According to the Zhitong Finance APP, EACON (07687) announced that the project "Key Technologies and Applications for Green, Intelligent, Safe, and Efficient Mining in Large Open-Pit Mines," in which the company participated as a secondary completion unit, has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The company is one of the award-winning units and has been awarded the National Science and Technology Progress Award certificate issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of the People's Republic of China on July 8, 2026.

The National Science and Technology Award is the highest level of government scientific and technological awards in the field of science and technology in the People's Republic of China, aimed at rewarding organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to scientific and technological progress activities. Among them, the National Science and Technology Progress Award is mainly awarded for significant achievements in technological innovation, transformation and promotion of scientific and technological achievements, which have generated substantial economic or social benefits. This award fully reflects the company's technological innovation capabilities and industry influence in the field of mining intelligence and autonomous driving, receiving national-level recognition.

This project mainly breaks through three core technologies: overall optimization of multi-factor ecology in open-pit mines, large-scale autonomous driving cluster management, and precise disaster prevention and control of landslides, achieving "optimized, ecological, intelligent, safe, and efficient" collaborative mining. This achievement provides new methods, technologies, and equipment for the development of mineral resources in China, promoting the leap of China's open-pit mining technology and industry from following and catching up to leading.

The board of directors hereby states that the technological achievements involved in the award-winning project are closely related to the company's core product—autonomous driving solutions for mines, covering key technological fields such as autonomous driving perception, decision control, intelligent scheduling, and safety management. The company has disclosed core technologies, R&D capabilities, and technological achievements related to autonomous driving solutions for mines in the prospectus.

The board believes that this award reflects the national-level recognition of the company's relevant technological strength and innovation capabilities, which will help enhance the company's brand awareness, market competitiveness, and industry influence, and have a positive impact on the company's future business development