

Company Targets NASDAQ Capital Market Listing in 2026, Enhancing Accessibility for U.S. Institutional and Retail Investors and Avoiding Rollbacks for Canadian Shareholders

Vancouver, B.C., August 18 th , 2026 — TheNewswire - Ares Strategic Mining Inc. (“Ares” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ARS) (OTC: ARSMF) (FRA: N8I1) announces that it has granted to its directors and officers an aggregate of 12,000,000 stock options (the “Options”), with each Option entitling the holder to acquire one common share in the capital of the Company (a “Common Share”) at an exercise price of $0.365 per Common Share until August 17 th , 2028. All securities issued pursuant to the exercise of the Options will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day from the date of grant, in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Trucks Now Transporting Lost Sheep Ore to Delta Processing Facility as Live-Material Ramp-Up Begins and Ares Connects Mine to Plant Vancouver, B.C., 18 th August 2026 – TheNewswire - Ares Strategic Mining Inc. (CSE: ARS) (OTCQX: ARSMF) (FRA: N8I1) ("Ares" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that fluorspar ore mined from its Lost Sheep Mine in Utah is now being transported by truck to the Company's processing facility in Delta, Utah, where the material has begun entering the Metallurgical Lumps Plant for processing.

Four-week commissioning program underway, as Ares Strategic Mining sets date for ramp up production. Click Image To View Full Size

Management Commits Additional Capital as Company Advances Toward Production, Government Deliveries, and Next Phase of Growth Vancouver, B.C. – TheNewswire - 5 th June 2026 – Ares Strategic Mining Inc. (CSE: ARS) (OTCQX: ARSMF) (FRA: N8I1) is pleased to announce a significant vote of confidence from Company leadership, with members of management and insiders committing approximately $990,112.65 to acquire common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $0.28 per share, representing approximately 3.53 million shares.

Company Appoints Senior Financial and International Business Executive Lorenzo Esteva to Board as ARES Advances Toward Greater Institutional and Commercial Expansion

Conveyor Belt System and Electrical MCC Network Completed as Lost Sheep Processing Facility Moves Closer to Commissioning Click Image To View Full Size

Found to evaluate resin-free electrochemical Direct Feedstock Extraction technology at the only currently permitted fluorspar mine in the United States BOSTON and JUAB COUNTY, Utah, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Found Industries, through its Found Metals division, and ARES Strategic Mining Inc. (CSE: ARS) (OTC: ARSMF) (FRA: N8I1) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the recovery of gallium, germanium and other strategic critical materials from ARES-owned or controlled feedstocks associated with the Lost Sheep Mine in Utah. The collaboration brings together a uniquely strategic U.S. mineral asset and an emerging domestic critical metals processing platform at a moment when secure North American supply chains for semiconductors, defense systems, energy technologies and advanced manufacturing have become an urgent industrial priority.