Vema Hydrogen and First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Sign LOI to Develop Engineered Mineral Hydrogen at Pipestone XL Awaruite Project in Newfoundland

First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Releases White Paper, “Onshoring the Nickel-Cobalt Supply Chain. Without a Smelter,” at Critical Minerals for Defence 2026 in Toronto

First Atlantic Highlights U.S. Dominance Act Passed by House: New Critical Minerals Bill Authorizes Equity Investment, Co-Financing, and U.S.-Priority Offtake for Allied Projects and Defines “Processed” as “A Metal, Metal Powder, or a Master Alloy” - Awaruite is a Natural Nickel-Iron-Cobalt Alloy Already in the Form the Act Defines as “Processed”

First Atlantic Nickel Notes Passage of Critical Minerals Bill by U.S. House, Benefiting Pipestone XL Project

First Atlantic Nickel Drills Second Large-Scale Awaruite (Ni-Fe-Co Alloy) Discovery at Alloy Max North, Pipestone XL Project, 5.2 km North of RPM Zone - Visible Awaruite Over 414-Meter Drill Hole Ending in Open Mineralization

First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Highlights G7 Leaders' Declaration on Critical Minerals: G7 Names Nickel One of Only Two Pilot Minerals for a New Allied Traceability Framework, Moves to Mobilize Equity Investment and Offtake, and Establishes a Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance

First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Produces High Grade Alloy Concentrate Up to 71.9% Nickel and 1.76% Cobalt from Its Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project, Using Its First-Ever ONSHORE MAX (Magnetic Alloy eXtraction) Recovery & Concentration Process, Unveiled at the Fastmarkets Lithium Supply & Battery Raw Materials Conference, Las Vegas, USA

First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Welcomes Former Director of the Office of Critical Minerals and Metals at the United States Department of Commerce, Gary Stanley, as Senior Strategic Advisor

First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Added to NASDAQ Sprott Nickel Miners™ Index, Tracked by the Sprott Nickel Miners ETF (NASDAQ: NIKL)

First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Expands Alloy Max Zone 445 Meters South of the Discovery Hole: XL-26-16, the Deepest Hole to Date at Pipestone XL, Intersects Large-Grain Visible Awaruite (Ni-Fe-Co Alloy) Over Its Entire 525-Meter Length, Ending in Open Mineralization at Depth