{"id":2116,"date":"2026-07-06T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/2116\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:59:08","slug":"north-atlantic-titanium-joins-the-u-s-defense-industrial-base-consortium-to-support-critical-mineral-supply-chain-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/2116\/","title":{"rendered":"North Atlantic Titanium Joins the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium to Support Critical Mineral Supply Chain Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA &#8211; July 6, 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmediawire.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:NEWMEDIAWIRE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NEWMEDIAWIRE&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NEWMEDIAWIRE<\/a>) &#8211; North Atlantic Titanium Corp. (CSE: NATO) (OTCQB: NATQ.F) (FSE: Y33) (&#8220;North Atlantic Titanium&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is pleased to announce that it has joined the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (&#8220;DIBC&#8221;), a collaborative initiative focused on advancing secure, innovative, and resilient solutions for the defense industrial base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Membership in the DIBC will allow the Company to participate in research, technical discussions, and collaborative projects aimed at strengthening North American industrial-base capabilities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Dwayne Yaretz, CEO and Director of North Atlantic Titanium, stated:  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Joining the Defense Industrial Base Consortium reflects North Atlantic Titanium&#8217;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.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">About the Defense Industrial Base Consortium  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The U.S. Department of War&#8217;s Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution (WIRE) directorate established the DIBC OTA to enable rapid research, access to commercial solutions for defense requirements, and innovations from industry, academia, and non-traditional contractors. DIBC members focus on identifying, developing, and testing cutting-edge capabilities at the speed of innovation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The DIBC is managed by Advanced Technology International (&#8220;ATI&#8221;), which serves as the consortium manager. According to ATI, the DIBC aims to diversify and expand the defense industrial base and enable small and non-traditional businesses to work with government and access research and prototyping teaming opportunities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The DIBC OTA enhances WIRE&#8217;s mission of addressing defense supply chain issues, developing the industrial workforce, sustaining critical production, commercializing Research and Development (R&amp;D) efforts, and rapidly scaling emerging technologies to build a robust, resilient defense industrial base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Membership in the DIBC does not imply U.S. Government endorsement, project approval, funding, or the award of any contract or agreement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Highlights:  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">North Atlantic Titanium has joined the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a collaborative initiative focused on strengthening secure, innovative, and resilient defense industrial base capabilities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The DIBC operates through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) designed to support rapid research, access to commercial solutions, prototyping opportunities, and industrial base collaboration.  <\/p>\n<p>    Story Continues  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The DIBC OTA has a 10-year period of performance with no funding ceiling and is overseen by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy&#8217;s Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution directorate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">North Atlantic Titanium Live Investor Webinar with Presentation and Audience Q&amp;A.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Company will be hosting a live webinar interactive online event where attendees can ask the presenters questions in real time.<br \/>Event: Radius Research Pitch, Deep Dive, and Q&amp;A with North Atlantic Titanium Corp.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Presentation Date &amp; Time: Monday, July 6th @ 4PM ET \/ 1PM PT  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Webcast Registration Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NATO-webinar\" data-ylk=\"slk:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNATO-webinar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bit.ly\/NATO-webinar&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NATO-webinar<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">This webinar is hosted by Radius Research, giving individual investors access to in-depth CEO interviews with deep-dive institutional-level discussion and Q&amp;A. Radius Research is part of Market Radius Capital, Inc. and hosted by Martin Gagel, a former top-ranked sell-side technology and special situations analyst.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">About North Atlantic Titanium Corp.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">North Atlantic Titanium Corp. is focused on developing the Everett titanium-vanadium project in Qubec, 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, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, approximately 75 kilometres south of Matagami, Que.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">For more information, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natitanium.com\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.natitanium.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;www.natitanium.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.natitanium.com<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Dwayne Yaretz, CEO <br \/>North Atlantic Titanium Corp.<br \/>Phone: 778-709-3398<br \/>Email: <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/mailto:info@muzhumining.ca\" data-ylk=\"slk:info%40natitanium.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;info@natitanium.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">info@natitanium.com<\/a><br \/>Website: <a href=\"www.natitanium.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.natitanium.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;www.natitanium.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.natitanium.com<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Neither the Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">This news release contains certain statements which constitute forward-looking statements or information under applicable Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond North Atlantic Titanium&#8217;s control, which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those stated, anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include general economic and capital markets conditions, stock market volatility. Although North Atlantic Titanium believes that the forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, they are based on factors and assumptions, based on currently available information, concerning future events, which may prove to be inaccurate. As such, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, as no assurance can be provided as to future plans, operations, results, levels of activity or achievements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and, except as required by applicable law, North Atlantic Titanium does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or to revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The securities referred to in this news release have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from the U.S. registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities, nor a solicitation for offers to buy any securities.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA &#8211; July 6, 2026 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) &#8211; North Atlantic Titanium Corp. 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