Aeternum Health Inc.

07/07/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/07/2026 15:09

Asset Transaction (Form 8-K)

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

In our Form 8-K filed February 23, 2026, the registrant, Aeternum Health, Inc. f/k/a Shorepower Technologies, Inc. a Delaware corporation ("Shorepower" or the "Company") stated that on February 17, 2026, it had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Aeternum Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Aeternum Health") under which Aeternum Health would be merged with and into Shorepower with Shorepower being the surviving entity (the "Merger"). The Merger was consummated on June 30, 2026. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Jeff Kim, the President and CEO of Shorepower, resigned as President and CEO and as the sole director of Shorepower and appointed the Manager of Aeternum Health, Paul Mann, as President and CEO of the Company and our sole member of the Board of Directors. The Company now intends to spin out our current assets involving the design, manufacturing and operation of transportation electrification equipment for Truck Stops, electric Transport Refrigeration Unour and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment and focus on both (i) mining of critical minerals required by the U.S. Government that are potentially not easily obtained because of being located in countries from which such minerals could a challenge for political and competitive reasons as well as (ii) potentially developing services, products and solutions to increase longevity and achieve optimal health.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Shorepower issued to the sole member of Aeternum Health, Paul Mann, 49,000,000 shares of Shorepower common stock constituting a 51% ownership of Shorepower and 2,000,000 shares of Series B preferred stock, each share of the Series B preferred stock having the voting power of 40 shares of Shorepower common stock. As consideration for the Merger, all the assets of Aeternum Health are being transferred to the Shorepower, the Surviving Corporation as defined in the Merger Agreement. These assets will consist of, at a minimum, $1,500,000 in the form of (a) securing sources of critical minerals and/or contributing know-how and data from a single patient relating to a novel peptide mix in development for longevity and anti-aging and any IP resulting from or developed from the know-how and data collected; and (b) a minimum of $300,000 in cash. Aeternum Health was formed in October 2025 in anticipation of the Merger and is in the process of acquiring the referenced assets for the closing of the Merger.

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, Shorepower changed our name to Aeternum Health, requested a new trading symbol through FINRA and increased our authorized shares from 100 million to 250 million to achieve the Company's new business plan following the closing date of the Merger. On March 3, 2026, FINRA announced in the Daily List the Company's change of our name to Aeternum Health, Inc. and our trading symbol to AETN.

As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Merger, the Company had the following outstanding securities:

96,105,204 shares of common stock; and
2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred stock with each share of Series B Preferred stock having the voting power of 40 shares of common stock.

FORM 10 INFORMATION

In light of the change of control of the Company and its new business focus following the closing of the Merger, the Company is providing the following Form 10 information.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Company makes forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in documents incorporated herein by reference. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in or incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K, regarding the Company's future financial performance, as well as the Company's strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues, and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, the words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would" the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, assumptions, hopes, beliefs, intentions and strategies regarding future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. The Company cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, incident to our business.

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated herein by reference should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any subsequent date, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, the Company's actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include:

disruptions in general economic, political and regulatory conditions and significant public health events, particularly in industry sectors where our business may be concentrated;
our ability to raise capital for our anticipated growth;
our ability to compete in specific geographic markets or business segments that are material to us;
our ability to identify, acquire and integrate accretive businesses;
costs and potential future capital requirements relating to mines and other businesses we may acquire or enter into;
integration challenges arising out of companies we may acquire;
increases in unemployment and general slowdowns in commercial activity;
trends in pricing and risk assumption for critical minerals;
client actions to restrain project spending;
our ability to attract new customers;
our ability to retain major customers and renew related contracts;
our ability to maintain expense discipline;
the emergence of disruptive business models and technologies;
negative publicity or harm to our brand and reputation;
the failure by third parties to comply with service level agreements or regulatory or legal requirements;
our ability to manage fluctuations in net earnings and cash flow;
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litigation and our financial and reputational risks to us;
our ability to retain, attract and incentivize key personnel;
our ability to manage organizational challenges associated with increases in our size;
fluctuations and uncertainties related to demand for and pricing of critical mineral products;
our and our employees' ability to execute on, and adapt to, information technology strategies and trends;
cybersecurity threats or other threats to our information technology networks, including the potential misappropriation of assets or sensitive information, corruption of data or operational disruption;
changes in applicable tax or accounting requirements;
any inability for us to implement and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;
the regulatory environment and changes in laws, regulations or policies in the jurisdictions in which we will operate;
political instability in the jurisdictions in which we operate; and
anticipated technology trends and developments and our ability to address those trends and developments with our products and offerings;

Risk Factors

Risks Related to our Company and our Business

We have an extremely limited operating history.

We are currently a start-up company with no current sales of any products. There is no historical basis to make judgments on the capabilities associated with our enterprise, management and/or employee's ability to produce a commercial product leading to a profitable company.

Our performance is significantly related to general economic, political and regulatory conditions and, accordingly, our business, operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected by economic slowdowns, liquidity constraints, significant public health events, fiscal or political uncertainty and possible subsequent downturns in the need for critical minerals.

Periods of economic weakness or recession, fiscal or political uncertainty, market volatility, declining demand for critical minerals and disruption to the global capital or credit markets, may materially and negatively affect the performance of our mining and production of critical minerals as well as longevity products.

Our mining business is significantly affected by generally prevailing economic conditions in the markets where we operate. Adverse economic conditions, political or regulatory uncertainty and significant public health events, such as the Ebola outbreak, especially in geographic areas in which critical minerals may be mined, can result in declines in in the availability of the critical minerals that we provide. It may also lead to a decrease in funds invested in such mining projects. Our business could also suffer from political or economic disruptions (or the perception that such disruptions may occur) that affect the ability to conduct mining operations in such regions as Africa or South America.

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Additionally, trade policies and geopolitical disputes and other international conflicts can result in tariffs, sanctions and other measures that restrict international trade, and can materially adversely affect our business, particularly if these measures occur in regions where longevity products are manufactured or raw materials are sourced. Tensions between the United States and China have led to a series of tariffs being imposed by the United States on imports from China mainland, as well as other business restrictions. Countries may also adopt other measures, such as controls on imports or exports of goods, technology or data, that could adversely impact our operations and supply chains. As these tensions continue to rise, more targeted approaches by the U.S. or Chinese governments on certain products, industries or companies could significantly impact our development and commercialization efforts. With the new presidential administration in the U.S. in 2025, additional and higher tariffs and sanctions may be imposed on goods imported from China and other countries which could increase the cost of goods needed to commercialize our products and continue development of our product candidates. Further, such actions by the U.S. could result in retaliatory action by those countries which could impact our ability to profitably commercialize our products in those jurisdictions. As a result, our business, operations, and financial condition could be materially harmed.

Economic, political and regulatory uncertainty as well as significant changes and volatility in the financial markets and business environment, and in the global landscape, make it difficult for us to predict our financial performance into the future with respect to the mining and production of critical minerals. As a result, any guidance or outlook that we provide on our performance is based on then-current conditions, and there is a risk that such guidance may turn out to be inaccurate.

We may not be able to manage our potential growth.

For us to succeed, we need to experience significant expansion. Although management is experienced in operating companies at a similar stage of growth, there can be no assurance that we will achieve this expansion. This expansion, if accomplished, may place a significant strain on our management, operational, and financial resources. To manage any material growth, we will be required to continue to implement operational and financial systems, procedures, and controls. It also will be required to expand our finance, administrative, and operations staff. There can be no assurance that our current and planned personnel, systems, procedures, and controls will be adequate to support our future operations at any increased level. our failure to manage growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

Our common stock may be deemed a "penny stock," which would make it more difficult for our investors to sell their shares.

Our common stock is currently subject to the "penny stock" rules adopted under Section 15(g) of the Exchange Act. The penny stock rules generally apply to companies whose common stock is not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or another national securities exchange and trades at less than $4.00 per share, other than companies that have had average revenues of at least $6,000,000 for the last three years or that have tangible net worth of at least $5,000,000 ($2,000,000 if the company has been operating for three or more years). These rules require, among other things, that brokers who trade penny stock to persons other than "established customers" complete certain documentation, make suitability inquiries of investors and provide investors with certain information concerning trading in the security, including a risk disclosure document and quote information under certain circumstances. Many brokers have decided not to trade penny stocks because of the requirements of the penny stock rules and, as a result, the number of broker-dealers willing to act as market makers in these securities is limited. If we remain subject to the penny stock rules for any significant period, it could have an adverse effect on the market, if any, for our securities. If our securities are subject to the penny stock rules, investors will find it more difficult to dispose of our securities.

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We will need additional funding in order to implement our business plan.

Now and in the future, we will require additional capital to fund the planned expansion of our business and to respond to business opportunities, challenges, potential acquisitions, or unforeseen circumstances. We could encounter unforeseen difficulties that may deplete our capital resources rapidly, which could require us to seek additional financing in the near future. The timing and amount of any additional financing that is required to continue the expansion of our business and the marketing of our products will depend on our ability to improve our operating results and other factors. We may not be able to secure additional debt or equity financing in a timely basis or on favorable terms or at all. Such financing could result in substantial dilution of the equity interests of existing stockholders. We have no commitments for any additional financing should the need arise. If we are unable to secure any necessary additional financing, it may need to delay expansion plans, conserve cash, and reduce operating expenses. There is no assurance that any additional financing will be sufficient, that the financing will be available on terms favorable to us or to existing stockholders and at such times as required, or that we will be able to obtain the additional financing required for the continued operation and growth of our business. Any debt financing we obtain in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities. If we raises additional funds through further issuances of equity, convertible debt securities, or other securities convertible into equity, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of holders of our common stock. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us, when we require it, our ability to grow or support our business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.

Our business will continue to require substantial expenditures before profitability if any, is realized.

