VANCOUVER, BC – August 22, 2025 – Graphite One Inc. (TSXV: GPH, OTCQX: GPHOF) (“Graphite One”, “G1” or the “Company”) is making strategic moves to incentivize its team as it pushes forward with its ambitious U.S.-based graphite supply chain project. The company’s board has greenlit the issuance of long-term incentive awards for 2025, encompassing 410,000 stock options, 3,024,730 restricted share units (RSUs), and 2,441,716 performance share units (PSUs), all governed by the terms of Graphite One’s Omnibus Plan.
The stock options come with an exercise price of $0.81 per share, mirroring the closing price of GPH on the TSX Venture Exchange on August 22, 2025. These options vest in three tranches: one-third on the first anniversary of the grant date, followed by further vesting on April 14, 2027, and April 14, 2028. The options are set to expire on April 14, 2030.
Each RSU and PSU represents the right to convert into one common share of Graphite One upon vesting. The RSUs allocated to management, totaling 2,441,716, will vest in a similar three-year schedule as the options. Director-allocated RSUs (583,014) have a slightly accelerated vesting schedule, with half vesting on the first anniversary and the remaining half on September 30, 2026. Meanwhile, the PSUs, designed to reward exceptional performance, will vest on April 13, 2028, contingent upon the achievement of specific corporate performance targets. More detailed information about the Omnibus Plan can be found in the company’s management information circular dated May 14, 2025.
Following this grant of incentive awards, Graphite One’s capitalization includes 161,547,753 common shares outstanding, alongside 12,185,738 options, 8,059,260 RSUs, and 5,642,152 PSUs issued under the Omnibus Plan.
Graphite One’s Strategy: Building a Domestic Supply Chain
This strategic move comes as Graphite One aims to establish a robust, end-to-end graphite supply chain within the United States. With the U.S. currently reliant on imports for both natural and synthetic graphite, Graphite One is positioning itself to fill a critical gap in the market. At the heart of their strategy is the Graphite Creek deposit in Alaska, recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey as a significant graphite resource both nationally and globally.
The company’s plan extends beyond mining, incorporating an advanced manufacturing plant in Warren, Ohio, dedicated to producing synthetic graphite material and battery anode material. Strengthening its commitment to sustainability and resource circularity, Graphite One intends to locate a battery material recycling facility at the same Ohio site. This integrated approach addresses both the demand for graphite and the growing need for responsible battery material management, creating a non-linear circular economy.
About Graphite One Inc.
Graphite One Inc. is focused on developing its Graphite One Project with the ambition of becoming a leading American producer of high-grade anode materials, backed by a secure domestic graphite resource. The integrated project aims to mine and process natural graphite and manufacture artificial and natural graphite anode materials, serving the rapidly expanding lithium-ion electric vehicle battery and energy storage sectors.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
“Anthony Huston” (signed)
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All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. 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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