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Power Metal Resources PLC

03 November 2022

3 November 2022

Power Metal Resources PLC

("Power Metal" or the "Company")

Tati Project Botswana Initial Drill Assay Results

Assays for First Three Drillholes Received; High-Grade Gold Intersections in All Three Holes Including a Bonanza intersection of 1m @ 47.17g/t Au

Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces initial results from the Company's recently completed drilling programme on the 100% owned and operated Tati Project ("Tati" or the "Project") located within the Tati Greenstone Belt near Francistown, Botswana.

Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc commented:

"The Tati Project now covers the formerly producing Cherished Hope gold mine and is within the underexplored Tati Greenstone Belt, where the Company is exploring for near surface, high-grade extensions of the Cherished Hope mine.

The successful intersection of high-grade gold in the three holes for which assay results have been received is very exciting, and the bonanza grade gold assay result already identified naturally inspires us to push ahead with further accelerated exploration work.

Further assay results from the remaining six holes, several of which intersected significant quartz reef intersections (up to 8m thick), are awaited with great interest. "

Highlights:

- A total of nine reverse circulation ("RC") holes totalling 490m were completed at Tati as part of the August 2022 exploration programme - representing the first ever known drilling programme carried out on prospecting licence ("PL") 049/2022. Complete assay results have now been received for the first three holes, with results from the six remaining holes expected in the coming weeks.

- Significant near-surface, dolerite and quartz reef hosted gold mineralisation was intersected in all three holes. Key down-hole intersections (>1g/t Au) include:

o Hole CHRC0001

Ø 1m @ 2.15 g/t Au from 21m

Ø 1m @ 1.34 g/t Au from 24m

Ø 1m @ 10.20g/t Au from 33m

o Hole CHRC0002

Ø 1m @ 5.57 g/t Au from 15m

o Hole CHRC0003

Ø 2m @ 1.54 g/t Au from surface

Ø 3m @ 16.77 g/t Au from 5m, including

-- 1m @ 47.17 g/t Au from 6m

- RC hole CHRC0002 was designed to target one of the thicker portions of the quartz reef structure, and due to a shallow dip chosen for the hole it ended up intersecting a mined-out void from 10-15m. The 1m @ 5.6g/t Au from 15m downhole intersection represents the footwall of the main quartz reef structure. The Company is considering steepening the dip and redrilling the section in order to test the entire section of this quartz reef.

- Results for the remaining six holes are pending, including CHRC0007 which returned the single largest quartz reef intersection from 11-19m (8m intersection) of the 2022 drilling programme.

A map highlighting the location of the Tati Project can be found at the link below:

https://www.powermetalresources.com/tati-project-cherished-hope-mine-rc-drilling/

One metre RC chip samples were riffle split and sent for analysis by Intertek Genalysis in Perth Western Australia, by 50g fire assay with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis (method FA50/MS). High grade samples were additionally analysed by 50g fire assay with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) (method FA50/OE). Significant assay results are presented in Table 1, drill collar locations are set out in Table 2.

Table 1: Assay Results for Significant Downhole Intersections

 
   Hole      From    To    Interval   Au (ppb)   Au (g/t)*        Note 
     ID       (m)    (m)      (m) 
 CHRC0001     0      1        1         688 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              1      2        1         411 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
 
              21     22       1        2,154 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              22     23       1         226 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              23     24       1         209 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              24     25       1        1,344 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
 
              29     30       1         987 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
 
              33     34       1        12,490      10.2 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
 
 CHRC0002     10     15       5         N/A                  Mined out void 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              15     16       1        5,572 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
 
 CHRC0003     0      1        1        1,816 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              1      2        1        1,261 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              2      3        1         105 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              3      4        1          84 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              4      5        1         105 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              5      6        1        1,251 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              6      7        1        44,821      47.1 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
              7      8        1        1,360 
            -----  -----  ---------  ---------  ----------  --------------- 
 

*Overlimit assay analysed via Intertek Genalysis FA50/OE (50g Fire-Assay)

Table 2: Tati 2022 Drill Programme Collar Table

 
 Drill Hole     Dip     Azimuth    Depth   Northing*   Easting* 
      ID                            (m) 
  CHRC0001     45deg     28deg      40      564875     7650896 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0002     45deg     35deg      30      564856     7650925 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0003     45deg     31deg      30      564842     7650942 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0004     45deg     35deg      60      564818     7650929 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0005     45deg     52deg      80      564797     7650937 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0006     45deg     44deg      50      564798     7650936 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0007     45deg     44deg      70      564772     7650950 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0008     45deg     35deg      30      564748     7650986 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
  CHRC0009     45deg     48deg      100     564744     7650958 
              -------  ---------  ------  ----------  --------- 
 

