MONTRÉAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- $NMG #ESG–Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“NMG” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NMG, TSX: NOU) welcomes the Canadian government’s referral of the Phase-2 Matawinie Mine to the Major Projects Office. This recognition as a “Major Project of National Interest” reiterates the strategic importance of the Company’s business plan, which is on track to build one of the largest integrated natural graphite production in the G7. The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council