We will continues to expand the scope of our product offerings. The development of our business requires, and will continue to require, significant expenditures, a substantial portion of which must be made before any material profits may be realized. We will likely continue to experience significant negative cash flow and operating losses until an adequate revenue base is established. There can be no assurance that an adequate revenue base will ever be established.

We will need to raise additional capital.

Given our limited revenues from sales of our laser cleaning products to date, with no assurance as to when we may begin to receive revenues sufficient to meet our manufacturing goals, we expect that we will need to obtain additional operating capital either through equity offerings, debt offerings or a combination thereof, in the future. In addition, if, in the future, we are not capable of generating sufficient revenues from operations and our capital resources are insufficient to meet future requirements, we may have to raise funds to allow us to continue to commercialize, market and sell our products. We presently have no committed sources of funding and we have not entered into any agreements or arrangements with respect to our fundraising efforts. We cannot be certain that funding will be available on acceptable terms or at all. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience significant dilution. Any debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that may impact our ability to conduct business. If we are unable to raise additional capital if required or on acceptable terms, we may have to significantly scale back, delay or discontinue the development and/or commercialization of our laser-based cleaning products, restrict our operations or obtain funds by entering into agreements on unattractive terms.

Our financial status raises doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, on a pro forma basis we had an accumulated deficit of $(8,388,144) and a net loss of $(40,348) for the period ended December 31, 2025, an accumulated deficit of $(40,348), and had no cash resources at December 31, 2025. These matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the issuance date of our financial statements included below in this Form 8-K. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon management's ability to further implement our business plan and raise additional capital as needed from the sales of stock or debt. We plan to raise equity through a private placement and increase the number of employees, including salespeople. The accompanying financial statements elsewhere in this Form 8-K do not include any adjustments that might be required should we be unable to continue as a going concern. Implementation of our plans and our ability to continue as a going concern will depend upon our ability to market either critical minerals or longevity products.

If we are unable to raise sufficient capital through 2026 or otherwise, we may be required to severely curtail, or even to cease, our operations.

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If our proposed marketing efforts are unsuccessful, we may not earn enough revenue to become profitable.

Our success will depend on investment in marketing resources and the successful implementation of our acquisition and sale of critical minerals mines and commercial sale of our future longevity products that will also depend on a successful marketing plan. Our marketing plan may include attendance at trade shows and making private demonstrations, advertising and promotional materials and advertising campaigns in print and/or broadcast media. We cannot give any assurance that our marketing efforts will be successful. If they are not, revenue may not be sufficient to cover our fixed costs and we may not become profitable.

We may be unable to respond to rapid technology changes and innovative products.

In a constantly changing and innovative technology market with frequent new product introductions, enhancement and modifications, we may be forced to implement and develop new technologies into our products for anticipation of changing customer requirements that may significantly impact costs in order to retain or enhance our competitive position in existing and new markets.

Future acquisitions may be unsuccessful and may negatively affect operations and our financial condition.

We plan to grow organically but will be opportunistic in terms of potential acquisitions of complementary acquisition targets. Should we acquire other companies, the integration of businesses, personnel, product lines and technologies can be difficult, time consuming and subject to significant risks. Any difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and decrease our revenue.

We may be unable to protect our intellectual property.

Our ability to protect our proprietary technology and operate without infringing the rights of others will allow our laser-based cleaning business to compete successfully and achieve future revenue growth. If we are unable to protect our proprietary technology or infringe upon the rights of others, it could negatively impact our operating results.

If we are unable to hire additional personnel, we will have trouble growing our business.

Our future success depends on our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled technical, marketing, management, accounting and administrative personnel. We plan to hire additional personnel in all areas of our business as we grow. Competition for qualified personnel is intense. As a result, we may be unable to attract and retain qualified personnel. We may also be unable to retain the employees that we currently employ or to attract additional technical personnel. The failure to retain and attract the necessary personnel could seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking, phishing attacks and similar disruptions could result in security and privacy breaches and interruption in service, which could harm our business.

Computer malware, viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions could lead to interruption and delays in our services and operations and loss, misuse or theft of data. Computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking and phishing attacks against online networks have become more prevalent and may occur on our systems in the future. Cybersecurity organizations in many countries have published warnings of increased cybersecurity threats to U.S. businesses, and external events, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine or between Israel and Hamas, may increase the likelihood of cybersecurity attacks, particularly directed at energy, fueling or infrastructure service providers. Any attempts by cyber attackers to disrupt our services or systems, if successful, could harm its business, introduce liability to data subjects, result in the misappropriation of funds, be expensive to remedy, subject us to substantial fines, penalties, damages and other liabilities under applicable laws and regulations, lead to a loss of protection of its intellectual property or trade secrets and damage its reputation or brand. Insurance may not be sufficient to cover significant expenses and losses related to cyber-attacks. Efforts to prevent cyber attackers from entering computer systems are expensive to implement, and we may not be able to cause the implementation or enforcement of such preventions with respect to our third-party vendors. Though it is difficult to determine what, if any, harm may directly result from any specific interruption or attack, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security and availability of systems and technical infrastructure may, in addition to other losses, harm to our reputation, brand and ability to attract customers.

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We have processes and procedures in place designed to enable us to quickly recover from a disaster or catastrophe and continue business operations and have tested this capability under controlled circumstances. We use Amazon AWS (and other server carriers) with 99% uptime. Additionally, all data flowing across AWS Regions over the AWS global network is automatically encrypted at the physical layer before it leaves AWS secured facilities. We do not save any sensitive data such as credit card information or social security numbers. We never ask for social security numbers. Our vendor payments are handled through Stripe, Square, Authorize.net and PayPal. These payment processing services are globally recognized for their state-of-the-art security measures and PCI compliance, including the use end-to-end encryption to store data, adherence to the Payment Card Industry's strict technical and operational standards around securing credit card data and employing robust controls over how they handle customers' payments.

We anticipate that some payments for our future products will be processed through the end-user's smart-phone app from their personal cell phones. Therefore, the users will strictly control the security of their payment information and may use existing payment options such as Google Pay or Apple Pay to process payments. Even if the end-user manually enters their credit card information, access is restricted to their own phone which is much more secure than a public card swipe. The payment information is then directly transferred to the payment processor; therefore, we never collect nor can we ever see this information.

Although we never collect social security numbers or credit card information, we may ask users to create a user account or ask for personal information. Some of this information may be saved to our database, but providing this information is absolutely optional. This information may include names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and vehicle information. However, all this information is optional, and users may use aliases or opt to not provide it.

Despite these efforts to minimize the impact of cybersecurity breaches, there are several factors ranging from human error to data corruption that could materially impact the efficacy of such processes and procedures, including by lengthening the time services are partially or fully unavailable to customers and users. It may be difficult or impossible to perform some or all recovery steps and continue normal business operations due to the nature of a particular disaster or catastrophe, especially during peak periods, which could cause additional reputational damages, or loss of revenue, any of which could adversely affect our business and financial results.

Financial, Tax and Accounting-Related Risks

Our financial condition and results of operations are likely to fluctuate on a quarterly basis in future periods, which could cause our results for a particular period to fall below expectations, resulting in a decline in the price of our common stock.

Our financial condition and results of operations have fluctuated in the past and may continue to fluctuate in the future following the change of control and a new business plan focused on the production and sale of critical minerals and longevity products due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control.

In addition to the other risks described herein, the following factors could also cause our financial condition and results of operations to fluctuate on a quarterly basis:

the timing and volume of new sales;
fluctuations in service costs;
the timing of new product rollouts;
weaker than anticipated demand for our critical minerals or longevity products;
fluctuations in sales and marketing, business development or research and development expenses;
supply chain interruptions and mining, manufacturing or delivery delays;
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the timing and availability of new products relative to customers' and investors' expectations;
disruptions in sales, production, service or other business activities or our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and
unanticipated changes in federal, state, local, or foreign government regulations;

Fluctuations in operating results and cash flow could, among other things, give rise to short-term liquidity issues. In addition, revenue, and other operating results may fall short of the expectations of investors and financial analysts, which could have an adverse effect on the price of the common stock.

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, this may result in material misstatements of our consolidated financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations.

As a public company, we are required to provide management's attestation on internal control over financial reporting. Management may not be able to effectively and timely implement controls and procedures that adequately respond to the increased regulatory compliance and reporting requirements. If we are not able to implement the additional requirements of Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in a timely manner or with adequate compliance, we may not be able to assess whether our internal control over financial reporting is effective, which may subject us to adverse regulatory consequences and could harm investor confidence.

In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources, including accounting-related costs and significant management oversight.

Our significant increased expenses and administrative burdens as a public company could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We will face increased legal, accounting, administrative and other costs and expenses as a public company that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the requirements of Section 404, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the rules and regulations promulgated and to be promulgated thereunder, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the securities exchanges, impose additional reporting and other obligations on public companies. Compliance with public company requirements will increase our costs and make certain activities more time-consuming. A number of those requirements require it to carry out activities we have not done previously. In addition, expenses associated with SEC reporting requirements will be incurred. Furthermore, if any issues in complying with those requirements are identified (for example, if the auditors identify a significant deficiency or additional material weaknesses in the internal control over financial reporting), we could incur additional costs to rectify those issues, and the existence of those issues could adversely affect its reputation or investor perceptions. In addition, we will purchase director and officer liability insurance, which has substantial additional premiums. The additional reporting and other obligations imposed by these rules and regulations increase legal and financial compliance costs and the costs of related legal, accounting and administrative activities. Advocacy efforts by stockholders and third parties may also prompt additional changes in governance and reporting requirements, which could further increase costs.

We will need to raise additional capital.

