North Atlantic Titanium Corp. (CSE: NATO) (OTCQB: NATQ.F) (FSE: Y33) announced its membership in the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a collaborative initiative aimed at advancing secure, innovative, and resilient solutions for the defense industrial base. The DIBC, established by the U.S. Department of War’s Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution (WIRE) directorate, operates through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) that supports rapid research, access to commercial solutions, prototyping opportunities, and industrial base collaboration.
Membership in the DIBC allows North Atlantic Titanium to participate in research, technical discussions, and collaborative projects focused on strengthening North American industrial-base capabilities. The company’s involvement underscores its commitment to contributing to secure and resilient critical-mineral supply chains, particularly for titanium, vanadium, and phosphate—each of which has important industrial and strategic applications.
Dwayne Yaretz, CEO and Director of North Atlantic Titanium, stated: “Joining the Defense Industrial Base Consortium reflects North Atlantic Titanium’s commitment to contributing to secure and resilient North American critical-mineral supply chains. Titanium, vanadium, and phosphate each have important industrial and strategic applications, and the Company looks forward to participating in technical collaboration, supply-chain discussions, and potential future critical-mineral opportunities.”
The DIBC OTA has a 10-year period of performance with no funding ceiling and is managed by Advanced Technology International (ATI). According to ATI, the consortium aims to diversify and expand the defense industrial base, enabling small and non-traditional businesses to work with government and access research and prototyping teaming opportunities. The OTA enhances WIRE’s mission of addressing defense supply chain issues, developing the industrial workforce, sustaining critical production, commercializing research and development efforts, and rapidly scaling emerging technologies.
North Atlantic Titanium’s membership in the DIBC does not imply U.S. Government endorsement, project approval, funding, or the award of any contract or agreement. However, it positions the company to participate in supply-chain discussions and potential future critical-mineral opportunities that could support defense needs.
The company is also hosting a live investor webinar on Monday, July 6th at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT, where attendees can ask questions in real time. The webinar, hosted by Radius Research, will feature a deep-dive discussion and Q&A with CEO Dwayne Yaretz. Registration is available at https://bit.ly/NATO-webinar.
North Atlantic Titanium is focused on developing the Everett titanium-vanadium project in Québec, targeting the production of high-quality titanium feedstocks with potential value-added vanadium and phosphate coproducts. The company also holds a 100-per-cent interest in the Sleeping Giant South gold project in the Abitibi greenstone belt. More information is available on its website at www.natitanium.com.
