Fortune Minerals Limited announced that it has entered into a Socio-Economic Agreement with the Government of the Northwest Territories ("GNWT") for the proposed NICO Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-Copper Project ("NICO Project") in Canada. The agreement formalizes GNWT and Fortune objectives to maximize northern and Indigenous employment, training, business opportunities, and education to benefit residents of the Northwest Territories ("NWT"). The agreement also establishes measures to identify and mitigate socio-economic impacts arising from development of the mine and related facilities in Tlicho Territory, located approximately 160 km northwest of the City of Yellowknife. The NICO Project is a primary cobalt asset that also contains more than a million ounces of gold and approximately 12% of global bismuth reserves. It is one of the few deposits situated outside of the Congo that can be developed to support near-term accelerating demand for cobalt in lithium-ion batteries needed to power electric vehicles, portable electronic devices, and stationary cells to store energy during periods of lower demand to make electricity use more efficient.