CleanTech Appoints Fluorspar Industry Expert James Rodriguez de Castro as Advisor

CleanTech Appoints Fluorspar Industry Expert James

Rodriguez de Castro as Advisor

VANCOUVER, British Columbia , January 28, 2026 – CleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp.

(“CleanTech” or the “Company”) (TSX -V: CTV; OTCQB: CTVFF) announces that it has

appointed James Rodriguez de Castro to join the Company in an advisory capacity.

Mr. Rodriguez de Castro is a mining executive and the founder of Mongolian Minerals Pte Ltd., with

a focus on developing fluorspar projects in Mongolia. He brings over 15 years of fluorspar industry

experience to CleanTech and will introduce the Company to the fluorspar supply-chain, expand its

consumer network, and provide expertise on fluorspar extraction and processing. Fluorspar is a

critical mineral and is essential in nuclear enrichment, battery electrolytes, and semiconductor

manufacturing, all of which are key to the growth of artificial intelligence market. Mr. Rodriguez de

Castro holds a physics degree from the University of Oxford and has a n extensive background

spanning mining development and finance.

CleanTech continues to assemble a technical and industry team encompassing geology, mining,

processing, and permitting as the Company accelerates its fluorspar mining projects to production

in the prospective Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District .

In connection with the appointment and in accordance with the Company’s equity incentive plan,

the Company has granted 100,000 incentive stock options to Mr. Rodriguez de Castro. The Options

are exercisable, subject to vesting provisions, over a period of five (5) years at an exercise price of

0.31 per option.

CleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp.

CleanTech is a mining company focused on discovering, producing, and supplying critical mineral

resources from within and to the United States. The Company has an option to acquire more than

17,550 acres of mineral rights with historic Fluorspar resources across multiple projects in the

Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District. CleanTech also owns a 100% interest in the Gibellini Vanadium

Mine Project in Nevada.

Further information on CleanTech can be found at www.cleantechvanadium.com.

CLEANTECH VANADIUM MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

John Lee

Chief Executive Officer

For more information about CleanTech, please contact:

Suite 1008 – 409 Granville Street

Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2

Phone: 1.877.664.2535

Email: [email protected]

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