Graphite One Announces Grant of Restricted Share Units

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Graphite One Inc. (TSXV: GPH) (OTCQX: GPHOF) has announced the approval of 583,015 restricted share units (RSUs) to directors under its Omnibus Plan. The RSUs will convert to common shares on April 14, 2026. An additional 583,014 RSUs are planned for July 2025, pending shareholder approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on June 27, 2025.

Following this grant, the company has 146,269,376 common shares outstanding, along with 5,489,854 RSUs and 3,200,436 performance share units under its Omnibus Plan. The company is developing a U.S.-based graphite supply chain solution, centered around the Graphite Creek deposit, which the US Geological Survey recognizes as the largest in the U.S. The project includes plans for a manufacturing plant in Warren, Ohio, and a recycling facility for graphite and battery materials.

Positive

• Company owns the largest graphite deposit in the U.S. according to USGS
• Strategic development of complete U.S.-based graphite supply chain solution
• Planned vertical integration with manufacturing and recycling facilities in Ohio

Negative

• Potential shareholder dilution from issuance of 1,166,029 new RSUs

VANCOUVER, BC, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Graphite One Inc. (TSXV: GPH) (OTCQX: GPHOF) (the "Company"), announces that the board of directors has approved a grant of 583,015 restricted share units ("RSUs") to directors pursuant to the terms of the Company's Omnibus Plan. This grant represents one-half of the grant for calendar year 2025.

Each RSU will convert into one common share of the Company on the April 14, 2026 vest date. Further details regarding the Omnibus Plan are set out in the management information circular of the Company dated May 15, 2024, which is available on the Company's website click here or on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

The balance of the RSUs totaling 583,014 is expected to be issued in July 2025 as it is subject to obtaining all requisite approvals, which will be sought at the upcoming 2025 Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders on June 27, 2025.

Following the RSU grant, the Company has 146,269,376 common shares issued and outstanding and 5,489,854 RSUs and 3,200,436 performance share units issued under the Company's Omnibus Plan.

Graphite One's Supply Chain Strategy

With the United States currently 100 percent import dependent for natural and synthetic graphite, Graphite One is developing a complete U.S.-based, advanced graphite supply chain solution anchored by the Graphite Creek deposit, recognized by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the U.S. "and among the largest in the world." The Graphite One Project plan includes an advanced synthetic graphite material and battery anode material manufacturing plant located in Warren, Ohio. The plan also includes a recycling facility to reclaim graphite and the other battery materials, to be co-located at the Ohio site, the third link in Graphite One's non-linear circular economy strategy.

About Graphite One Inc.

GRAPHITE ONE INC. continues to develop its Graphite One Project (the "Project") to become an American producer of high-grade anode materials that is integrated with a domestic graphite resource. The Project is proposed as a vertically integrated enterprise to mine, process and manufacture anode active materials primarily for the lithium‐ion electric vehicle battery market. As set forth in the Company's 2022 Pre-Feasibility Study, graphite mineralization mined from the Company's Graphite Creek Property, situated on the Seward Peninsula about 60 kilometers north of Nome, Alaska, would be processed into concentrate at an adjacent processing plant. Natural and artificial graphite anode active materials and other value‐added graphite products would be manufactured from the concentrate and other materials at the Company's proposed advanced graphite materials manufacturing facility located in northeastern Ohio. The Company intends to make a production decision on the Project upon the completion of a Feasibility Study.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

"Anthony Huston" (signed)

For more information on Graphite One Inc., please visit the Company's website, www.GraphiteOneInc.com.

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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements, including receipt of the approval of the TSXV and the Company's shareholders for approval of the RSU grants. Generally, forward‐looking information can be identified by the use of forward‐looking terminology such as "proposes", "expects", "is expected", "scheduled", "estimates", "projects", "plans", "is planning", "intends", "assumes", "believes", "indicates", "to be" or variations of such words and phrases that state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedarplus.ca.

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FAQ

How many RSUs did Graphite One (GPHOF) grant to directors in April 2025?

Graphite One granted 583,015 RSUs to directors, with vesting date on April 14, 2026.

When will Graphite One (GPHOF) issue the second batch of RSUs in 2025?

The second batch of 583,014 RSUs is expected to be issued in July 2025, subject to shareholder approval at the June 27, 2025 Annual General Meeting.

What is the total number of outstanding shares for Graphite One (GPHOF) after the April 2025 RSU grant?

After the RSU grant, Graphite One has 146,269,376 common shares outstanding, plus 5,489,854 RSUs and 3,200,436 performance share units.

Where is Graphite One (GPHOF) planning to build its manufacturing and recycling facilities?

Graphite One plans to build its advanced synthetic graphite material and battery anode manufacturing plant, along with a recycling facility, in Warren, Ohio.