Given our limited revenues from sales of our laser cleaning products to date, with no assurance as to when we may begin to receive revenues sufficient to meet our manufacturing goals, we expect that we will need to obtain additional operating capital either through equity offerings, debt offerings or a combination thereof, in the future. In addition, if, in the future, we are not capable of generating sufficient revenues from operations and our capital resources are insufficient to meet future requirements, we may have to raise funds to allow us to continue to commercialize, market and sell our products. We presently have no committed sources of funding and we have not entered into any agreements or arrangements with respect to our fundraising efforts. We cannot be certain that funding will be available on acceptable terms or at all. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience significant dilution. Any debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that may impact our ability to conduct business. If we are unable to raise additional capital if required or on acceptable terms, we may have to significantly scale back, delay or discontinue the development and/or commercialization of our laser-based cleaning products, restrict our operations or obtain funds by entering into agreements on unattractive terms.

Our financial status raises doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, on a pro forma basis we had an accumulated deficit of $(8,388,144), and a net loss as of December 31, 2025 ,of $(5,277,442). These matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the issuance date of our financial statements included below in this Form 8-K. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon management's ability to further implement our business plan and raise additional capital as needed from the sales of stock or debt. We plan to raise equity through a private placement and increase the number of employees, including salespeople. The accompanying financial statements elsewhere in this Form 8-K do not include any adjustments that might be required should we be unable to continue as a going concern. Implementation of our plans and our ability to continue as a going concern will depend upon our ability to market either critical minerals or longevity products.

If we are unable to raise sufficient capital through 2026 or otherwise, we may be required to severely curtail, or even to cease, our operations.

If our proposed marketing efforts are unsuccessful, we may not earn enough revenue to become profitable.

Our success will depend on investment in marketing resources and the successful implementation of our acquisition and sale of critical minerals mines and commercial sale of our future longevity products that will also depend on a successful marketing plan. Our marketing plan may include attendance at trade shows and making private demonstrations, advertising and promotional materials and advertising campaigns in print and/or broadcast media. We cannot give any assurance that our marketing efforts will be successful. If they are not, revenue may not be sufficient to cover our fixed costs and we may not become profitable.

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We may be unable to respond to rapid technology changes and innovative products.

In a constantly changing and innovative technology market with frequent new product introductions, enhancement and modifications, we may be forced to implement and develop new technologies into our products for anticipation of changing customer requirements that may significantly impact costs in order to retain or enhance our competitive position in existing and new markets.

Future acquisitions may be unsuccessful and may negatively affect operations and our financial condition.

We plan to grow organically but will be opportunistic in terms of potential acquisitions of complementary acquisition targets. Should we acquire other companies, the integration of businesses, personnel, product lines and technologies can be difficult, time consuming and subject to significant risks. Any difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and decrease our revenue.

We may be unable to protect our intellectual property.

Our ability to protect our proprietary technology and operate without infringing the rights of others will allow our laser-based cleaning business to compete successfully and achieve future revenue growth. If we are unable to protect our proprietary technology or infringe upon the rights of others, it could negatively impact our operating results.

If we are unable to hire additional personnel, we will have trouble growing our business.

Our future success depends on our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled technical, marketing, management, accounting and administrative personnel. We plan to hire additional personnel in all areas of our business as we grow. Competition for qualified personnel is intense. As a result, we may be unable to attract and retain qualified personnel. We may also be unable to retain the employees that we currently employ or to attract additional technical personnel. The failure to retain and attract the necessary personnel could seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking, phishing attacks and similar disruptions could result in security and privacy breaches and interruption in service, which could harm our business.

Computer malware, viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions could lead to interruption and delays in our services and operations and loss, misuse or theft of data. Computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking and phishing attacks against online networks have become more prevalent and may occur on our systems in the future. Cybersecurity organizations in many countries have published warnings of increased cybersecurity threats to U.S. businesses, and external events, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine or between Israel and Hamas, may increase the likelihood of cybersecurity attacks, particularly directed at energy, fueling or infrastructure service providers. Any attempts by cyber attackers to disrupt our services or systems, if successful, could harm its business, introduce liability to data subjects, result in the misappropriation of funds, be expensive to remedy, subject us to substantial fines, penalties, damages and other liabilities under applicable laws and regulations, lead to a loss of protection of its intellectual property or trade secrets and damage its reputation or brand. Insurance may not be sufficient to cover significant expenses and losses related to cyber-attacks. Efforts to prevent cyber attackers from entering computer systems are expensive to implement, and we may not be able to cause the implementation or enforcement of such preventions with respect to our third-party vendors. Though it is difficult to determine what, if any, harm may directly result from any specific interruption or attack, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security and availability of systems and technical infrastructure may, in addition to other losses, harm to our reputation, brand and ability to attract customers.

We have processes and procedures in place designed to enable us to quickly recover from a disaster or catastrophe and continue business operations and have tested this capability under controlled circumstances. We use Amazon AWS (and other server carriers) with 99% uptime. Additionally, all data flowing across AWS Regions over the AWS global network is automatically encrypted at the physical layer before it leaves AWS secured facilities. We do not save any sensitive data such as credit card information or social security numbers. We never ask for social security numbers. Our vendor payments are handled through Stripe, Square, Authorize.net and PayPal. These payment processing services are globally recognized for their state-of-the-art security measures and PCI compliance, including the use end-to-end encryption to store data, adherence to the Payment Card Industry's strict technical and operational standards around securing credit card data and employing robust controls over how they handle customers' payments.

We anticipate that some payments for our future products will be processed through the end-user's smart-phone app from their personal cell phones. Therefore, the users will strictly control the security of their payment information and may use existing payment options such as Google Pay or Apple Pay to process payments. Even if the end-user manually enters their credit card information, access is restricted to their own phone which is much more secure than a public card swipe. The payment information is then directly transferred to the payment processor; therefore, we never collect nor can we ever see this information.

Although we never collect social security numbers or credit card information, we may ask users to create a user account or ask for personal information. Some of this information may be saved to our database, but providing this information is absolutely optional. This information may include names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and vehicle information. However, all this information is optional, and users may use aliases or opt to not provide it.

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Despite these efforts to minimize the impact of cybersecurity breaches, there are several factors ranging from human error to data corruption that could materially impact the efficacy of such processes and procedures, including by lengthening the time services are partially or fully unavailable to customers and users. It may be difficult or impossible to perform some or all recovery steps and continue normal business operations due to the nature of a particular disaster or catastrophe, especially during peak periods, which could cause additional reputational damages, or loss of revenue, any of which could adversely affect our business and financial results.

Financial, Tax and Accounting-Related Risks

Our financial condition and results of operations are likely to fluctuate on a quarterly basis in future periods, which could cause our results for a particular period to fall below expectations, resulting in a decline in the price of our common stock.

Our financial condition and results of operations have fluctuated in the past and may continue to fluctuate in the future following the change of control and a new business plan focused on the production and sale of critical minerals and longevity products due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control.

In addition to the other risks described herein, the following factors could also cause our financial condition and results of operations to fluctuate on a quarterly basis:

the timing and volume of new sales;
fluctuations in service costs;
the timing of new product rollouts;
weaker than anticipated demand for our critical minerals or longevity products;
fluctuations in sales and marketing, business development or research and development expenses;
supply chain interruptions and mining, manufacturing or delivery delays;
the timing and availability of new products relative to customers' and investors' expectations;
disruptions in sales, production, service or other business activities or our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and
unanticipated changes in federal, state, local, or foreign government regulations;

Fluctuations in operating results and cash flow could, among other things, give rise to short-term liquidity issues. In addition, revenue, and other operating results may fall short of the expectations of investors and financial analysts, which could have an adverse effect on the price of the common stock.

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In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources, including accounting-related costs and significant management oversight.

Our significant increased expenses and administrative burdens as a public company could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We will face increased legal, accounting, administrative and other costs and expenses as a public company that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the requirements of Section 404, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the rules and regulations promulgated and to be promulgated thereunder, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the securities exchanges, impose additional reporting and other obligations on public companies. Compliance with public company requirements will increase our costs and make certain activities more time-consuming. A number of those requirements require it to carry out activities we have not done previously. In addition, expenses associated with SEC reporting requirements will be incurred. Furthermore, if any issues in complying with those requirements are identified (for example, if the auditors identify a significant deficiency or additional material weaknesses in the internal control over financial reporting), we could incur additional costs to rectify those issues, and the existence of those issues could adversely affect its reputation or investor perceptions. In addition, we will purchase director and officer liability insurance, which has substantial additional premiums. The additional reporting and other obligations imposed by these rules and regulations increase legal and financial compliance costs and the costs of related legal, accounting and administrative activities. Advocacy efforts by stockholders and third parties may also prompt additional changes in governance and reporting requirements, which could further increase costs.

If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property rights, we may experience a loss of revenue and our operations may be materially harmed.

We rely upon confidentiality agreements signed by our employees, consultants and third parties to protect our intellectual property. We cannot assure you that we can adequately protect our intellectual property or successfully prosecute potential infringement of our intellectual property rights. Also, we cannot assure you that others will not assert rights in, or ownership of, trademarks and other proprietary rights of ours or that we will be able to successfully resolve these types of conflicts to our satisfaction. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights may result in a loss of revenue and could materially adversely affect our operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Legal Matters and Regulations

Privacy concerns and laws, or other regulations, may adversely affect our business.

