Fast-Track Application on Schedule - Decision due 8 Dec

Tāiko Critical Minerals Limited (NZX: TCM) (Tāiko or the Company) advises that it has lodged its reply to comments received by the Expert Panel considering its Fast-track application for the Southern Block of the Barrytown Critical Minerals Project. The reply was lodged on 5 October 2026, together with further information requested by the Panel, and is published on the Fast-track website. https://www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/barrytown-minerals-project The reply provides comprehensive responses to the comments received, supported by the Company's technical experts. The Company has met each deadline in the process to date. The application builds on the resource consents Tāiko already holds for the Coates South Block and its Mineral Separation Plant at Rapahoe. If granted, it would provide the resource consents and other approvals required to extend the project into the adjoining Southern Block. The Panel's decision is due on 8 December 2026, the date set when the Panel was appointed in August. The process remains on that timetable.