Cortina Update

Suite 615 - 800 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6

Telephone: 604.669.3143 Fax: 604.669.3107

Email: [email protected] Web: www.earthworksinc.com

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News Release

November 14, 2025

CORTINA UPDATE

Earthworks Industries Inc. (the “Company”) wishes to report and update on the status with respect to the

Company’s wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Cortina Integrated Wa ste Management Inc. (CIWM), and the

recent District Court decision upholding the termination of its lease with the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation

of the Cortina Rancheria, which was disclosed in a news release dated October 23, 2025.

After the District Courts decision, the Tribe filed a motion for attorneys’ fees. The Tribe asserts that it is

entitled to attorney s’ fees incurred in enforcing its rights under the lease as the prevailing part y in the

action. The Tribe seeks fees beginning from March 2018, covering the proceedings before the Regional

Director, the appeal to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA), and the District Court litigation.

Management continues to consider all its options with respect to the recent motion for fees, as well as an

appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the lease termination. We will be issuing

further updates as next steps are determined.

For further information, contact:

David Atkinson

Earthworks Industries Inc.

604-669-3143

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