CleanTech commences Campbell-Crotser fluorspar mine permitting in Kentucky

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2026) - CleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp. (TSXV: CTV) (OTCQB: CTVFF)  (" CleanTech " or the " Company ") is pleased to announce that it has retained full-time permitting specialist Michael Heim of Lexington, Kentucky to initiate and manage the permitting process for the Company's proposed Campbell-Crotser fluorspar mining operation in the prominent Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District ("IKFD"). Mr. Heim and his team will prepare and submit separate permit applications to the Kentucky Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement ("DMRE"): a mining permit for the Campbell-Crotser underground mine at an initial extraction rate of 500 tons per day, and a permit for a flotation plant to process and convert raw fluorspar materials into commercial grade (97% CaF2) acid-spar product onsite. The proposed modular fluorspar processing plant will be adaptable for expansion to receive feed from other fluorspar deposits at IKFD in addition to Campbell-Crotser.

The Company recently met with DMRE and will submit permit applications supplemented by requisite technical and baseline studies by the end of 2026 to support a decision within 90 days of permit application submission. The Company has also initiated and maintained positive discussions with members of the local Campbell-Crotser community regarding the proposed mining operation. The proposed operational area lies entirely on private land and is not subject to oversight by the federal Bureau of Land Management.

Mr. Heim is a geologist with approximately 30 years of mining permitting, geology, and hydrology experience across Kentucky and neighboring states. Mr. Heim is considered a permitting subject matter expert and has previously held senior permitting and engineering roles with several mining and engineering firms in the region. He works extensively with federal an