October 27, 2026 – Vancouver, Canada – Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z) (“Century Lithium” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) will be held on November 25, 2026. During the Meeting, the management will nominate five directors for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), Dr. Corby Anderson, Dr. William Willoughby, Donald Myers, James Pettit and Dr. Cormac O’Laoire, who stands for election for the first time. Bryan Disher is retiring from the Board and will not stand for re-election; he will continue to serve as a director through the conclusion of the Meeting.
Dr. O’Laoire has worked closely with management as a Strategic Advisor since January 2026, and his depth in battery materials, gigafactory execution and lender due diligence bears directly on the decisions ahead as Century Lithium moves Angel Island through permitting and into project finance.
The Board would like to thank Mr. Disher for his many contributions to Century Lithium and for his continued service through the Meeting.
New Director Nominee
Cormac O’Laoire, PhD is Managing Director of Electrios Ltd., a Hong Kong-based battery advisory firm, and has served as Strategic Advisor to Century Lithium since January 2026. He has over 20 years of experience across the lithium-ion battery value chain, from battery metals and lithium refining through precursor and cathode active materials (pCAM/CAM), cell manufacturing, energy storage and recycling.
Based in Hong Kong for more than a decade, Dr. O’Laoire has advised automakers, cell manufacturers, materials suppliers, governments, lenders, and investors on battery manufacturing, materials processing and battery energy storage projects, providing technical due diligence, lenders’ technical advisory, capital-cost review and independent oversight for more than 60 GWh of capacity. He is also a retained expert witness in industrial litigation and international arbitration.
Dr. O’Laoire began his career in electrochemical research, including as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy national laboratory, and his doctoral research on lithium-air battery chemistry is widely cited. He holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Information concerning the Meeting and the procedures for voting will be included in the Company’s Notice of Meeting and Management Information Circular, which will be filed under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ in advance of the Meeting. Shareholders are encouraged to review the meeting materials when available and to vote their shares.
ABOUT CENTURY LITHIUM CORP.
Century Lithium Corp. is an advanced-stage lithium development company focused on its 100%-owned Angel Island Lithium Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Angel Island hosts one of the largest known sedimentary lithium deposits in the United States and is designed with an integrated, end-to-end process to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate on-site to support the electric vehicle and battery storage markets.
The Company has developed a patent-pending process that incorporates hydrochloric acid leaching combined with direct lithium extraction to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate. As part of the integrated chlor-alkali process, Angel Island is designed to produce sodium hydroxide as a co-product, with planned surplus sales expected to lower operating costs, reduce reliance on externally sourced reagents, and minimize environmental impacts.
Century Lithium is currently advancing Angel Island through the permitting process.
Century Lithium trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “LCE”, the OTCQX under the symbol “CYDVF” and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “C1Z”. To learn more, please visit centurylithium.com.
ON BEHALF OF CENTURY LITHIUM CORP.
WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, PhD, PE
President & Chief Executive Officer
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