• Albany Graphite Corp., wholly owned by Zentek, hired AppEco to run independent market research and economic analysis for Albany Graphite Project in Ontario.
• Work will produce grade-by-grade graphite price forecasts across nuclear, defense, battery, industrial markets with current, 5-year, 10-year views.
• Study will quantify addressable demand in North America and allied nations, focusing on nuclear/SMR, defense, IRA-eligible batteries, industrial end-markets.
• AppEco will assess Albany competitive positioning versus Western graphite supply pipeline, including synthetic substitution risk.
• Separate workstream will value potential co-product credits from FBR scrubber exhaust, covering 18 critical minerals, ahead of NI 43-101 PEA targeted for summer.

Disclaimer: This news brief was created by Public Technologies (PUBT) using generative artificial intelligence. While PUBT strives to provide accurate and timely information, this AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as financial, investment, or legal advice. Zentek Ltd. published the original content used to generate this news brief via Newsfile (Ref. ID: 202604161055NEWSFILECNPR____20260416_292873_1) on April 16, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein.