Scandium Canada and ALPOMET Partner to Develop Advanced Scandium Alloys for Hydrogen and Additive Manufacturing

Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSX-V: SCD) announced it has signed an agreement with Turkish advanced materials engineering company ALPOMET to establish a strategic collaboration framework for developing specialty scandium-based alloys, with applications including hydrogen technologies. The partnership combines Scandium Canada's downstream Scandium+ capabilities in aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloys with ALPOMET's expertise in advanced materials engineering.

Under the agreement, the parties intend to evaluate joint research and development activities across several areas, including metal powder production through gas and ultrasonic atomization technologies, Al-Sc alloy design supported by Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), additive manufacturing (3D printing) and advanced production processes, hydrogen storage and hydrogen-related material applications, as well as material characterization and development of comprehensive technical data sheets.

"This collaboration reflects the growing international interest in a secure scandium supply and in the advanced materials it makes possible," said Guy Bourassa, Chief Executive Officer of Scandium Canada. "Working alongside a capable engineering team with access to European end users is another step in building the network of partners that a young and promising scandium market needs."

Luc Duchesne, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Scandium Canada and Head of Scandium+, emphasized the complementarity of capabilities: "Combining computational alloy design, powder atomization and rigorous material characterization adds capability to validate Al-Sc alloys for demanding industrial applications."

Yagız Akyildiz, Co-Founder and General Manager of ALPOMET, stated: "ALPOMET and Scandium Canada bring together complementary strengths in advanced materials, additive manufacturing and hydrogen technologies. We see this collaboration as a structured framework for shaping the engineering materials of the future, and we look forward to building it step by step with the Scandium Canada team."

For Al-Sc alloys to reach their potential in laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF), they must be converted into high-quality and cost-effective metal powders. ALPOMET brings demonstrated experience in ICME-based alloy design and in powder production through gas and ultrasonic atomization, including work on high-strength aluminum alloys for additive manufacturing supported by the pan-European Eureka network. These capabilities complement the alloy development work carried out by Scandium+'s Scandium+ division. This new collaboration is intended to provide Scandium+ with an alloy formulation and production alternative for the qualification of metal powders.

These workstreams target high-value applications where Al-Sc alloys offer a decisive advantage, including aerospace structural components and electric motor systems, where reduced weight combined with increased strength is a key performance driver. The agreement establishes confidentiality terms between the parties and provides a basis to explore the collaboration described above. Based in Kocaeli, Turkiye, ALPOMET adds to Scandium Canada's European collaboration network.

ALPOMET is a Turkish advanced materials engineering and R&D company based in Kocaeli, Turkiye. Its expertise spans Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), alloy development, powder metallurgy (including gas and ultrasonic atomization), additive manufacturing and material characterization. ALPOMET has been selected in two consecutive editions of the pan-European Eureka network Lightweighting Call (2024 and 2025) for projects developing high-strength aluminum alloys for additive manufacturing, working within international consortia that include partners in Germany and Poland. The company conducts national and international R&D projects across the aviation, space, automotive, defense, energy and mining sectors, and works extensively through university and industry collaborations.

Scandium+, a division of Scandium Canada, is dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of innovative scandium uses. Scandium Canada (TSX-V: SCD) is a public company whose ultimate goal is to bring the world's leading primary source of scandium into production, enabling the development and commercialization of aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloys. The Company is leveraging its Al-Sc alloys development division and the development of its Crater Lake mining project to meet the growing need for lighter, greener, longer-lasting, high-performance materials.