State and local governments and agencies in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and in which customers operate, have adopted, are considering adopting, or may adopt laws and regulations regarding the collection, use, storage, processing, and disclosure of information regarding consumers and other individuals, which could impact our ability to offer services in certain jurisdictions. Laws and regulations relating to the collection, use, disclosure, security, and other processing of individuals' information can vary significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, laws, regulations, standards, and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security are significant. In addition, some companies, particularly larger enterprises, often will not contract with vendors that do not meet these rigorous standards. Accordingly, the failure, or perceived inability, to comply with these laws, regulations, standards, and other obligations may limit the use and adoption of our products and services, reduce overall demand, lead to regulatory investigations, litigation, and significant fines, penalties, or liabilities for actual or alleged noncompliance, or slow the pace at which we close sales transactions, any of which could harm our business. Moreover, if we or any of our employees or contractors fail or are believed to fail to adhere to appropriate practices regarding customers' data, it may damage our reputation and brand.

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Additionally, existing laws, regulations, standards, and other obligations may be interpreted in new and differing manners in the future and may be inconsistent among jurisdictions. Future laws, regulations, standards, and other obligations, and changes in the interpretation of existing laws, regulations, standards, and other obligations could result in increased regulation, increased costs of compliance and penalties for non-compliance, and limitations on data collection, use, disclosure, and transfer for us and our customers. Further, California adopted the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act ("CCPA") and the California State Attorney General has begun enforcement actions. Further, on November 3, 2020, California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act ("CPRA"). Although we initiated a compliance program designed to comply with CCPA after consulting with outside privacy counsel, we remain exposed to ongoing legal risks related to the CCPA and the expansion of the CCPA under the CPRA, which becomes effective January 1, 2023. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security that are applicable to the businesses of customers may adversely affect ability and willingness to process, handle, store, use, and transmit certain types of information, such as demographic and other personal information.

In addition to government activity, privacy advocacy groups, the technology industry and other industries have established or may establish various new, additional or different self-regulatory standards that may place additional burdens on technology companies. Customers may expect that we will meet voluntary certifications or adhere to other standards established by them or third parties. If we are unable to maintain these certifications or meet these standards, it could reduce demand for our solutions and adversely affect our business.

Existing and future environmental health and safety laws and regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating costs or construction costs and restrictions. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations may result in substantial fines or other limitations that may adversely impact our financial results or results of operation.

We and our operations, as well as those of our contractors, suppliers and customers, are subject to certain environmental laws and regulations, including laws related to the use, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes as well as electronic wastes and hardware, whether hazardous or not. These laws may require us or others in our value chain to obtain permits and comply with procedures that impose various restrictions and obligations that may have material effects on our operations. If key permits and approvals cannot be obtained on acceptable terms, or if other operational requirements cannot be met in a manner satisfactory for our operations or on a timeline that meets our commercial obligations, it may adversely impact our business.

Environmental and health and safety laws and regulations can be complex and may be subject to change, such as through new requirements enacted at the supranational, national, sub-national, and/or local level or new or modified regulations that may be implemented under existing law. The nature and extent of any changes in these laws, rules, regulations and permits may be unpredictable and may have material effects on our business. Future legislation and regulations or changes in existing legislation and regulations, or interpretations thereof, including those relating to hardware manufacturing, electronic waste, or batteries, could cause additional expenditures, restrictions and delays in connection with our operations as well as other future projects, the extent of which cannot be predicted. For instance, California may adopt more stringent regulation for DC fast charging by 2024. Additionally, we could be regulated as a retail electric service provider in the future.

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Further, we currently rely on third parties to ensure compliance with certain environmental laws, including those related to the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Any failure to properly handle or dispose of wastes, regardless of whether such failure is ours or our contractors, may result in liability under environmental laws, including, but not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA") and state analogs, under which liability may be imposed without regard to fault or degree of contribution for the investigation and clean-up of contaminated sites, as well as impacts to human health and damages to natural resources. We may also generate or dispose of solid wastes, which may include hazardous wastes that are subject to the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), and comparable state statutes. While RCRA regulates both solid and hazardous wastes, it imposes strict requirements on the generation, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of hazardous wastes. Certain components of our charging stations may be excluded from RCRA's hazardous waste regulations, provided certain requirements are met. However, if these components do not meet all of the established requirements for the exclusion, or if the requirements for the exclusion change, we may be required to treat such products as hazardous waste, which are subject to more rigorous and costly disposal requirements. Any such changes in the laws and regulations, or our ability to qualify the materials we use for exclusions under such laws and regulations, could adversely affect our operating expenses. Additionally, we may not be able to secure contracts with third parties to continue their key supply chain and disposal services for our business, which may result in increased costs for compliance with environmental laws and regulations.

Risks Related to our Securities

Concentration of ownership among our existing executive officers, directors and their affiliates may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions.

We currently have only one executive officer and director, Paul Mann, who after this offering will have approximately 51% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of our capital stock. As a result, Mr. Mann is able to exercise a significant level of control over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, any amendment of the certificate of incorporation and approval of significant corporate transactions. This control could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in management and will make the approval of certain transactions difficult or impossible without Mr. Mann's support. In addition, Mr, Mann is the sole member of the Board of Directors of the Company and has sole control and decision-making power regarding his salary.

The Company has never paid cash dividends on its capital stock and does not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have never paid cash dividends on our capital stock and currently intend to retain any future earnings to fund the growth of our business. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of the board of directors and will depend on financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that the board may deem relevant. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of common stock will be the sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

Our stock price will be volatile, and you may not be able to sell shares at or above the price at which shares of our common stock in this registration statement are purchased.

The trading price of our common stock and warrants will be volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include:

actual or anticipated fluctuations in operating results;
failure to meet or exceed financial estimates and projections of the investment community or that we provide to the public;
issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts or changed recommendations for the industry in general;
announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, collaborations or capital commitments;
operating and share price performance of other companies in the industry or related markets;
the timing and magnitude of investments in the growth of our business;
actual or anticipated changes in laws and regulations;
additions or departures of key management or other personnel;
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increased labor costs;
disputes or other developments related to intellectual property or other proprietary rights, including litigation;
the ability to market new and enhanced solutions on a timely basis;
sales of substantial amounts of our common stock by the Board, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur;
changes in capital structure, including future issuances of securities or the incurrence of debt; and
general economic, political and market conditions.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the stock prices of technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of actual operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular company's securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. This litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management's attention and resources.

If we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately or prevent fraud. Any inability to report and file our financial results accurately and timely could harm our reputation and adversely impact the trading price of our common stock.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. There exist material weaknesses in our internal controls as of May 31, 2023, identified below. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, we may not be able to manage our business as effectively as we would if an effective control environment existed, and our business and reputation with investors may be harmed. With each prospective acquisition we may make we will conduct whatever due diligence is necessary or prudent to assure us that the acquisition target can comply with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Notwithstanding our diligence, certain internal control deficiencies may not be detected at acquired entities. As a result, any internal control deficiencies may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, and access to capital.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal financial controls such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis. Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. We continue to evaluate steps to remediate our material weaknesses. These remediation measures may be time consuming and costly and there is no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.

Any failure to maintain effective internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, there could result a material adverse effect on our business. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.

The material weaknesses we identified in our internal controls were:

(i) we did not maintain financial close process and procedures that were adequately designed, documented and executed to support the accurate and timely reporting of our financial results. As a result, we made a number of manual post-close adjustments necessary in order to prepare the financial statements included in this registration statement; and

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(ii) we did not maintain effective controls to provide reasonable assurance that accounts were complete and accurate and agreed to detailed support, and that account reconciliations were properly performed, reviewed and approved. While these activities should be performed in the ordinary course of our preparing our financial statements, we instead needed to undertake significant efforts to complete reconciliations and investigate items identified in those reconciliations during the course of our financial statement audit.

We have begun taking steps and plan to take additional measures to remediate the underlying causes of the material weakness, primarily through the development and implementation of formal policies, improved processes and documented procedures, as well as engaging an outside CPA to assist with this process and, when our finances allow that we expect to occur in the near future, the hiring of additional finance personnel.

We can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weaknesses or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls.

The market price of our common stock could be adversely affected by sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public or private markets or the perception in the public markets that these sales may occur.

As of July 1, 2026, we have 96,105,204 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. In addition, we will be raising capital through future equity and debt financings. We cannot predict the size of future issuances of common stock or securities convertible into common stock or the effect, if any, that future issuances or sales of shares of common stock will have on the market price of common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices of common stock.

Because we have no current plans to pay cash dividends on common stock for the foreseeable future, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.

We may retain future earnings, if any, for future operations, expansion and debt repayment and have no current plans to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any decision to declare and pay dividends as a public company in the future will be made at the discretion of the Board and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors that the Board may deem relevant. In addition, our ability to pay dividends may be limited by covenants of any existing and future outstanding indebtedness we or our subsidiaries incur. As a result, you may not receive any return on an investment in common stock unless you sell common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business, or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our securities adversely, the price and trading volume of our securities could decline.

The trading market for our securities will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, market or competitors. Securities and industry analysts do not currently, and may never, publish research on us. If no securities or industry analysts commence coverage of us, our share price and trading volume would likely be negatively impacted. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our shares of common stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our shares of common stock would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.

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Risks Related to Mining of Critical Minerals

We may be adversely affected by fluctuations in demand for, and prices of, critical minerals.

Because our initial source of revenue may be from the sale of critical minerals, changes in demand for, and the market price of (including taxes and other tariffs and fees imposed upon) demand for them and the products in which they are used, could significantly affect our profitability.

Demand for critical minerals may be impacted by demand for downstream products incorporating them. Lack of growth in these markets may adversely affect the demand for our critical minerals.

In contrast, extended periods of high commodity prices may create economic dislocations that may be destabilizing to critical mineral supply and demand and ultimately to the broader markets. Periods of high market prices for critical minerals generally are beneficial to our financial performance. However, strong critical mineral prices also create economic pressure to identify or create alternate technologies that ultimately could depress long-term demand for critical minerals and products, and at the same time may incentivize development of competing mining properties.

The success of our business will depend, in part, on the growth of existing and emerging uses for critical minerals.

