Morien Announces Strategic Aggregate Partnership

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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Morien Resources Corp. (“Morien” or the “Company“) (TSX-V:MOX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic partnership with a large, U.S. based, regional crushed stone (“aggregate”) operator to jointly identify and permit long-life crushed stone opportunities in Atlantic Canada.

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Morien has pursued new relationships leveraging its regional expertise and longstanding relationships across Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada. This effort is aligned with its commitment to unlocking the potential of Atlantic Canada’s high-quality mineral resources that can serve both domestic and export infrastructure markets.

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This partnership positions Morien to capitalize on Atlantic Canada’s strategic location, deep-water access, and high-quality stone resources to meet rising infrastructure demands in both Canada and the eastern U.S.

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In May 2025, the provincial government of Nova Scotia expanded its support of the mining industry by identifying aggregate as a “Strategic Mineral” under its Critical Minerals Strategy, a commodity that Nova Scotia now deems important for its economy and future development.

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The collaboration has already yielded promising results. One aggregate (granite) project in Nova Scotia has advanced to formal technical and stakeholder engagement with environmental and permitting groundwork now underway. A second aggregate (limestone) project in Newfoundland is currently progressing through due-diligence, including early-stage technical and commercial assessment.

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Under the terms of the strategic partnership agreement, Morien will receive a milestone payment upon the successful permitting of certain designated projects and is entitled to an industry competitive production royalty on future sales over the life of the operation. Morien’s time and expenses associated with each project are reimbursed by its partner. This arrangement is consistent with Morien’s focus on disciplined project selection and its partner-driven business model that maximizes long-term value while maintaining its lean operating model.

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The Company expects to provide further updates as milestones are achieved within this new aggregate initiative.

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About Morien

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Morien is a Nova Scotia based, mining development company created in 2012 to be a vehicle of direct prosperity for Nova Scotians, its largest shareholder group. Led by Nova Scotians, Morien’s primary assets are a royalty on the sale of coal from the Donkin Mine in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and a royalty on the sale of aggregate from the permitted Black Point Project, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Morien’s management team exercises ruthless discipline in managing both the assets and liabilities of the Company. The Company’s management and its Board of Directors consider shareholder returns to be paramount over corporate size, number or scale of assets and industry recognition. The Company has 51,292,000 issued and outstanding common shares and a fully diluted position of 53,992,000. Further information is available at www.MorienRes.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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Some of the statements in this news release may constitute “forward-looking information” as defined under applicable securities laws. These statements reflect Morien’s current expectations of future revenues and business prospects and opportunities and are based on information currently available to Morien. Morien cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond its control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what Morien currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties described in documents filed by Morien with the Canadian securities regulators on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.com) from time to time. Morien cautions that its royalty revenue will be based on production by third party property owners and operators who will be responsible for determining the manner and timing for the properties forming part of Morien’s royalty portfolio. These third party owners and operators are also subject to risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted herein including: volatility in financial markets or general economic conditions; capital requirements and the need for additional financing; fluctuations in the rates of exchange for the currencies of Canada and the United States; prices for commodities including coal and aggregate; unanticipated changes in production, mineral reserves and mineral resources, metallurgical recoveries and/or exploration results; changes in regulations and unpredictable political or economic developments; loss of key personnel; labour disputes; and ineffective title to mineral claims or property. There are other business risks and hazards associated with mineral exploration, development and mining. Although Morien believes that the forward-looking information contained herein is based on reasonable assumptions (including assumptions relating to economic, market and political conditions, the Company’s working capital requirements and the accuracy of information supplied by the operators of the properties in which the Company has a royalty interest), readers cannot be assured that actual results will be consistent with such statements. Morien expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information in this news release, whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All dollar values discussed herein are in Canadian dollars. Any financial outlook or future-oriented financial information in this news release, as defined by applicable securities laws, has been approved by management of Morien as of the date of this news release. Such financial outlook or future-oriented financial information is provided for the purpose of providing information about management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such outlook or information should not be used for purposes other than for which it is disclosed in this news release.

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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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