* Projection: UTM Zone 35S WGS84

QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT

The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O'Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Qualified Person under the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O'Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Power Metal Resources PLC to provide technical support.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:

 
Power Metal Resources plc 
Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer)                +44 (0) 7766 465 617 
 
SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) 
Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat                          +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 
 
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) 
Nick Emerson                                          +44 (0) 1483 413 500 
 
First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) 
David Cockbill/Jason Robertson                        +44 (0) 20 7330 1883 
 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Power Metal Resources plc - Background

Power Metal Resources plc (LON:POW) is an AIM listed metals exploration company which finances and manages global resource projects and is seeking large scale metal discoveries.

The Company has a principal focus on opportunities offering district scale potential across a global portfolio including precious, base and strategic metal exploration in North America, Africa and Australia.

Project interests range from early-stage greenfield exploration to later-stage prospects currently subject to drill programmes.

Power Metal will develop projects internally or through strategic joint ventures until a project becomes ready for disposal through outright sale or separate listing on a recognised stock exchange thereby crystallising the value generated from our internal exploration and development work.

Value generated through disposals will be deployed internally to drive the Company's growth or may be returned to shareholders through share buy backs, dividends or in-specie distributions of assets.

Exploration Work Overview

Power Metal has multiple internal exploration programmes completed or underway, with results awaited. The status for each of the Company's priority exploration projects is outlined in the table below.

 
  Project    Location    Current          Work Completed or            Results Awaited 
                           POW                 Underway 
                            % 
 
 Athabasca    Canada      100%      Ground exploration              Assay results from 
  Uranium                            programme complete              samples collected 
                                     at 3 properties. Preliminary    during fieldwork. 
                                     planning for work 
                                     in Spring/Summer 2023 
                                     is ongoing. 
            ---------  ----------  ------------------------------  ---------------------- 
 Molopo      Botswana   87.71%(#)   T1-6 conductor target           Drill programme 
  Farms                              drilling underway.              updates and findings 
                                     Further MLEM surveys            from further MLEM 
                                     planned over additional         survey work. 
                                     AEM targets identified. 
            ---------  ----------  ------------------------------  ---------------------- 
 Tati        Botswana     100%      RC drilling and sampling        Review of mine dumps 
  Project                            of mine dumps complete.         sampling and assay 
                                                                     results from RC 
                                                                     drill programme. 
            ---------  ----------  ------------------------------  ---------------------- 
 

(#) subject to completion of acquisition announced 18.5.22 for which regulatory approval confirmed 28.10.22

Exploration work programmes may also be underway within Power Metal investee companies and planned IPO vehicles where Power Metal has a material interest, the findings from which will be released on their respective websites, with simultaneous updates through Power Metal regulatory announcements where required. These interests are summarised in the table below:

 
       Company            Status/Operations                                    Link 
 First Class           Investment -                                 www.firstclassmetalsplc.com 
  Metals PLC            POW 27.91% 
                        Exploration 
                        in the Schreiber-Hemlo 
                        region of Ontario, 
                        Canada 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 First Development     Planned IPO                               www.firstdevelopmentresources.com 
  Resources             - POW 62.12% 
  PLC                   Exploration 
                        in Western Australia 
                        and the Northern 
                        Territory of 
                        Australia 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Golden                Planned IPO                                 www.goldenmetalresources.com 
  Metal Resources       - POW 83.13% 
  PLC                   Exploration 
                        and development 
                        in Nevada, USA 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Kavango               Investment -                                  www.kavangoresources.com 
  Resources             POW 14.03% (subject 
  PLC                   to completion 
                        of Kanye Resources 
                        disposal announced 
                        8.7.22 and issue 
                        of Kavango shares 
                        e.g. financing 
                        announced 24.10.22) 
                        Exploration 
                        in Botswana 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 New Ballarat          Planned IPO               A new website is currently in development 
  Gold PLC              - POW 49.9%               which will be found at www.newballaratgoldcorp.com 
                        Exploration               . 
                        in the Victoria           In the interim further information 
                        Goldfields of             in respect of NBGC can be found at: 
                        Australia                 https://www.powermetalresources.com/project/victoria-goldfields/ 
                                                  . 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Uranium               Planned IPO                               www.uraniumenergyexploration.com 
  Energy Exploration    - POW on listing 
  PLC                   estimated 40-55% 
                        Uranium exploration 
                        in the Athabasca 
                        region of Canada 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 

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