Our strategy is to produce critical minerals that are used in critical existing and emerging technologies, such as advanced electronics, aerospace and defense systems, energy products, robotics, and many other high-growth, advanced technologies. The success of our business depends on the continued growth of these end-markets and the successful commercialization of critical mineral products in such markets. If the market for these critical existing and emerging technologies does not grow as we expect, grows slower than we expect, or if the demand for our products in these markets decreases, then our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results could be harmed. In addition, the market for these technologies, may be cyclical, which exposes us to increased volatility, and it is uncertain as to how such macroeconomic factors will impact our business. Any unexpected costs or delays in the production of critical minerals, or less than expected demand for them in emerging technologies, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

We will operate in a highly competitive industry.

The mining and processing of critical minerals is capital intensive with competitive market dynamics. Production is dominated by our Chinese competitors. These competitors may have greater financial resources, as well as other strategic advantages to operate, maintain, improve, and possibly expand their facilities. Additionally, our Chinese competitors have historically been able to produce at relatively low costs due to domestic economic and regulatory factors, including less stringent environmental and governmental regulations and lower labor and benefit costs. If we are not able to achieve consistent product quality at our anticipated costs of production, then any strategic advantages that our competitors may have over us, including, without limitation, lower labor, compliance, and production costs, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Industry consolidation may result in increased competition, which could result in a reduction in revenue.

Some of our competitors may make, acquisitions or enter into partnerships or other strategic relationships to achieve competitive advantages. In addition, new entrants not currently considered competitors may enter our market through acquisitions, partnerships, or strategic relationships. We expect these trends to continue as demand for critical minerals increases. Industry consolidation may result in competitors with more compelling product offerings or greater pricing flexibility than we have, or business practices that make it more difficult for us to compete effectively, including on the basis of price, sales, technology or supply. These competitive pressures could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our ability to generate revenue will be diminished if we are unable to compete with substitutions for our critical minerals.

Technology changes rapidly in the industries and end-markets that utilize our materials. If these industries introduce new technologies or products that no longer require the critical minerals we produce or may produce in the future, or suitable substitutes become available, this could result in a decline in demand for our critical minerals. If the demand for our critical minerals decreases, it will have a material adverse effect on our business and the results of our operations.

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Significant political, trade and regulatory developments, and other circumstances beyond our control, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

We expect to operate globally and sell our critical minerals in countries throughout the world. Significant political, trade, or regulatory developments in the jurisdictions in which we sell our minerals, including changes in tariff policies by the U.S. administration, export controls, or other trade restrictions, are difficult to predict and may have a material adverse effect on us. Similarly, changes in U.S. federal policy that affect the geopolitical landscape could give rise to circumstances outside our control that could have negative impacts on our business operations. For example, the current U.S. administration has increased tariffs on goods imported into the U.S., particularly from China, Canada, and Mexico. Historically, tariffs have led to increased trade and political tensions, between not only the U.S. and China, but also between the U.S. and other countries in the international community. In response to tariffs, other countries have implemented retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. Political tensions as a result of trade policies or other geopolitical dynamics could reduce trade volume, investment, technological exchange, and other economic activities between major international economies, resulting in a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets. We and/or our suppliers may also experience shortages of materials or increases in prices of materials as a result of these ongoing trade tensions, which could increase our costs or decrease our volume of production. Any changes in political, trade, regulatory, and economic conditions, including, but not limited to, U.S. and China trade policies, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Our continued growth depends on our ability to reach anticipated production rates for critical minerals.

Our growth is based on reaching anticipated production rates of critical minerals at our mines within our expected timeframe. The deterioration or destruction of any part of the mining process, including the failure of any necessary equipment to operate as designed, may significantly hinder our ability to reach or maintain anticipated production rates within the expected timeframe or at all. If we are unsuccessful in reaching and maintaining expected production rates, including by failing to reach anticipated throughput, recoveries, uptimes, yields, product quality, or any combination thereof, within expected timeframes or at all, we may not be able to reach our full revenue potential or achieve our anticipated cost structure.

We may not be able to convert commercial discussions with customers for the sale of our products into contracts, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

Upon reaching anticipated production rates for critical minerals, we intend to enter into short- and long-term sales contracts with prospective customers. However, there can be no assurance that these customers will enter into sales contracts for these critical minerals. The failure to enter into such contracts may have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

Fluctuations in transportation costs or disruptions in transportation services or damage or loss during transport could decrease our competitiveness or impair our ability to supply our critical mineral products to our customers, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

We may in the future need to transport our products to customers and tollers wherever they may be located. Finding affordable and dependable transportation is necessary for us to be able to supply customers around the world. Labor disputes, embargoes, government restrictions, work stoppages, pandemics, derailments, accidents, damage or loss events, adverse weather conditions, other environmental events, seasonal changes in supply and demand for transportation, changes to rail, highway, or ocean freight systems, domestic or international laws or regulations, permits or other approvals, or other events and activities beyond our control could interrupt or limit available transport services, which could result in customer dissatisfaction, delays in meeting contractual delivery requirements, and loss of sales, and could materially adversely affect our results of operations.

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Uncertainty in our estimates of critical mineral reserves could result in lower-than-expected revenues and higher-than-expected costs.

We expect to base our critical mineral reserve estimates on engineering, economic and geological data assembled and analyzed by outside firms, which are reviewed by our engineers and geologists. Ore reserve estimates, however, are necessarily imprecise and depend to some extent on professional interpretation, including statistical inferences drawn from available drilling data, which may prove unreliable. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities and qualities of such reserves and costs to mine recoverable reserves, including many factors beyond our control. Estimates of economically recoverable critical mineral reserves necessarily depend upon a number of variable factors and assumptions, all of which may vary considerably from actual results, such as:

●geological, mining and processing conditions and/or effects from prior mining that may not be fully identified by available data or that may differ from experience;

●changes to the strategic approach to mining and processing the deposit depending upon market demand, corporate strategy and other prevailing economic conditions;

assumptions concerning future prices of critical minerals, foreign exchange rates, process recovery rates, transportation costs, operating costs, capital costs and reclamation costs; and

●assumptions concerning future effects of regulation, including the issuance of required permits and taxes by governmental agencies and foreign government policies relating to the import or export of rare earth products.

Uncertainty in our estimates related to our critical mineral reserves, including incorrect assumptions or imprecise geological data or interpretation of such data, could result in actual reserves being less than estimated, which could lead to lower-than-expected revenues and a shortened estimated life-of-mine for certain mines. Higher-than-expected costs could also negatively impact the value of our reserves. Fluctuations in factors out of our control, such as changes in future product pricing, foreign government policies on the import or export of rare earths and foreign exchange rates, can also have a significant impact on the estimates of reserves and can result in significant changes in the quantum of our reserves period-to-period.

Period-to-period conversion of probable critical mineral reserves to proven reserves may result in increases or decreases to the total reported amount of such reserves. Conversion rates are affected by a number of factors, including geological variability, applicable mining methods and changes in safe mining practices, economic considerations and new regulatory requirements.

Our profitability could be adversely affected if we fail to maintain satisfactory labor relations; work stoppages or similar difficulties could significantly disrupt our operations, reduce our revenues and materially adversely affect our results of operations.

Production at our future mines will be dependent upon the efforts of our employees. Our employees could choose to be represented as a collective unit, which may result in labor disputes, work stoppages or other disruptions in our production efforts that could adversely affect us.

A work stoppage by any of the third parties providing services in connection with construction projects at various future mining operations could significantly delay the completion of such projects and disrupt our operations, reduce our revenues, and materially adversely affect our results of operations.

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Our future mining operations will be subject to extensive and costly environmental requirements; current and future laws, regulations and permits impose significant costs, liabilities or obligations or could limit or prevent our ability to successfully engage in mining operations.

We will be subject to numerous and detailed environmental regulations within various foreign countries as well as in the U.S. under federal, state and local environmental laws, certifications, regulations, permits, and other legal requirements applicable to the mining and mineral processing industry, including, without limitation, those pertaining to employee health and safety, air emissions, water usage, wastewater and stormwater discharges, air quality standards, GHG emissions, waste management, plant and wildlife protection, handling and disposal of hazardous and radioactive substances and waste, remediation of soil and groundwater contamination, land use, reclamation and restoration of properties, the discharge of materials into the environment, procurement of certain materials used in our operations, and groundwater quality and availability. These requirements may result in significant costs, liabilities and obligations, impose conditions that are difficult to achieve or otherwise delay, limit or prohibit current or planned operations and future growth. Failure to comply with these laws, regulations and permits, including as they evolve, may result in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, the issuance of injunctions to limit or cease operations, fines, or the suspension or revocation of permits and other sanctions. Pursuant to such requirements, we may also be subject to third-party claims, including for damages to property or injury to persons arising from our operations. Moreover, environmental legislation and regulation are evolving in a manner that may impose stricter standards and enforcement, increased fines and penalties for non-compliance, cessation of operations, more stringent environmental assessments, and a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their officers, directors and employees. In addition, mine safety has been the subject of increasing scrutiny resulting in federal and state legislatures and other regulatory authorities imposing more stringent regulatory requirements on mining operations. Any changes in environmental laws, regulations or permits (or the interpretation or enforcement thereof) or any sanctions, damages, costs, obligations or liabilities in respect of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our business and/or the results of our operations and financial condition.

