North Atlantic Titanium Corp. (CSE: NATO) (OTCQB: NATQ.F) (FSE: Y33) announced today that it has joined the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a collaborative initiative focused on 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) designed to accelerate research, access to commercial solutions, and prototyping opportunities.
Membership in the DIBC allows North Atlantic Titanium to participate in research, technical discussions, and collaborative projects aimed at strengthening North American industrial-base capabilities. The consortium's focus includes addressing defense supply chain issues, developing the industrial workforce, sustaining critical production, commercializing research and development efforts, and rapidly scaling emerging technologies.
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 overseen by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy. The consortium is managed by Advanced Technology International (ATI), which 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.
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.
The company will host a live investor webinar on Monday, July 6th at 4PM ET / 1PM PT, hosted by Radius Research, where attendees can ask questions in real time. Registration is available at https://bit.ly/NATO-webinar.
Membership in the DIBC does not imply U.S. Government endorsement, project approval, funding, or the award of any contract or agreement. This development underscores the growing importance of critical minerals in national security and the need for resilient supply chains, a concern for leaders in business and technology as geopolitical tensions and resource dependencies continue to shape global markets.
