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Vancouver, British Columbia – (Newsfile Corp. – July 17, 2026) – Argo Graphene Solutions Corp. (CSE: ARGO) (OTCQB: ARLSF) (FSE: 94Y) (“Argo” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Vikas Berry as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Dr. Berry succeeds Mr. Sean McAlpine, who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since June 2026. Mr. McAlpine remains a Director of the Company and continues to play an important role supporting Argo’s strategic growth initiatives.

Dr. Berry’s appointment marks a defining milestone in Argo’s evolution as the Company aims to advance from technology acquisition to commercialization. As the inventor of the proprietary STREAM™ graphene production platform, he is uniquely qualified to lead Argo as it works towards executing its strategy to commercialize the technology under the Company’s previously announced exclusive worldwide licence agreement, which includes a pathway to full ownership of the STREAM™ technology and related intellectual property upon satisfaction of the agreed consideration provisions.

Leadership Transition

Following a review of potential executive candidates, the Board concluded that the individual best positioned to lead Argo’s next phase of growth was the inventor of the Company’s licensed STREAM™ technology. Sean McAlpine, who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since the closing of the Company’s previously announced exclusive worldwide license agreement with Grapherry, Inc. continues to serve as a Director of the Company.

Sean McAlpine, states, “Dr. Berry combines world-class scientific expertise with a deep understanding of commercial product development and industrial manufacturing. His decision to lead Argo demonstrates his belief in both the STREAM™ technology and our vision of building a leading graphene commercialization company. We are delighted to welcome Vikas as our Chief Executive Officer.”

A Visionary Leader for Graphene Commercialization

Dr. Vikas Berry is an internationally recognized graphene scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and founder of Grapherry, Inc., where he developed the proprietary STREAM™ graphene production platform. Over the past two decades, his work has focused on solving one of the graphene industry’s greatest challenges, developing scalable, cost-effective manufacturing technologies designed to advance graphene from scientific research into real-world industrial applications.

Dr. Berry is committed to progressing the STREAM™ platform towards commercialization and executing a vision of building a vertically integrated graphene production and commercialization company serving multiple global industries.

Dr. Vikas Berry, states, “I am honoured and humbled to be entrusted with leading Argo during such an exciting period in the Company’s evolution. The opportunity to lead the commercialization of the STREAM™ technology and translate years of research into real-world industrial applications alongside the talented team at Argo made the decision to accept this position an easy one. Together, we are aiming to build a vertically integrated graphene company focused on delivering scalable solutions across multiple high-growth industries, including energy storage, semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, construction, agriculture, and advanced manufacturing. I look forward to working with our Board, our employees, our partners, and our shareholders as we work to establish Argo as a leading graphene manufacturing and commercialization company.”

Advancing Argo’s Commercialization Strategy

The successful cement testing recently announced by the Company represents an important early validation of the proprietary STREAM™ graphene production platform, demonstrating its ability to deliver measurable performance improvements in commercially relevant applications.

While construction materials represent one of several significant commercialization opportunities, Argo’s strategy extends well beyond a single industry. The Company is actively evaluating and advancing graphene-enabled technologies across multiple high-growth markets, including energy storage, advanced battery technologies, artificial intelligence infrastructure, data centres, semiconductors, advanced electronics, agriculture, coatings, composites, and industrial manufacturing.

Global demand for next-generation materials continues to accelerate as industries seek lighter, stronger, more conductive, and more sustainable solutions. Management believes graphene has the potential to become an enabling material across many of these markets, and that the proprietary STREAM™ platform provides the technological foundation to support scalable commercial production.

As the Company continues to expand its research, product development, strategic partnerships, and commercial validation programs, Argo’s objective remains clear: to become a leading North American graphene producer and commercialization company serving multiple industrial sectors through a diversified portfolio of graphene-enabled solutions.

About Argo Graphene Solutions Corp.

Argo Graphene Solutions Corp. is a Canadian advanced materials company focused on the development and commercialization of graphene-enhanced technologies and products for applications in construction, infrastructure, agriculture, and industrial manufacturing. The Company is advancing graphene solutions designed to improve material performance characteristics including strength, durability, conductivity, and water resistance across a range of industrial and commercial applications.

Argo’s strategic focus includes graphene-enhanced concrete and cement technologies, infrastructure materials, agricultural applications, and next-generation industrial products. Through ongoing research, development, strategic partnerships, and technology acquisitions, Argo is positioning itself to participate in the rapidly expanding global graphene market and broader advanced materials sector.