Our future operations may use hazardous materials and generate hazardous waste and radioactive byproducts. While we expect to maintain procedures for and conduct training on the handling and disposing of chemicals or other substances by our personnel, risks, including bodily injury and property damage, persist. We may be subject to claims under environmental laws, for toxic torts, natural resource damage and other liabilities, as well as for the investigation and remediation of soil, surface water, groundwater and other environmental media. These remedial activities include groundwater monitoring, extraction and treatment. In addition, claims may arise in connection with contaminated third-party sites at which we have disposed of waste. Under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and analogous state statutes, our liability for claims for contamination at former properties, and at third-party sites at which we disposed of waste, may be joint and several, so that we may be held responsible for more than our share of any contamination, or even for the entire share. These and similar unforeseen impacts that our operations may have on the environment, as well as human exposure to hazardous or radioactive materials or wastes, could have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition.

In connection with our anticipated future operations and growth plans, we may need to amend or obtain additional permits that impose strict requirements relating to various environmental and health and safety matters. To obtain certain permits, we may be required to conduct environmental studies and present data to governmental authorities pertaining to the potential impact of our current and future operations upon the environment and take steps to avoid or mitigate those impacts, particularly impacts to desert flora and fauna. Furthermore, the permitting processes and development of supporting materials, including any environmental impact statements, may be costly and time-consuming. These permit processes and requirements, and the interpretation and enforcement thereof, change frequently, and any such future changes could materially adversely affect our mining operations and results of operations. In some cases, the public (including environmental interest groups) has the right to comment upon, and submit objections to, permit applications and environmental impact statements prepared in connection therewith, and otherwise participate in the permitting process, including challenging the issuance of permits. Accordingly, permits required for our operations may not be issued, maintained, amended or renewed in a timely fashion or at all, or may be issued or renewed upon conditions that restrict our ability to conduct operations. Any such failure to obtain, maintain, amend or renew permits, or other permitting delays, including in connection with any environmental impact analyses, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition or otherwise impose significant restrictions on our ability to conduct our business.

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Legislation and increased regulation regarding climate change could impose significant costs on us and our suppliers, including costs related to increased energy requirements, capital equipment, environmental monitoring, permitting, reporting and other costs to comply with such regulations. Our future mining operations may result in emissions of greenhouse gases that exceed certain thresholds required for inclusion in certain regulatory cap-and-trade programs. As such, allowances will be directly allocated to us annually, with fluctuations based on energy usage and regulatory provisions. We expect that our emissions will continue to increase as our separations production ramps, which would require us to purchase additional allowances, with the price of allowances subject to market volatility. Any adopted future climate change regulations could negatively impact our ability to compete with companies situated in areas and countries not subject to such limitations. Given the political significance, regulatory or compliance obligations and uncertainty around the impact of climate change and how it should be addressed, we cannot predict how legislation and regulation will affect our financial condition, operating performance and ability to compete. Furthermore, even without such regulation, increased awareness and any adverse publicity in the global marketplace, including the investing community, about potential impacts on climate change by us or other companies in our industry could harm our reputation or our access to capital. The potential physical impacts of climate change on our operations are highly uncertain and would be particular to the geographic circumstances in areas in which we operate. These impacts may adversely affect the cost, production and financial performance of our operations.

Our inability to acquire, maintain or renew financial assurances related to the reclamation and restoration of mining property, or inaccuracies in the assumption underlying our reclamation plan and mine closure obligations, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

It has become increasingly difficult for mining companies to secure new or renew existing surety bonds without posting partial or full collateral to secure the bonds. In addition, the cost to obtain surety bonds has increased while the market terms of the surety bonds generally have become less favorable. It is possible that surety bond issuers may refuse to provide or renew bonds or may demand additional collateral upon the issuance or renewal of the bonds. Our inability to acquire or failure to maintain or renew such bonds or other financial assurances could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Federal, state, and local laws and regulations establish reclamation and closure standards applicable to our surface mining and other operations as well. Estimates of our total reclamation and mine closing liabilities are based upon our reclamation plan, third-party expert reports, current applicable laws and regulations, certain permit terms, our engineering expertise related to these requirements and review by regulatory agencies. Any change in the underlying assumptions, permissions, or other variation between the estimated liabilities and actual costs could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Potential Longevity Products

We may experience difficulties that delay or prevent our development, introduction or marketing of enhanced or new medical products.

Our success may also depend on our ability to effectively introduce enhanced or new medical products. The development of enhanced or new medical products is complex, costly and uncertain. Furthermore, enhancing or developing new medical products requires us to anticipate patients', clinicians' and payors' needs and emerging technology trends accurately. We may experience research and development, regulatory, marketing and other difficulties that could delay or prevent our introduction of enhanced or new medical products. The research and development process for solutions to longevity generally takes a significant amount of time from the research and design stage to commercialization. This process is conducted in various stages, and each stage presents the risk that we will not achieve our goals. We may have to abandon a medical product in which we have invested substantial resources. In order to successfully commercialize medical products that we may develop in the future, we may need to conduct lengthy, expensive clinical trials and develop dedicated sales and marketing operations or enter into collaborative agreements to achieve market awareness and demand. Any delay in the research and development, approval, production, marketing or distribution of enhanced or new medical products could adversely affect our competitive position, branding and results of operations.

We cannot be certain that:

any medical products that we may enhance or develop will prove to be safe or effective in clinical trials;
we will be able to obtain, in a timely manner or at all, regulatory clearance or approval, if needed;
any medical products that we may enhance or develop will be ordered and used by healthcare providers and/or consumers;
any medical products that we may enhance or develop can be provided at acceptable cost and with appropriate quality; or
any of our medical products can be successfully marketed.

These factors and other factors beyond our control could delay the launch of enhanced or new medical products.

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If clinical testing of a particular medical product does not yield successful results, then we will be unable to commercialize that test or product candidate.

To date we have not conducted any clinical trials, nor have we had any product candidate approved for commercial sale. It is possible that we may not be able to commercialize a marketable product candidate. For medical products needing regulatory clearance or approval, we may need to demonstrate the product safety and efficacy of our candidates for medical products in humans through extensive clinical testing. Our research and development programs are at an early stage of development. We may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, the testing process that could delay or prevent commercialization of any medical product, including the following:

the results of preclinical studies may be inconclusive, or they may not be indicative of results that will be obtained in human clinical trials;
safety and efficacy results attained in early human clinical trials may not be indicative of results that are obtained in later clinical trials;
after reviewing test results, we may abandon projects that we might previously have believed to be promising;
we or our regulators may suspend or terminate clinical trials because the participating subjects or patients are being exposed to unacceptable health risks; and
our medical product candidates may not have the desired effects or may include undesirable side effects or other characteristics that preclude regulatory clearance or approval or limit their commercial use if approved.

Even if our medical products receive marketing clearance or approval, they may fail to achieve the degree of market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors and others in the medical community necessary for commercial success.

Even if our medical products receive marketing clearance or approval, if needed, they may nonetheless fail to gain sufficient market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors, and others in the medical community. If we do not generate significant product revenues, we may not become profitable. The degree of market acceptance of our products, if approved for commercial sale, will depend on a number of factors, including:

their efficacy, safety, and other potential advantages compared to alternative medical products;
our ability to offer them for sale at competitive prices;
their convenience and ease of administration compared to alternative treatments;
the willingness of the target patient population to try new medical products and of physicians to order these products;
the willingness of the target patient population to try new therapies and of physicians to prescribe these therapies;
the strength of marketing and distribution support;
the availability of governmental agencies and third-party medical insurance and adequate reimbursement for our medical products;
any restrictions on the use of our medical products together with other therapeutic treatments;
any restrictions on the use of our medical products together with other medications;
inability of certain types of patients to use our medical products; and
the prevalence and severity of side effects from our medical products.

If we are unable to address and overcome these and similar concerns, our business and results of operations could be substantially harmed.

If we are unable to establish effective sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties with such capabilities, we may not be successful in commercializing our medical products if and when they are cleared or approved.

We do not have a sales or marketing infrastructure to support the sale, marketing, or distribution of our future medical products. To achieve commercial success for any medical product for which we obtain marketing clearance or approval, we will need to successfully establish and maintain relationships directly and with third parties to perform sales and marketing functions.

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Factors that may inhibit our efforts to commercialize our medical products on our own include:

our inability to recruit, train, and retain adequate numbers of effective sales, technical support, and marketing personnel;
the inability of sales personnel to obtain access to or educate physicians on the benefits of our medical products;
the lack of complementary medical products to be offered by sales personnel, which may put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to companies with more extensive medical product lines;
unforeseen costs and expenses associated with creating an independent sales, technical support, and marketing organization; and
the inability to obtain sufficient coverage and reimbursement from third-party payors and governmental agencies.

If we do not establish sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities successfully, either on our own or in collaboration with third parties, we will not be successful in commercializing our future medical products.

If we are unable to convince physicians of the benefit of our proposed medical products, we may incur delays or additional expense in our attempt to establish market acceptance.

Broad use of our proposed products may require pathology laboratories and physicians to be informed regarding our proposed products and their intended benefit. Inability to carry out this physician education process may adversely affect market acceptance of our proposed medical products. We may be unable to timely educate physicians regarding our proposed medical products in sufficient numbers to achieve our marketing plans or to achieve acceptance of our medical products. Any delay in physician education may materially delay or reduce demand for our medical products. In addition, we may expend significant funds toward physician education before any acceptance or demand for our proposed medical products is created, if at all.

Our efforts to avoid the patent, trademark, and copyright rights of others may not provide notice to it of potential infringements in time to avoid investing in product development and promotion that must later be abandoned if suitable license terms cannot be reached.

There is no guarantee that our use of conventional technology searching and brand clearance searching will identify all potential rights holders. Rights holders may demand payment for past infringements and/or force us to accept costly license terms or discontinue use of protected technology and/or works of authorship that may include for example photos, videos, and software.

We may incur substantial litigation costs to protect our intellectual property, and if we are unable to protect our intellectual property, it may lose our competitive advantage. We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which could cause it to incur litigation costs and divert management attention from our business.

