partner Saltworks with our shareholders and the investment community. It is exactly this sort of confirmation and validation of engineering excellence that provides us with even more confidence that Project Aurora will continue to advance successfully."

These capabilities reduce execution risk, accelerate delivery for schedule-critical fabs and optimize total life cycle cost. Saltworks' approach supports meeting the stringent reliability, water sustainability and operational resilience requirements of next-generation semiconductor manufacturing at scale.

The large-scale multistream project incorporates Saltworks' advanced high-TDS ion exchange Xtract, ultrahigh-recovery XtremeRO and SaltMaker MVR ZLD, unified as a complete digital, modular system delivered as a single package.

The scalable OSC package, based on repeatable and proven designs, minimizes custom engineering, execution risk, and site construction timelines. This strategy, combined with Saltworks' patented self-diagnosis and self-cleaning equipment, along with health maintenance digital technology, delivers the operational certainty required for advanced semiconductor production, where water treatment reliability is mission critical.

Saltworks continues to lead in industrial water, brine management and lithium refining, delivering repeatable, factory-built systems that combine technical depth, digital intelligence and real-world performance at scale.

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 well bores in southern Saskatchewan.

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