CENTRAL AMERICA NICKEL ANNOUNCES FILING OF PATENT FOR SEPARATION OF LIGHT AND HEAVY RARE EARTHS

Metallurgical testing for the extraction and separation of rare earth elements (REE) into elemental commercial concentrates has been conducted on material sourced from the Company's joint venture partner's, Auxico Resources Canada Inc. ("Auxico"), project in Vichada, Colombia(refer to Table 1); the testing was conducted at the Coalia research center in Thetford Mines. Metallurgical testing for the extraction and separation of rare earth elements (REE) into elemental commercial concentrates has...

Metallurgical testing for the extraction and separation of rare earth elements (REE) into elemental commercial concentrates has been conducted on material sourced from the Company's joint venture partner's, Auxico Resources Canada Inc. ("Auxico"), project in Vichada, Colombia(refer to Table 1); the testing was conducted at the Coalia research center in Thetford Mines.

^{Table 1. Results of the test work on rare earth concentrates from Colombia (CAN joint venture partner property) by Coalia Lab}

Of the rare earths subjected to this metallurgical process, Nd was concentrated at a rate of 5 times compared to the initial feed (grade of 8.73), Pr at a rate of 7 times (grade of 2.02), and Dy at a rate of 20 times (grade of 0.77). Both the light and heavy rare earth concentrates in Table 1 have been the object of further metallurgical testing in order to produce rare earths in refined elemental form using ligand chemistry, with initial results of up to 99% Nd, Pr, Sm and Gd.

Both CAN and Auxico have the objective of refining critical minerals into end user forms for the EV battery and power-train components manufacturing supply industry, and have jointly conducted scoping studies for the developing of processing and refining facilitie while leveraging the UAEx, alongside technology partners including Impact Global Solutions Inc. (IGS), Coalia, Polytechnique Montréal, and McGill University. The main advantages of the UAEx process is that it enables minerals to separate from ore and into solution more efficiently and lower cost than traditional processing methods, with significantly less environmental impact, including substantially minimized CO₂ emissions, waste and energy requirements.

Central America Nickel Inc. ("CAN") is a privately-held corporation based in Montreal, focused on the processing and purification of critical minerals and energy metals using patented and patent-pending technologies, in partnership with strategic partners. CAN has access, directly or through joint ventures, to minerals projects including nickel, cobalt, scandium, vanadium, lithium and rare earth elements located in several countries, including Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Information set forth in this news release involves forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, financings and transactions being pursued, and all such forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities legislation. Although the Company believes that the expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct and, accordingly, undue reliance should not be put on such forward-looking statements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein.

For more information on the Company, contact: Pierre Gauthier, Chairman & CEO, Central America Nickel Inc., Tel: +1 514-299-0881, Email: [email protected]

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