Argo Graphene Solutions Appoints Leading Battery and Energy Storage Scientist Dr. Said Al-Hallaj to Board of Directors

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 2, 2026) - Argo Graphene Solutions Corp. (CSE: ARGO) (OTCQB: ARLSF) (FSE: 94Y) ("Argo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Said Al-Hallaj, PhD, an internationally recognized battery and energy-storage scientist, entrepreneur and technology commercialization specialist, to the Company's Board of Directors.

Dr. Al-Hallaj brings more than 25 years of scientific, academic and commercial experience spanning lithium-ion batteries, battery thermal management and safety, energy storage, electric mobility, renewable energy and technology commercialization.

He currently serves as Chief Battery Scientist at Beam Global (NASDAQ: BEEM), a clean-technology company focused on sustainable infrastructure and electrification.

He is also a member of Grapherry's Advisory Board, where he has worked alongside Grapherry founder and Argo CEO Dr. Vikas Berry in advancing graphene commercialization.

Dr. Al-Hallaj is also founder and CEO of NETenergy, a Chicago-based thermal-energy-storage technology company, and previously served as Chairman and CEO of All Cell Technologies LLC.

Dr. Al-Hallaj holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

His academic career has included positions at Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern University, and Tohoku University in Japan.

His scientific and professional accomplishments have received significant recognition. Dr. Al-Hallaj has been recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists in Chemical Engineering in the Stanford-led science-wide ranking of highly cited researchers, and his published scientific research has accumulated more than 17,000 citations.

In 2022, he received the Illinois Tech Alumni Professional Achievement Award, recognizing outstanding professional achievement and distinction in his field. He also served on the Advisory Board of Illinois Tech's Armour College of Engineering and the Industry Advisory Board of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Beyond his scientific and academic work, Dr. Al-Hallaj has built an extensive track record in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, including translating university research into commercial ventures.

He has served as a Commercialization Fellow with the University of Illinois Chicago Office of Technology Management and has successfully spun off two university-based technology startups.

He has also mentored technology startups associated with the University of Chicago, UIC, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Auckland

Strategic Alignment with Argo's Graphene Commercialization Strategy

Dr. Al-Hallaj's appointment comes as Argo advances the commercialization of STREAM™, the proprietary graphene production technology exclusively licensed to Argo by Grapherry, with a contractual pathway to full ownership.

As a member of Grapherry's Advisory Board who has worked alongside Dr. Berry and developed an understanding of STREAM™ and its potential applications, Dr. Al-Hallaj brings to Argo's Board existing familiarity with the technology at the centre of the Company's graphene commercialization strategy.

Argo is evaluating higher-value applications for STREAM-G™ graphene and STREAM-O™ graphene oxide across energy storage, advanced electronics, AI infrastructure, construction, composites and other advanced-material markets.

Energy storage represents a potentially significant commercial opportunity for advanced graphene materials. Graphene is being evaluated across the battery industry for applications including enhanced conductivity, electrode performance and thermal management.

Argo intends to leverage its STREAM™ platform and growing battery expertise to identify and advance applicati...