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Zentek Provides PDAC 2026 Update - Government and First Nations Engagement
Company advances Albany Graphite relationships across federal, provincial, and community levels ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Zentek Provides PDAC 2026 Update - Government and First Nations EngagementCompany advances Albany Graphite relationships across federal, provincial, and community levels GUELPH, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 9, 2026 / Zentek Ltd. (TSXV:ZEN)(NASDAQ:ZTEK) (\"Zentek\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide shareholders with an update on its activities at and around the PDAC 2026 Convention held in Toronto from March 1-4, 2026.Government EngagementOn March 2, 2026, the Company participated in the TSX Canadian Mining Roundtable, hosted in conjunction with Greg Orencsak, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Canada. The session brought together mining companies and senior government officials to discuss Canada's critical minerals strategy and the role of domestic projects in securing NATO-aligned supply chains. Albany Graphite's demonstrated nuclear-grade purity and Northern Ontario location were central to the Company's contributions to the discussion.The Company also held separate meetings with representatives of the federal government and Invest Ontario during PDAC week, continuing to advance Albany's positioning within federal and provincial critical minerals funding frameworks. These conversations are consistent with the government engagement strategy the Company outlined in its February 26, 2026, news release.First Nations EngagementThe Company attended a working session hosted by the Chiefs of Ontario covering Indigenous consultation frameworks applicable to mineral development in Ontario, including the Mushkegowuk Council Consultation Protocol and the Wabun Model for industry-community engagement throughout the mining sequence.Following this session, the Company held a working session with representatives of Constance Lake First Nation (\"CLFN\"), the Company's Indigenous partner at the Albany Graphite Project. Zentek and CLFN have an existing implementation agreement that sets out governance, roles, responsibilities, and a framework for a future project partnership structure. The working session was focused on advancing collaboration as the Company moves toward the initiation of environmental baseline studies and the preparation of a new Preliminary Economic Assessment, consistent with the Company's previously disclosed development roadmap.Mr. Peter Wood, P.Eng., P.Geo., Vice President of Development of the Company's wholly ...