Northern Graphite Selected to Represent Canada in Battery Materials Evaluation Program with Japan's LIBTEC

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Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 17, 2026) - Northern Graphite Corporation (TSXV: NGC) (OTCQB: NGPHF) (FSE: 0NG) (XSTU: 0NG) (the "Company" or "Northern") is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Natural Resources Canada ("NRCan") to participate in a strategic Canada-Japan battery materials evaluation program through the Lithium-ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center ("LIBTEC"), an independent, internationally recognized, third-party battery evaluation organization. The initiative, which includes funding support of CAD 155,800, will enable Northern to advance the evaluation and customer qualification of its battery anode materials ("BAM") under LIBTEC's standardized, customer-relevant testing protocols and forms part of broader cooperation between Canada and Japan to strengthen secure, resilient and sustainable critical minerals and battery supply chains outside of China. Northern is the only battery anode material developer participating in the initiative, complementing participating Canadian cathode material developers and highlighting Canada's growing capabilities across the battery materials value chain. The program provides an opportunity to showcase Canadian innovation to one of the world's most advanced battery ecosystems while strengthening technical collaboration between Canada and Japan. "Japan is home to some of the world's most advanced battery and automotive companies, and participation in the LIBTEC program provides an important opportunity to test our materials under rigorous conditions while supporting broader Canada-Japan cooperation in critical minerals and battery supply chains," said Northern Chief Executive Officer Hugues Jacquemin. "Being selected for this initiative is an important endorsement of Northern's strategy to become a supplier of battery anode material to global markets seeking diversified supply chains." Through the program, Northern will provide BAM samples produced using graphite from its Lac des Iles mine in Quebec and processed through the Company's battery materials technology platform for independent third-party evaluation and benchmarking against established industry reference materials under standardized, OEM-relevant conditions at LIBTEC's facilities in Japan. The evaluation program is expected to generate valuable third-party performance data across key battery metrics, includ...

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