Aduro Clean Tech to locate in the Netherlands' Chemelot

Mr. Ofer Vicus reports ADURO CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES SELECTS CHEMELOT INDUSTRIAL PARK FOR FIRST-OF-A-KIND INDUSTRIAL PLANT Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. has selected Chemelot Industrial Park (CIP) in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands, located within the Chemelot chemical site, as the location for its planned industrial scale-up facility. The facility will host a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) industrial plant deploying Hydrochemolytic technology for the chemical recycling of waste plastics, building on prior pilot-scale validation and previously referred to in the company's public disclosures as the demonstration plant. The FOAK plant represents the next phase of Aduro's progression toward commercial operation, with the facility intended to support successive phases of scale-up and optimization following successful initial operation. Chemelot is one of Europe's leading integrated chemical industry clusters and hosts a broad range of chemical and materials production facilities and supporting services. The site includes shared utilities, centralized wastewater treatment, established site-wide safety and operating standards and an umbrella environmental permitting framework designed to support efficient and predictable industrial project development. Chemelot has articulated a long-term ambition to transition toward a climate-neutral, circular chemistry and materials site, with a particular focus on increasing the use of non-fossil and circular feedstocks, supported by the interconnectedness of industrial operations and innovation activities across the site. As an established site for steam cracking and downstream polymer production, Chemelot provides a relevant industrial environment for technologies producing circular hydrocarbon intermediates intended as alternatives to fossil-based naphtha. Brightlands Chemelot campus is located at Chemelot and serves as an open-innovation and scale-up ecosystem for the chemical and materials industries. The campus provides access to applied research capabilities and shared laboratory and development infrastructure that support technology development and industrial implementation. Aduro has been active within the Brightlands ecosystem since 2021 as part of its European technology development activities. The selection of Chemelot Industrial Park follows an extensive site-selection campaign initiated by Aduro in late 2025 as part of its structured scale-up program. Over several months, the company conducted due diligence across multiple candidate locations, narrowing the process to four finalist sites before selecting Chemelot based on technical, industrial and strategic criteria. Northwest Europe was identified as a preferred region due to its established waste management infrastructure, concentration of downstream industrial partners and end markets and evolving regulation supporting circular materials. The final decision reflected Chemelot's ability to support permanent industrial operations and future expansion, including access to robust utilities, proximity to regional steam cracking capacity, integration within an established circular plastics value chain, availability of feedstock and alignment with European regulatory and permitting frameworks. Chemelot's position within the Netherlands' circular chemistry ecosystem also provides connectivity to downstream offtake markets and industrial partners engaged in the transition toward circular feedstocks. The FOAK plant planned for Aduro's industrial scale-up facility is expected to begin operations at an initial processing capacity of approximately 10,000 tonnes per year, with the selected site providing sufficient space and infrastructure to support phased expansion and a long-term industrial presence. "Selecting Chemelot marks a pivotal point in the scale-up pathway we outlined last year," said Ofer Vicus, chief executive officer of Aduro. "From the outset, our objective has been to transition from pilot-scale validation to an industrial facility capable of operating under real-world conditions, producing commercially relevant outputs and supporting future growth. Chemelot provides the infrastructure, industrial integration and expansion capability required not just for our a first-of-a-kind facility but rather as a foundation towards a full commercial deployment of increased processing capacity." About Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics; convert heavy crude and bitumen into lighter, more valuable oil; and transform renewable oils into higher-value fuels or renewable chemicals. The company's Hydrochemolytic technology relies on water as a critical agent in a chemistry platform that operates at relatively low temperatures and cost, a game-changing approach that converts low-value feedstocks into resources for the 21st century. We seek Safe Harbor.