Our future success in the business of longevity products depends in part upon our ability to protect our intellectual property. Our protective measures, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secret protection and internet identity registrations, may prove inadequate to protect our proprietary rights and market advantage. The right to stop others from misusing our trademarks and service marks in commerce depends, to some extent, on our ability to show evidence of enforcement of our rights against such misuse in commerce. Our failure to stop the misuse by others of our trademarks and service marks may lead to our loss of trademark and service mark rights, brand loyalty and notoriety among our customers and prospective customers. The scope of any patent to which we have or may obtain rights may not prevent others from developing and selling competing products. In addition, our patents may be held invalid upon challenge, or others may claim rights in, or ownership of, our patents. Moreover, we may become subject to litigation with parties that claim, among other matters, that it infringed on their patents or other intellectual property rights. The defense and prosecution of patent and other intellectual property claims are both costly and time-consuming and could result in a material adverse effect on our business and financial position.

Additionally, any intellectual property infringement claims against us, with or without merit, could be costly and time-consuming to defend and divert our management's attention from our business. If our products were found to infringe a third-party's proprietary rights, we could be forced to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements in order to be able to continue to sell our products or discontinue use of the protected technology. Such royalty and licensing agreements may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. Rights holders may demand payment for past infringements or force us to accept costly license terms or discontinue use of protected technology or works of authorship.

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We may become involved in litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. Other companies, including our competitors, may develop intellectual property that is similar or superior to our intellectual property, duplicate our intellectual property or design around our patents, and may have or obtain patents or other proprietary rights that would prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use or sell our products. Effective intellectual property protection may be unavailable or limited in some foreign countries in which we sell or will sell products or from which competing products may be sold.

Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise use aspects of our intellectual property and products that we regard as proprietary. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights in the U.S. or abroad may prove to be inadequate, and competitors may be able to develop similar intellectual property independently. If our intellectual property protection is insufficient to protect our intellectual property rights, we could face increased competition in the markets for our products.

Should any of our competitors file patent applications or obtain patents that claim inventions also claimed by us, we may choose to participate in an interference proceeding to determine the right to a patent for these inventions, because our business could be harmed if it fails to enforce and protect our intellectual property rights. Even if the outcome is favorable, an interference proceeding could result in substantial costs to us and disrupt our business.

In the future, we also may need to file lawsuits to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Any such litigation, whether successful or unsuccessful, could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which could cause us to incur litigation costs and divert management attention from our business.

Any intellectual property infringement claims against us, with or without merit, could be costly and time-consuming to defend and divert management's attention from our business. If our products were found to infringe a third party's proprietary rights, we could be required to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements to be able to sell our products. Royalty and licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all.

Our future products may contain licensed, third-party technology that provides important product functionality and features. The loss or inability to obtain and maintain any such licenses could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our future products may contain technology licensed from third-parties that provides important product functionality and features. We cannot assure you that it will have continued access to this technology. For example, if the licensing company ceases to exist, either as a result of bankruptcy, dissolution or purchase by a competitor, we may lose access to important third-party technology and may not be able to obtain replacement technology on favorable terms or at all. In addition, legal actions, such as intellectual property actions, brought against the licensing company could impact our future access to the technology. Any of these actions could negatively affect our technology licenses, thereby reducing the functionality and features of our products, and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

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Our future success depends, in part, on our ability to develop new products and new technologies and maintain technologies, facilities, and equipment to meet the needs of our customers.

Many of the markets in which we expect to operate are characterized by rapidly changing technologies. The product, program and service needs of our customers change and evolve regularly. Our success in the healthcare industry depends upon our ability to identify emerging technological trends, develop technologically advanced, innovative and cost-effective products and services and market these products and services to our customers in the U.S. and internationally. In addition, our ability to develop innovative and technologically advanced products depends on continued funding for, and investment in, research and development projects. Our success also depends on our continued access to assured suppliers of important technologies and components and our ability to provide the people, technologies, facilities, equipment and financial capacity needed to deliver those products and services with maximum efficiency. Our customers and markets also increasingly require it to be agile and efficient, digitally enabled and able to harness integrated digital technologies and capabilities to deliver solutions with the agility and affordability that our customers seek. If we are unable to continue to develop new products and technologies in a timely fashion, and successfully to effect digital transformation, or if we fail to achieve market acceptance more rapidly than our competitors, we may be unable to maintain a competitive position and our future success could be materially adversely affected. If we fails to maintain our competitive position, we could lose a significant amount of future business to our competitors, which also could have a material adverse effect on our ability to generate favorable financial results and maintain market share and on our financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.

A failure of our information technology systems, or an interruption in our operation due to internal or external factors including cyber-attacks, could have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, financial condition or results of operations.

Our operations depend on our ability to protect our information systems, computer equipment, and information databases from systems failures. We rely on our information technology systems generally to manage the day-to-day operations of our business, operate elements of our manufacturing facility, manage relationships with our customers, fulfill customer orders, and maintain our financial and accounting records. Failure of our information technology systems could be caused by internal or external events, such as incursions by intruders or hackers, computer viruses, cyber-attacks, failures in hardware or software, or power or telecommunication fluctuations or failures.

There have been an increasing number of cyber security incidents affecting companies around the world, which have caused operational failures or compromised sensitive corporate data. Although we do not believe our systems are at a greater risk of cyber security incidents than other similar organizations, such cyber security incidents may result in: the loss or compromise of customer, financial, or operational data; disruption of billing, collections, or normal operating activities; disruption of electronic monitoring and control of operational systems; and delays in financial reporting and other management functions. Possible impacts associated with a cyber-security incident may include, among others: remediation costs related to lost, stolen, or compromised data; repairs to data processing systems; increased cyber security protection costs; reputational damage; and adverse effects on Our ability to comply with applicable privacy and other laws and regulations. The failure of our information technology systems to perform as anticipated for any reason could disrupt our business and result in numerous adverse consequences, including reduced effectiveness and efficiency of operations or increased costs, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Any technology and information security processes and disaster recovery plans. We uses to mitigate our risk to these vulnerabilities may not be adequate to ensure that our operations will not be disrupted should such an event occur.

Our success depends upon certain key personnel, including product development and engineering staff.

Our success will depend in large part upon the skill and expertise of certain key personnel, including product development and engineering staff. The competition for qualified management and such key personnel is intense. There can be no assurance that any such individuals will continue to be associated with or employed by us throughout their respective lives. The loss of services of one or more of such key personnel or the inability to hire, train and retain additional such key personnel could delay the development and sale of our products, disrupt our business, and interfere with our ability to execute our business plan. The loss of key personnel could also have a material adverse effect on us.

Our growth relies on market acceptance.

While we believes there will be significant customer demand for our future products, there is no assurance there will be broad market acceptance of our medical product offerings. There also may not be broad market acceptance of our offerings if our competitors offer products which are preferred by prospective customers. In such event, there may be a material adverse effect on Our results of operations and financial condition, and we may not be able to achieve our goals.

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Our ability to compete successfully depends on many factors, both within and outside our control.

These factors include the following:

Our success in developing, producing, marketing, and successfully selling our products;
Our ability to address the needs of our consumer customers;
the pricing, quality, performance, and reliability of our products;
the quality of our customer service;
the efficiency of our production; and
product or technology introductions by our competitors.

If technological and functional distinctions among competing products in our longevity products market are perceived by many end-user consumers to be relatively modest, effectiveness in marketing and manufacturing are particularly important competitive factors in our business.

If we fail to compete effectively with academic institutions and other biotechnology companies that are developing similar or alternatives to cellular immunotherapy product candidates, our business will be materially adversely affected.

The development and commercialization of new longevity products is highly competitive. We face competition from existing and future competitors with respect to each of our product candidates currently in development and will face competition with respect to other product candidates that we may seek to develop or commercialize in the future.. In addition, numerous academic institutions are conducting preclinical and clinical research in this area. It is also possible that new competitors, including those developing similar or alternatives to our future product candidates, may emerge and acquire significant market share. Such competitors may have an advantage over us due to their greater size, resources or institutional experience, or may develop product candidates that are safer, more effective, more widely accepted, more cost-effective or enable higher patient quality of life than ours. More established biopharmaceutical companies may also develop and commercialize their product candidates at a faster rate, which could render our product candidates obsolete or non-competitive before they are fully developed or commercialized. If we are not able to compete effectively against our existing and potential competitors, our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects may be materially adversely affected.

Recent reductions in force across the U.S. federal government may impact our ability to secure necessary meetings to discuss, guidance on, and clearance or approval for our products.

Actions by the U.S. administration may fundamentally impact the FDA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and other federal agencies with jurisdiction over our products. Among other things, the issuance of Executive Order (EO) 14192, "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation" (January 31, 2025), EO 14212, "Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission" (February 13, 2025), and EO 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's 'Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative" (February 21, 2025) could have a significant impact on the manner in which the FDA conducts our operations and engages in regulatory and oversight activities.

For example, on March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which houses both CMS and the FDA, announced significant restructuring in accordance with EO 14219. Among other changes, HHS announced that it intends to reduce our workforce by approximately 10,000 full-time employees, consolidate 28 existing divisions into 15 new divisions, and centralize certain core functions. Notably, this restructuring plan is in addition to other downsizing efforts at HHS, which in combination will result in a reduction of force by 20,000 employees.

There is substantial uncertainty regarding how these changes will impact the FDA. HHS intends to reduce the FDA's workforce by 3,500 individuals, which represents approximately 18% of FDA full-time employees. This restructuring could lead to significant disruptions and delays at the FDA, including impeding the agency's ability to meet with industry and provide feedback, review and/or approve or clear submissions, conduct inspections, issue regulatory guidance, or take other actions that facilitate the development, approval, and marketing of regulated products. All of this could adversely affect our business.

