Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp. ("EM&T" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:EMAT), a U.S.-based critical materials and advanced manufacturing company producing rare earth permanent magnets, battery materials and related critical minerals, today announced that it has joined the broad-market Russell 3000® Index and the small-cap Russell 2000® Index, effective as of the opening of U.S. equity markets today, Monday, September 21, 2026. The addition was finalized through FTSE Russell’s third-quarter 2026 quarterly IPO additions process, placing EM&T in two of the most widely tracked U.S. equity benchmarks in its first year as a Nasdaq-listed company.

Membership in the Russell 2000® Index results in automatic inclusion in the broad-market Russell 3000® Index and in the applicable Russell U.S. style indexes. According to FTSE Russell, approximately $12.2 trillion in assets are benchmarked to or invested in products based on the Russell U.S. Indexes, which institutional investors use for index funds and as benchmarks for both active and passive strategies. As an official constituent, EM&T is now being incorporated into index-tracking investment products and institutional portfolios, and is immediately eligible for active managers whose mandates require benchmark membership.