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- BQE Water Inc. provides integrated water management services and treatment solutions to the metals mining, smelting and refining industries. The Company offers lifecycle mine-water services spanning early-stage water assessments and advisory; permitting support, laboratory testing and pilot studies; process and detailed design engineering; construction support; commissioning; contract operation and maintenance of water treatment facilities; clean-water production; emergency-response services; and sustainable closure and post-closure water-management strategies. Its treatment capabilities address mine drainage, waste-rock-pile runoff, tailings water, groundwater, lime-plant influent and effluent, and metallurgical process streams, including removal or management of dissolved metals, sulphate, selenium, nitrate, cyanide and acids. BQE Water applies proprietary and specialized processes, including sulphide precipitation, SART treatment for cyanide recovery and metal removal, selenium treatment, biological sulphate reduction, lime neutralization and hydrometallurgical water-treatment solutions. The Company serves mining operators, smelters, refineries, mine developers, regulators and project stakeholders through projects in Canada, the United States, Latin America, China and other international markets, with regional operations in Chile and China. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, BQE Water is the ultimate parent of its consolidated group and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol BQE. Recent developments include the February 2026 agreement with Hudbay Minerals Inc. to implement Canada’s first SART plant; the commencement in May 2026, through an Inuit-based joint-venture partnership, of a contract to operate five treatment systems at Canadian Royalties Inc.’s Nunavik Nickel Project; the remobilization of its operating team at the Minto Mine during the second quarter of 2026; continued operation of three treatment plants at Jiangxi Copper Company’s Dexing and Yinshan mines in Jiangxi Province, China, through a 50/50 joint venture; and a 2026 contract with Elsa Reclamation & Development Company Ltd. to operate water treatment facilities.