Canadian Manganese Company, GreenMet, AmForge and Flash Metals USA Establish the North American Critical Manganese Alliance (NACMA)

Canadian Manganese Company Inc. (CBOE CA: CDMN) ("Canadian Manganese" or "CMC"), GreenMet Inc. ("GreenMet"), AmForge LLC ("AmForge") and Flash Metals USA, Inc. ("Flash Metals") are pleased to announce the execution of a Strategic Partnership Framework Agreement establishing the North American Critical Manganese Alliance ("NACMA"), a long-term strategic collaboration to develop the first fully integrated North American manganese supply chain.

NACMA brings together complementary expertise in critical mineral development, project financing, industrial manufacturing and specialty processing with the objective of creating a secure, vertically integrated Canada-United States manganese ecosystem capable of supporting the growing requirements of advanced manufacturing, defense, aerospace, energy storage and other strategically important industries. The Alliance represents a coordinated effort to develop an integrated industrial platform extending from the extraction of manganese ore in Canada through primary refining, specialty processing and advanced manufacturing in the United States, creating a resilient allied supply chain for one of North America's most strategically important critical minerals.

NACMA is anchored by Canadian Manganese's Woodstock Project in New Brunswick, Canada, North America's largest known manganese carbonate systems and a uniquely positioned strategic resource capable of supporting long-term production of high-purity manganese products. Over more than a decade of geological, metallurgical and engineering work has established the Project as a technically advanced development opportunity capable of serving as the foundation of an integrated North American manganese industry. The Parties believe that the strategic value of Woodstock extends well beyond the development of a mining operation. As the foundational fee...