Canada Nickel and the University of Texas Successfully Complete Carbon Sequestration Pilot at the Crawford Nickel Project
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Canada Nickel and the University of Texas
Successfully Complete Carbon Sequestration Pilot
at the Crawford Nickel Project
Highlights:
• In-situ carbon injection pilot successfully sequesters 12 tonnes of CO2 at the Crawford Nickel Project
• Project demonstrates another permanent CO2 storage pathway, distinct from the Company’s IPT
Carbonation and NetCarb processes
TORONTO, February 19, 2026 - Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel" or the " Company") (TSX-V:CNC)
(OTCQB: CNIKF) is pleased to announce the successful completion of an in-situ carbon sequestration pilot study at
its flagship Crawford Nickel Project (“Crawford”), near Timmins, Ontario.
The pilot was conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy ’s Advanced Research Projects Agency –
Energy (DOE ARPA-E) funded team, led by Dr. Estibalitz Ukar, Research Associate Professor at the University of Texas
at Austin.
“This achievement marks another critical milestone toward realizing a Zero -Carbon Industrial Cluster in the
Timmins region. By successfully demonstrating a third pathway for utilizing our ultramafic deposits to capture and
store carbon – in addition to the IPT Carbonation and NetCarb processes – we are expanding the tools available
for large-scale decarbonization” said Mark Selby, CEO of Canada Nickel . “The direct injection approach, which is
implemented prior to mining, has the potential to lower future min ing costs by pre -conditioning and fracturing
the rock mass, making it less energy intensive to blast and process during crushing and grinding. The results also
leverage portions of ultramafic deposits that lack economically recoverable minerals, turning th em into valuable
assets for environmental carbon removal.”
Dr. Ukar added, “The Crawford in-situ mineralization field test shows that carbon capture doesn’t have to be an
add-on to mining—it can be built in from the very beginning. What we demonstrated at Crawford represents more
than an experiment at a single site, it’s a scalable model for how mining can contribute to global decarbonization.
In-situ minerali zation allows us to permanently store CO₂ while simultaneously reducing mining energy
requirements, creating both environmental and economic value.”
After nearly two years of planning, laboratory experiments, and deployment of an extensive monitoring network,
the CO₂ injection field test was conducted between mid-November and mid-December 2025. All data collected to
date indicate that the field test proceeded as planned and was a success: approximately 12 tonnes of injected CO₂
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remained dissolved at depth, with no surface leakage detected.
Starting on November 20, 2025, the pilot project conducted short-duration injection trials over a 12-day period, until
December 1st. From December 2nd until December 18th, CO2-saturated water was injected continuously at a constant
CO2 delivery rate injected into a single injection well drilled to a depth of 396m. The well was cased to 350m,
establishing an injection interval between 350m and 396m. The trials confirmed that the injected CO₂ remained fully
dissolved within the water column, with no upward migration of CO₂ gas observed.
The water used to dissolve carbon dioxide was sourced from an onsite well. The well configuration for the test
consisted of an injection well (IN), a water supply well (SW), four water monitoring wells, 12 surface seismic monitoring
stations, and three seismic monitoring boreholes (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Location of drillholes and stations for the Carbon sequestration test at Crawford.
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Seismicity and potential CO₂ gas leakage was continuously monitored throughout the field test. No significant seismic
events (M>1) were detected, and no CO₂ was observed emerging from monitoring wells or through the silty
sedimentary cover. Preliminary chemical analyses indicate that, at the time of writing, the injected CO₂-rich water had
not reached the monitoring wells , as predicted by reactive transport modelling . No surface leakage was detected,
providing a strong indication that, as expected, all injected CO₂ remained at depth.
In the coming months, monitoring of seismicity, water chemistry through regular sampling, and potential CO₂ gas
leakage will continue. Monitoring wells will be re -entered and sampled in the spring, following several months of
reaction, and prior to ground thaw, to ensure access to the site. The area is also being monitored using InSAR satellite
measurements. Monitoring will continue for several months as the team tracks seismicity and water chemistry to
continue understanding and documenting subsurface fluid flow and reaction processes.
This initiative is independent of Canada Nickel’s In -Process Tailings (IPT) Carbonation and NetCarb Programs
(processes in which CO2 is injected and stored in waste rock and tailings) and represents a key step in expanding
the Company’s carbon capture and storage capabilities. Results from this study will help guide future post-mining
carbon sequestration strategies, further strengthening Canada Nickel’s vision for a Zero-Carbon Industrial Cluster
in the Timmins Region.
About Canada Nickel Company
Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel required
to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless -steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has applied in
multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM, NetZero CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM and is pursuing
the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Canada
Nickel provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently
anchored by its 100% owned flagship Crawford Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins-
Nickel District. For more information, please visit www.canadanickel.com.
For further information, please contact:
Mark Selby
CEO
Phone: 647-256-1954
Email: [email protected]
Cautionary Note and Statement Concerning Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward -looking information" under
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, the potential
and viability of carbon sequestration generally, the impact of drilling on the definition of any resource, timing and
completion (if at all) of additional mineral resource estimates, the potential of the Timmins Nickel District,
strategic plans, including future exploration and developmen t plans and results, and corporate and technical
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objectives. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon several assumptions that, while considered
reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual
results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Factors that could affect the outcome include, among others: future prices and the supply of metals, the future
demand for metals, the results of drilling, inability to raise the money necessary to incur the expenditures required
to retain and advance the property, environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business, economic,
competitive, political and social uncertainties, results of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays
in obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals. There can be no
assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
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