{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"160811","rtpr_id":"nNFC7lPjrk-20261005","ticker":"ZEN","exchange":"","all_tickers":["ZEN"],"title":"Zentek Announces New Additions to Team and Management Change","author":"Newsfile Corp","published_at":"2026-10-05T15:00:20.034Z","article_body":"Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 5, 2026) - Zentek Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN)\n(OTCQX: ZTEKF) (\"Zentek\" or the \"Company\") announces two additions to its team\nto support the commercialization of ZenGUARD and broaden its investor\nrelations and capital markets reach.\n\nJoining the Company effective October 14, 2026 is Angela Lomets, who will\nassume the non-executive role of Vice President, Commercialization –\nZenGUARD. Ms. Lomets will be responsible for the execution of sales and\ncommercialization of ZenGUARD enhanced products including HVAC filters and\npersonal protective equipment and will report to the CEO. Ms. Lomets is a\nsales leader with more than 20 years of experience in the HVAC industry. She\njoins Zentek from Carrier Enterprise Canada, where over nearly a decade she\nheld progressively senior sales roles, most recently as Regional Sales\nDevelopment Manager, leading regional sales teams and directing factory sales,\nservice, parts and national account efforts across Ontario. During her time at\nCarrier Enterprise Canada she delivered five consecutive years of double-digit\nrevenue growth and was a five-time President's Club Award winner. Previously,\nMs. Lomets spent 12 years as Director of Sales at Technograd Ltd., an HVAC and\nhome appliance distributor in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she managed a residential\nand commercial portfolio of leading global brands. She holds a master's degree\nin business and has completed the MBA Essentials executive program at the\nUniversity of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.\n\nThe Company has also engaged Morgan Knowles effective October 1, 2026, to\nassume responsibility for investor relations and capital markets\ncommunications. Ms. Knowles is an experienced investor relations executive\nwith a broad network across the investment community. She brings significant\nexperience working with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to\nalign investor relations programs with corporate strategy. Over the course of\nher career, Ms. Knowles has held senior investor relations roles with a number\nof publicly traded mining companies, including O3 Mining Inc., Primero Mining\nCorp. and Brigus Gold Corp. She has led investor relations campaigns\nsupporting public and private equity offerings and corporate acquisitions and\nhas developed and executed investor communications programs around major\ncorporate milestones, financial reporting and product launches.\n\n\"Zentek has undergone a significant transformation over the past ten months.\nWith regulatory barriers for ZenGUARD now addressed in Canada, and with our\npreliminary economic assessment technical report filed and preparations for a\npotential prefeasibility study underway, our focus is increasingly on shaping\nthe Company's capital strategy and positioning Zentek for its next stage of\ndevelopment,\" said Mohammed (Moe) Jiwan, Chief Executive Officer of Zentek.\n\"This requires a focused sales and investor relations efforts that connects\nour technical progress with the investment community and broadens our reach\nacross capital markets. We are delighted to welcome Ms. Lomets and Ms. Knowles\nto our team during this exciting phase of growth and development.\"\n\nThe Company also announces that Ryan Shacklock, Senior Vice President,\nStrategy and Business Development, will depart from the Company effective\nOctober 5(th), 2026.\n\n\"Ryan has been a valued member of the Zentek team for five years, and\ncontributed to Zentek's growth and ongoing transformation\" said Mohammed (Moe)\nJiwan, Chief Executive Officer of Zentek. \"On behalf of the team, I thank Ryan\nfor his contributions and wish him success in his next chapter.\"\n\nAbout Zentek\n\nZentek Ltd. is a Canadian intellectual property development and\ncommercialization company advancing a portfolio of graphene-enabled and\nadvanced material technologies across clean air, next-generation materials,\nand critical minerals. Core platforms are Albany Graphite, ZenGUARD™, and\nTriera. Albany is the Company's principal critical minerals asset.\n\nFor more information:\n\nMohammed (Moe) Jiwan\nChief Executive Officer, Zentek Ltd.\nT: 437-826-3779\nE: mjiwan2@zentek.com\nwww.zentek.com\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis news release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking\nstatements in this news release include, without limitation, services and\nresponsibilities to be provided by the new members of the Zentek team, and the\ngrowth and development of Zentek. Since forward-looking statements address\nfuture events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks\nand uncertainties. Although Zentek believes that the assumptions and factors\nused in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are\nreasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which\nonly applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be\ngiven that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all.\nZentek disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any\nforward-looking information, whether because of new information, future events\nor otherwise, other than as required by law.\n\nNeither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that\nterm is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317429","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nNFC7lPjrk-20261005","title":"Zentek Announces New Additions to Team and Management Change","author":"Newsfile Corp","ticker":"ZEN","created":"2026-10-05T15:00:20.034Z","tickers":["ZEN"],"exchange":"","article_body":"Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 5, 2026) - Zentek Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN)\n(OTCQX: ZTEKF) (\"Zentek\" or the \"Company\") announces two additions to its team\nto support the commercialization of ZenGUARD and broaden its investor\nrelations and capital markets reach.\n\nJoining the Company effective October 14, 2026 is Angela Lomets, who will\nassume the non-executive role of Vice President, Commercialization –\nZenGUARD. Ms. Lomets will be responsible for the execution of sales and\ncommercialization of ZenGUARD enhanced products including HVAC filters and\npersonal protective equipment and will report to the CEO. Ms. Lomets is a\nsales leader with more than 20 years of experience in the HVAC industry. She\njoins Zentek from Carrier Enterprise Canada, where over nearly a decade she\nheld progressively senior sales roles, most recently as Regional Sales\nDevelopment Manager, leading regional sales teams and directing factory sales,\nservice, parts and national account efforts across Ontario. During her time at\nCarrier Enterprise Canada she delivered five consecutive years of double-digit\nrevenue growth and was a five-time President's Club Award winner. Previously,\nMs. Lomets spent 12 years as Director of Sales at Technograd Ltd., an HVAC and\nhome appliance distributor in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she managed a residential\nand commercial portfolio of leading global brands. She holds a master's degree\nin business and has completed the MBA Essentials executive program at the\nUniversity of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.