XORTX Therapeutics Inc. ("XORTX" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:XRTX, TSXV:XRTX, Frankfurt: ANU))), a late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat gout and progressive kidney disease, announces that, further to its news release of March 26, 2026, the implementation of its share consolidation on the basis of one (1) new common share for every five (5) old common shares (the "Consolidation") has received all required approvals of the TSX Venture Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Exchange and will occur on April 6, 2026.