• Deep Isolation launches full-scale demonstration programme A groundbreaking event was held on 28 January to mark the beginning of the demonstration project, which is aimed at building stakeholder and regulatory confidence in the company’s deep borehole disposal technology. • The demonstration programme - which does not utilise radioactive material - will provide crucial data and operational experience to further the commercialisation strategy for Deep Isolation’s deep borehole disposal technology. • Deep Isolation is carrying out the programme in collaboration with the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center (DBDC), Halliburton, Amentum, NAC International, and Occlusion Nuclear Solutions. • The event was held at the DBDC facility, located at the Halliburton Drilling Technology Facility near Cameron, Texas, and brought together project partners and key stakeholders from across the nuclear industry, the US Department of Energy, and officials from the State of Texas, Milam County, and City of Cameron. • “The groundbreaking marks the start of a historic programme that will allow us to advance on the path to the commercialisation of our deep borehole disposal technology and Universal Canister System,” said Deep Isolation President and CEO Rod Baltzer. • “We are thrilled to have brought together this extensive collaboration of leading organisations in nuclear technology, drilling services, and waste management to address one of the nuclear industry’s most pressing challenges: developing a safe and permanent solution for nuclear waste disposal.

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  • A groundbreaking event was held on 28 January to mark the beginning of the demonstration project, which is aimed at building stakeholder and regulatory confidence in the company’s deep borehole disposal technology. The demonstration programme - which does not utilise radioactive material - will provide crucial data and operational experience to further the commercialisation strategy for Deep Isolation’s deep borehole disposal technology. Deep Isolation is carrying out the programme in collaboration with the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center (DBDC), Halliburton, Amentum, NAC International, and

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