\n\nThe Company has also engaged Morgan Knowles effective October 1, 2026, to\nassume responsibility for investor relations and capital markets\ncommunications. Ms. Knowles is an experienced investor relations executive\nwith a broad network across the investment community. She brings significant\nexperience working with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to\nalign investor relations programs with corporate strategy. Over the course of\nher career, Ms. Knowles has held senior investor relations roles with a number\nof publicly traded mining companies, including O3 Mining Inc., Primero Mining\nCorp. and Brigus Gold Corp. She has led investor relations campaigns\nsupporting public and private equity offerings and corporate acquisitions and\nhas developed and executed investor communications programs around major\ncorporate milestones, financial reporting and product launches.\n\n\"Zentek has undergone a significant transformation over the past ten months.\nWith regulatory barriers for ZenGUARD now addressed in Canada, and with our\npreliminary economic assessment technical report filed and preparations for a\npotential prefeasibility study underway, our focus is increasingly on shaping\nthe Company's capital strategy and positioning Zentek for its next stage of\ndevelopment,\" said Mohammed (Moe) Jiwan, Chief Executive Officer of Zentek.\n\"This requires a focused sales and investor relations efforts that connects\nour technical progress with the investment community and broadens our reach\nacross capital markets. We are delighted to welcome Ms. Lomets and Ms. Knowles\nto our team during this exciting phase of growth and development.\"\n\nThe Company also announces that Ryan Shacklock, Senior Vice President,\nStrategy and Business Development, will depart from the Company effective\nOctober 5(th), 2026.\n\n\"Ryan has been a valued member of the Zentek team for five years, and\ncontributed to Zentek's growth and ongoing transformation\" said Mohammed (Moe)\nJiwan, Chief Executive Officer of Zentek. \"On behalf of the team, I thank Ryan\nfor his contributions and wish him success in his next chapter.\"\n\nAbout Zentek\n\nZentek Ltd. is a Canadian intellectual property development and\ncommercialization company advancing a portfolio of graphene-enabled and\nadvanced material technologies across clean air, next-generation materials,\nand critical minerals. Core platforms are Albany Graphite, ZenGUARD™, and\nTriera. Albany is the Company's principal critical minerals asset.\n\nFor more information:\n\nMohammed (Moe) Jiwan\nChief Executive Officer, Zentek Ltd.\nT: 437-826-3779\nE: mjiwan2@zentek.com\nwww.zentek.com\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis news release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking\nstatements in this news release include, without limitation, services and\nresponsibilities to be provided by the new members of the Zentek team, and the\ngrowth and development of Zentek. Since forward-looking statements address\nfuture events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks\nand uncertainties. Although Zentek believes that the assumptions and factors\nused in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are\nreasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which\nonly applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be\ngiven that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all.\nZentek disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any\nforward-looking information, whether because of new information, future events\nor otherwise, other than as required by law.\n\nNeither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that\nterm is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317429"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-05T15:00:20.085492088Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791212420085},"received_at":"2026-10-05T15:00:20.136Z","source_url":"https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317429"},"analysis":{"id":"149365","press_release_id":"160811","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Materials","sector":"Materials"},"redFlags":["Senior Vice President departs without a named successor"],"eventType":"executive_change","narrative":"Zentek hired Angela Lomets as VP, Commercialization – ZenGUARD, effective October 14, 2026, to lead sales of ZenGUARD-enhanced HVAC filters and PPE.\n\nLomets spent nearly a decade at Carrier Enterprise Canada and brings over 20 years of HVAC sales experience, including five consecutive years of double-digit revenue growth there.\n\nThe company also engaged IR executive Morgan Knowles to broaden its capital markets reach, while SVP Ryan Shacklock departs effective October 5 after five years.\n\nCEO Moe Jiwan tied the hires to ZenGUARD regulatory progress in Canada and preparation for a potential prefeasibility study at the Albany Graphite asset.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Commercialization buildout at Zentek: HVAC veteran hired to push ZenGUARD products as company preps prefeasibility study."},"keyFigures":{},"quotedText":"With regulatory barriers for ZenGUARD now addressed in Canada, and with our preliminary economic assessment technical report filed and preparations for a potential prefeasibility study underway, our focus is increasingly on shaping the Company's capital strategy","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Angela Lomets","role":"Vice President, Commercialization – ZenGUARD"},{"name":"Morgan Knowles","role":"Investor relations and capital markets communications (engaged consultant)"},{"name":"Ryan Shacklock","role":"Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development (departing)"},{"name":"Mohammed (Moe) Jiwan","role":"CEO"}],"products":["ZenGUARD","Albany Graphite","Triera"],"companies":[{"name":"Zentek Ltd.","ticker":"ZEN","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"Carrier Enterprise Canada","relationship":"new hire's former employer"},{"name":"Technograd Ltd.","relationship":"new hire's former employer"},{"name":"O3 Mining Inc.","relationship":"IR consultant's former employer"},{"name":"Primero Mining Corp.","relationship":"IR consultant's former employer"},{"name":"Brigus Gold Corp.","relationship":"IR consultant's former employer"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine team additions (VP Commercialization, IR engagement) plus departure of an SVP with no named replacement. 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