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There is uncertainty regarding how the FDA will regulate our products, which may adversely impact our anticipated timeline for and cost of bringing products to market in the U.S.

We have not yet obtained FDA clearance or approval for any of our anticipated longevity products. We expects that our cell therapy products will be regulated by the FDA as drugs requiring approval under either an NDA or BLA. If We determines to enter the U.S. market with our exosome products, the company expects that these products will be regulated by the FDA either as drugs requiring approval under an NDA or BLA, or as cosmetics. However, it is possible that these products could instead be regulated by the FDA as medical devices. This uncertainty may cause delays in bringing our products to market, as we may need to seek input from the FDA regarding the correct marketing category before proceeding with certain required activities, such as clinical trials, certain registrations and listings, etc.

FDA regulation of medical devices is complex, and it is not always clear how a specific product will be regulated by the agency. Medical devices that require premarket clearance or approval must undergo a lengthy and complex process, which involves significant time, effort, and expense.

We expect that our future products will be regulated by the FDA either as drugs needing approval under an NDA or BLA, or as cosmetics. Nonetheless, it is possible that these products could instead be regulated by the FDA as medical devices.

The FDCA classifies medical devices into one of three categories based on the risks associated with the device and the level of control necessary to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness. Class I devices are low risk and are subject only to general regulatory controls. Class II devices are moderate risk, and are subject to general controls and may also be subject to special controls. Class III devices are generally the highest risk devices. They are required to obtain premarket approval and comply with post-market conditions of approval in addition to general regulatory controls. If the FDA were to deem our exosome products to be medical devices, it is unclear into which class the agency would categorize them.

Class I and certain Class II medical devices may be marketed in the United States without obtaining FDA clearance or approval. For other Class II and Class III devices, a company must first either submit an application for and receive 510(k) clearance pursuant to a premarket notification submitted under Section 510(k) of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. 360(k)), request approval of a premarket approval application (PMA) under Section 515 of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. 360e), or seek approval of a de novo classification request from the FDA under Section 513 of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. 360c), unless an exemption applies.

The process of securing FDA PMA approval is complex and requires substantial time, commitment of resources and expense. The process may take many years to complete, and approval may never be obtained. It requires us to demonstrate with substantial evidence, gathered in preclinical and large, complex well-controlled clinical trials, that the planned product is safe and effective for use as intended. We may not conduct such a trial or may not successfully enroll or complete any such trial, if required. Any products we may develop may not achieve the required primary endpoint in the clinical trial and may not receive regulatory approval. We must also demonstrate that the manufacturing facilities, processes, and controls for any products we may develop are adequate.

A de novo classification request to the FDA is additionally complex and burdensome. Under the de novo classification process, a manufacturer whose device is not eligible for a 510(k) Notification or whose device under the FDCA would otherwise be automatically classified into Device Class III and require the submission and approval of a PMA prior to marketing is able to request down-classification of the device to Class I or Class II on the basis that the device presents a low or moderate risk. If the FDA grants the de novo classification request, the applicant will receive authorization to market the device. This device type may be used subsequently by other companies as a predicate device for future 510(k) submissions.

Even if our products are not required to obtain a PMA or de novo classification, they may instead require a 510(k) Notification. In the 510(k) clearance process, before a device may be marketed, the FDA must determine that a proposed device is "substantially equivalent" to a legally marketed "predicate" device, which includes a device that has been previously cleared through the 510(k) process, a device that was legally marketed prior to May 28, 1976 (pre-amendments device), a device that was originally on the U.S. market pursuant to an approved PMA and later down-classified, or a 510(k)-exempt device. To be "substantially equivalent," the proposed device must have the same intended use as the predicate device, and either have the same technological characteristics as the predicate device or have different technological characteristics and not raise different questions of safety or effectiveness than the predicate device. Clinical data is sometimes required to support substantial equivalence.

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Medical devices are subject to numerous additional requirements in the U.S. pertaining to registration, listing, labeling, cGMPs, payment of user fees to the FDA, and adverse event reporting.

FDA regulation of drugs is complex, and it is not always clear how a specific product will be regulated by the agency. Drugs that require premarket approval must undergo a lengthy and complex process, which involves significant time, effort, and expense.

The process to obtain an FDA drug approval is complex and requires significant time, effort, and expense. This produces generally involves the following:

Completion of extensive preclinical studies in accordance with applicable regulations, including studies conducted in accordance with good laboratory practice (GLP) requirements;
Submission to the FDA of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which must become effective before clinical trials may begin;
Approval by an institutional review board (IRB) or independent ethics committee at each clinical trial site before each trial may be initiated;
Performance of adequate and well-controlled clinical trials in accordance with applicable IND regulations, good clinical practice (GCP) requirements and other clinical trial-related regulations to establish the safety and efficacy of the investigational product for each proposed indication;
Submission to the FDA of an NDA or BLA;
A determination by the FDA within 60 days of our receipt of an NDA or BLA, to accept the filing for review;
Satisfactory completion of one or more FDA pre-approval inspections of the manufacturing facility or facilities where the drug will be produced to assess compliance with cGMP requirements to assure that the facilities, methods and controls are adequate to preserve the drug's identity, strength, quality and purity;
Potential FDA audit of the clinical trial sites that generated the data in support of the NDA or BLA;
Payment of user fees for FDA review of the NDA or BLA; and
FDA review and approval of the NDA or BLA, including consideration of the views of any FDA advisory committee, prior to any commercial marketing or sale of the drug in the U.S.

The above process involves tremendous efforts, time, and cost. There are potential pitfalls at every step of this process, and the FDA could object to a submission or require more information at any time. There is no guarantee that we will ever successfully make it to the end of this process with any of our product candidates.

To the extent that our longevity products are a novel approach to extending longevity, this increases the uncertainty of our pathway to market for these products.

To the extent that our longevity products are a novel approach to extending longevity, this increases the uncertainty of our pathway to market for these products. The relative newness of such products may slow down regulatory approval, as regulators may have lengthy questions, request additional clinical testing, etc. Additionally, if our longevity products are novel, there is less widely available information regarding potential side effects and long-term efficacy. All of this could impede and significantly slow down the regulatory approval process for these products.

There can be no assurance that the FDA will ever permit us to market any new product or service that we develop.

There can be no assurance that the FDA will ever permit us to market any new product or service that we develop. Also, any regulatory clearance or approval of a product, once obtained, may be withdrawn. If we are unable to successfully obtain or maintain regulatory clearance or approval to sell any products in the U.S. we may develop, our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects could be adversely affected. Furthermore, delays in receipt of clearance or approval could materially delay or prevent us from commercializing our products and services or result in substantial additional costs that could decrease our profitability. Even if we were to successfully obtain and maintain regulatory clearance or approval for a product, any clearance or approval might contain significant limitations related to use restrictions for specified age groups, warnings, precautions or contraindications, or may be subject to burdensome post-approval study or risk management requirements.

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The FDA can delay, limit, or deny clearance or approval of a future product for many reasons, including but not limited to:

A future product may not be deemed to be safe and effective;
FDA officials may not find the data from clinical and preclinical studies sufficient;
The FDA may not approve our or our third-party manufacturer's processes or facilities; or
The FDA may change our clearance or approval policies or adopt new regulations.

If any products we may develop fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy, or otherwise do not gain regulatory clearance or approval, our business and results of operations will be materially and adversely harmed.

Delays in the commencement or conduct of required clinical trials could result in increased costs and delay our ability to pursue regulatory clearance or approval.

Clinical trials are expensive and can take many years to complete, and the outcome is inherently uncertain. We cannot guarantee that any clinical trials will be conducted as planned or will be completed on schedule, if at all. A failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage and our future clinical trials may not be successful. The commencement or conduct of clinical trials can be delayed for a variety of reasons, including, but not necessarily limited to, delays in:

Commencing a clinical trial, as a result of regulatory authority action;
Identifying, recruiting and training suitable clinical investigators;
Reaching and preserving agreements on acceptable terms with prospective contract research organizations (CROs) and trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation, may be subject to modification from time to time and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites;
Obtaining sufficient quantities of a product candidate for use in clinical trials;
Obtaining IRB or ethics committee approval to conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site;
Developing and validating companion diagnostics on a timely basis, if required;
Adding new clinical sites once a trial has begun;
Change in the principal investigator or other key staff overseeing the clinical trial at a given site;
Identifying, recruiting and enrolling patients to participate in a clinical trial; or
Retaining (or replacing) patients who have initiated a clinical trial but who may withdraw due to adverse events from the therapy, insufficient efficacy, fatigue with the clinical trial process, personal issues, or other reasons.

Any delays in the commencement of our clinical trials will delay our ability to pursue regulatory clearance or approval for product candidates. In addition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory clearance or approval of a product candidate.

If we experience delays or difficulties in the enrollment of patients in clinical trials, our receipt of necessary regulatory approval or clearance could be delayed or prevented.

We may not be able to initiate or continue clinical trials for one or more of our product candidates if we are unable to locate and enroll a sufficient number of eligible patients to participate in these trials as required by the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside the U.S. Some of our competitors have ongoing clinical trials for product candidates that treat the same indications that we are targeting for our product candidates, and patients who would otherwise be eligible for our clinical trials may instead enroll in clinical trials of our competitors' product candidates. Available therapies for the indications we are pursuing can also affect enrollment in our clinical trials. Patient enrollment is affected by other factors including, but not necessarily limited to:

The severity of the disease under investigation;
The eligibility criteria for the study in question;
The perceived risks and benefits of the product candidate under study;
The efforts to facilitate timely enrollment in clinical trials;
The patient referral practices of physicians;
The number of clinical trials sponsored by other companies for the same patient population;
The ability to monitor patients adequately during and after treatment; and
The proximity and availability of clinical trial sites for prospective patients.
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