Graphite One Highlights Strategic Alignment with White House Executive Order Reinforcing U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chain
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Graphite One (OTCQX:GPHOF) highlighted how President Trump’s July 20, 2026 Executive Order “Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials” aligns with its plan to build a fully integrated U.S. graphite supply chain, from mining to advanced anode materials and future recycling.
According to Graphite One, the U.S. is 100% import dependent on natural graphite, while its Graphite Creek project in Alaska hosts America’s largest known natural graphite deposit and is advancing under the FAST-41 federal permitting process as Alaska’s first Critical Minerals project. The company plans an Ohio Advanced Anode Materials facility and ultimately recycling capabilities. Graphite One reports receiving two Department of War grants under Defense Production Act authority and from the Defense Logistics Agency, plus two EXIM Bank Letters of Interest totaling $2.07 billion in potential financing, as it progresses engineering, permitting, financing and commercial discussions across its Alaska and Ohio initiatives.
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- $2.07 billion EXIM Bank financing interest via two Letters of Interest
- Two U.S. Department of War grants under Defense Production Act and Defense Logistics Agency
- Graphite Creek recognized as Alaska’s first Critical Minerals project under FAST-41 process
- Integrated strategy spanning mining, advanced anode materials and planned recycling in U.S.
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CEO: "Graphite One is not developing a single project. We are building an integrated
The Executive Order expands federal efforts to strengthen domestic sourcing of critical materials essential to national defense and advanced manufacturing by reinforcing domestic procurement requirements, reducing reliance on foreign supply chains, accelerating qualification of new domestic suppliers and improving supply chain transparency.
Graphite One believes the Executive Order further reinforces the strategic importance of establishing a complete domestic graphite supply chain capable of supplying
"For more than a decade, Graphite One has been executing a strategy built around a simple premise—that
"Graphite One is not developing a single project. We are building an integrated
Executing a Differentiated
- Graphite Creek hosts America's largest known natural graphite deposit.
- The Company's planned Ohio Advanced Anode Materials facility is intended to produce high-value battery-grade anode materials.
- G1's long-term strategy includes future graphite recycling to support a circular domestic supply chain.
- Graphite Creek continues to advance as
Alaska's first Critical Minerals project under the FAST-41 federal permitting process. - The Company continues engagement with the Department of Energy, EXIM Bank, the Department of Defense and other federal stakeholders.
- Engineering, permitting, financing and commercial initiatives continue advancing across both
Alaska andOhio .
Together, these initiatives position Graphite One to participate across multiple segments of the domestic graphite value chain rather than a single point within it, providing strategic flexibility as
Policy Momentum Continues to Build
The Executive Order builds upon a series of federal initiatives supporting domestic critical mineral development, including FAST-41 project designation, Defense Production Act programs, Department of Energy initiatives, Defense Logistics Agency engagement and EXIM Bank financing initiatives. Collectively, these actions reflect growing federal recognition that resilient domestic supply chains are fundamental to America's economic competitiveness and national security.
Graphite One's complete domestic supply chain strategy has received
Looking Ahead
Graphite One continues advancing permitting, engineering, financing and commercial discussions supporting both the Graphite Creek Project and the planned Ohio Advanced Anode Materials facility. The Company believes continued alignment between federal policy and domestic critical mineral development reinforces the long-term strategic importance of its integrated
About Graphite One Inc.
GRAPHITE ONE INC. continues to develop its Graphite One Project (the "Project"), with the goal of becoming 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 and process natural graphite and to manufacture artificial and natural graphite anode active materials primarily for the lithium-ion electric vehicle battery and energy storage markets.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Anthony Huston" (signed)
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Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the potential implications of President Trump's July 20, 2026 Executive Order, the significance of the Executive Order and other U.S. government initiatives for domestic critical mineral supply chains. 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". The Company cautions that there is no assurance that the Executive Order, or any other federal policy initiatives, will result in funding opportunities, financing, procurement preferences, government contracts, accelerating permitting, regulatory approvals, commercial opportunities, or other benefits to the Company. 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 or regulatory processes (including the EIS), 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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