CHARBONE Hydrogen Announces Insiders Investment and Other Corporate Updates

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Brossard, Quebec TheNewswire - May 14, 2025 Charbone Hydrogen Corporation (TSXV: CH; OTCQB: CHHYF; FSE: K47) (the "Company" or "CHARBONE"), North America's rare publicly traded pure-play company specializing in green hydrogen production and distribution, is pleased to announce that it held its Annual General and Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders on March 28, 2025 and that the Company's shareholders approved all proposed resolutions:

• to elect the directors of the Company, namely, Dave B. Gagnon, Denis Crevier, Frédéric Lecoq, François Vitez, André Halley and Jean-Claude Gonneau, who will serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed;

• to appoint KPMG LLP as the external auditor of the Company and to authorize the directors of the Company to set its compensation, which has been replaced by Richter LLP, as announced in the Notice of Change of Auditor published on SEDAR+ on April 9, 2025;

• to confirm the stock option plan of the Company without changes versus the prior year;

• to approve, by the disinterested shareholders, the settlement of remuneration debts totalling $310,000 to management by issuance of 4,133,334 common shares of the Company at a deemed value of $0.075 per share as announced on February 12, 2025 and issued following the approval received by the Exchange ; and

• to approve the corporate name and change to Charbone Corporation, with a future effective date to be determined.

The Company is also pleased to announce that the Company's Chief Financial Officer has exercised 900,000 warrants and a Board member has purchased 400,000 shares on the market.

About Charbone Hydrogen Corporation

CHARBONE is an integrated green hydrogen company with strategic distribution capabilities of industrial gases across North America. While continuing to develop its modular green hydrogen production network, CHARBONE also leverages commercial partnerships to supply hydrogen, helium, and other industrial gases without the capital-intensive requirements of production facilities. This approach enhances revenue streams, reduces operational risks, and increases market flexibility. CHARBONE remains North America's only publicly traded pure-play green hydrogen company, with shares listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: CH), the OTC Markets (OTCQB: CHHYF), and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE: K47). For more information, visit www.charbone.com .

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains statements that are "forward-looking information" as defined under Canadian securities laws ("forward-looking statements"). These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as "intends", "anticipates", "expects", "believes", "plans", "likely", or similar words. The forward-looking statements reflect management's expectations, estimates, or projections concerning future results or events, based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates considered reasonable by management at the date the statements are made. Although Charbone believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, as unknown or unpredictable factors could cause actual results to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of Charbone. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those described under "Risk Factors" in the Corporation's Filing Statement dated March 31, 2022, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com; they could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements.

Except as required under applicable securities legislation, Charbone undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release .

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