For further information please contact:

Robert Intile, CFO
Argo Graphene Solutions Corp.
Email: robert.intile@argographene.com
Phone: 604-763-4017
Website: www.argographene.com

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The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed this press release and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the Company’s securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. The Company’s securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to: statements regarding the Company’s commercialization strategy for the STREAM™ graphene production platform; the anticipated development, commercialization and market adoption of the STREAM™ technology and graphene-enabled products; the Company’s plans to expand its research, product development, commercial validation activities and strategic partnerships; the potential applications of the Company’s technology across construction materials, energy storage, batteries, artificial intelligence infrastructure, data centres, semiconductors, advanced electronics, agriculture, coatings, composites and industrial manufacturing; the Company’s objective of becoming a leading North American graphene producer and commercialization company; the anticipated benefits of Dr. Berry’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer; and the Company’s business plans, growth strategy and future objectives. Forward-looking information is based on assumptions considered reasonable by management as of the date of this news release, including that the Company will be successful in advancing the commercialization of the STREAM™ technology, that strategic partnerships and commercial opportunities will continue to develop, that market demand for graphene-enabled products will continue to grow, that the Company’s technology will perform as expected in commercial applications, and that the Company will have access to the financial, technical and human resources necessary to execute its business strategy. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied, including risks relating to the commercialization of new technologies, product development and market acceptance, the ability to establish and maintain strategic partnerships, manufacturing and operational risks, financing risks, competition, changes in market demand, regulatory developments, and general economic, market and business conditions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Forward-looking information speaks only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise such information except as required by applicable securities laws.

What is Chitin? Chitin Definition

You may not know it, but the exoskeleton of many arthropods ( the biggest phylum in the animal world, consisting of everything from lobsters to insects) and the cell walls of fungi have something in common.

They are both made of chitin, a fibrous substance that protects both bugs and mushrooms alike, functioning similar to a suit of organic armor to protect the important parts inside.

Incredibly, chitin is made up of sugar, for the most part.

Sounds hard to believe, but it’s true.

This particular type of sugar, polysaccharide, is a carbohydrate polymer formed by long chains of repeating units linked by glycosidic bonds.

This basically means that the organic polymer serves as a rugged protective covering for certain organisms like lobsters, crabs, shrimp, ticks, mites and scorpions.

Spiders and arachnids also have chitin in their hard outer shells. You can find it in the beaks of cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes, while humans and other vertebrates do not produce it at all.

Chitin Function

Under a microscope, chitin looks a lot like keratin, the protein component you find in human hair and nails.

But that is where the similarities end.

Looking closer, its structure, given to it by the carbohydrate polysaccharide, is closer to cellulose, the substance present in the cell walls of plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi.

Chitin also serves as protection and structural support to the soft-bodied organisms that produce it and rely on it for the safety of their internal organs/ structures, while some chitinous fungi have chitin instead of cellulose in their cell wall.

The Chitin Cell Wall (And Why It Must Be Broken Down)

When a millipede or a chitinous fungi dies, its chitin is broken down by the surrounding environment with enzymes produced by a host of different types of bacteria and fungi known as chitin degraders.

Similarly, the cellulose in plants is broken down with enzymes known as cellulose degraders.

These chitin and cellulose degraders function as recycling engines, converting the unusable forms of chitin and cellulose from various deceased living things, both plant and animal, into a reusable form, enriching the ecosystem.

The more chitin and cellulose degraders that are present, the more enriched the surrounding soil will be.

This leads inevitably to a dramatic increase in soil fertility so that new life can flourish once again.

The influx of this recycled, readily available chitin in an environment is a potential game-changer for improving soil quality and plant growth, as well as plant resilience.

In a study on lettuce production and disease resistance, with the addition of chitin to potting soil, as a result, the fresh yield weight of lettuce was significantly increased, while the presence of harmful bacteria in the microbial environment in and around the lettuce was significantly reduced.

Now, It is nothing new that the degraders that make this possible have been available commercially in vermacastings and other agricultural products.

However, the average presence of degraders is typically about 2-3 million chitin degraders and 4-5 million cellulose degraders per gram.

But playing fields don’t always stay level.

After years of extensive research, Argo CFO Vermicasts (CSE: ARGO | OTCQB: ARLSF) have successfully created a massive amount of both types of degraders in each gram of their vermicastings.

By manipulating pre-composed feedstock, and using neem seed meal and insect frass in a scientific formula based on field tests, they are currently producing upwards of 200 million chitin degraders and 400 million cellulose degraders per gram.

That is equivalent to supercharging your growing medium by a factor of 100! Imagine what that level of potent enrichment can do for your cultivations and you start to see the possibilities of increasing yield at scale.

Argo CFO Vermicasts are valued by growers because they add and facilitate:

Plant Growth and Vigor
Increased Nutrient Cycling
Increased Water Retention
Enhanced Soil Biology

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