EARTHWORKS UPDATE ON CORTINA LEASE

TSX-V: EWK
OTCQB: EAATF 

VANCOUVER, BC, February 14, 2025 /CNW/ - Earthworks Industries Inc. (the "Company"), reports that the Company's U.S. attorneys will be proceeding with their next steps in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of California action, challenging the Order of the U.S. Department of the Interior's, Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA), purporting to cancel the federally approved lease between the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Cortina Integrated Waste Management Inc. (CIWM) and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria, California.

With the government's Answer now filed, in accordance with the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties will meet and confer to agree on a briefing schedule. Based on the agreed upon schedule, the Government will lodge an administrative record. CIWM will then, based on the schedule, file a motion for summary judgement, and the government would oppose and file its own cross-motion for summary judgement. The court will decide the merits of the case based on those cross-motions for summary judgement.

Management is proceeding assertively, and we are looking forward to achieving successful resolution. We are now also looking for additional new opportunities that the model at Cortina offers.  Cortina is intended to be the blueprint for future opportunities in the waste handling and recycling space and the Company will continue to pursue future developments on both tribal and private land with the highest standards in the industry.

Forward Looking Statements:

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SOURCE Earthworks Industries Inc.