TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Electra Battery Materials Corporation (NASDAQ:ELBM, TSXV:ELBM) ("Electra" or the "Company") has announced that it has upsized its previously announced At the Market Offering Program (the "ATM"), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, at its discretion and from time to time, through H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC ("Wainwright"), common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Common Shares") having an aggregate offering price of up to US$25,000,000. The ATM was established pursuant to an At The Market Offering Agreement (the "ATM Agreement") entered into with Wainwright and dated June 26, 2025. The US$25,000,000 aggregate offering amount includes the amount of sales previously made by the Company under the ATM Agreement pursuant to the Company's prospectus supplement dated December 11, 2025, covering sales having an aggregate offering price of up to US$5,500,000.

The ATM is being made in the United States pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-288364) (the "Registration Statement") filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and declared effective by the SEC on December 11, 2025, including the prospectus contained therein (the "Base Prospectus"), together with the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on February 20, 2026 (the "Prospectus Supplement", and together with the Base Prospectus, the "Prospectus").

Sales of Common Shares under the Prospectus, if any, will be made in transactions that are deemed to be an "at-the-market offering" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on or through the Nasdaq Capital ...