Alien Metals Ltd (LSE AIM: UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement on 6 May 2021, the Company has now received the final results from the maiden drilling program on its Hancock Iron Ore project, which is part of the Hamersley Iron Ore Project, Western Australia.

Results confirm four high grade Direct Shipping Ore ('DSO') mineralisation prospects.

Highlights

Maiden drilling completed in March 2021, with 53 Reverse Circulation (RC) holes for 3,350m of shallow drilling across priority high grade Direct Shipping Ore ('DSO') targets.

Three main target areas drilled, including the Sirius Extension prospect, which adjoins the Sirius iron ore project held by Brockman Mining (124mt @ 60.32% Fe).

Significant DSO results include: 103m @ 61.8% Fe from surface ending in ore (Sirius Extension, AM21RC001 048).

73m @ 59.5% Fe from 6m ending in high-grade ore (Sirius Extension, AM21RC001 047).

26m @ 54.3% Fe from surface, including 13m @ 61.5% Fe from 2m depth (Ridge C, AM21RC001 006).

18m @ 55.1% Fe from surface (Kalgan Prospect, AM21RC001 016).

10m @ 55% Fe from 3m (Kalgan Prospect, AM21RC001 012).

12m @ 60.5% Fe from 4m (Ridge E, AM21RC001 033).

Maiden drilling confirms four high grade DSO iron ore prospects across the Hancock project.

Follow-up RC program progressing well, with 1,300m drilled to date.

Bill Brodie Good, CEO & Technical Director of Alien Metals, commented: 'The remaining assays confirmed the significant potential of the Sirius Extension prospect, as well as the potential of the wider licence area. Hole 48, located on strike from the historic holes, returned 103m @ 61.8% Fe from top to bottom and was still in ore when the drilling had to be stopped. This, along with the significant intersection in hole 47, are excellent results that bode well for the potential of this prospect. In combination with the new DSO grade interceptions from the Western Ridges targets that we also identified from the first batch of assays, the Company quickly remobilised a drill rig and we are now back in the field following up high-priority areas identified from the maiden drill program.

'The second phase of drilling is progressing well, with roughly 1,300m drilled to date. In addition to the known DSO grade iron ore at the Sirius Extension prospect, the focus of the follow-up program is to prove up the DSO potential across the other prospect areas using surface mapping and sampling to study the untested areas of the tenement we believe to have even more potential.'

The drilling targeted three initial prospects to enable the Company to continue developing its knowledge of the project as a whole and to further prioritise for next stage drilling. Hancock now has 4 known prospects, including the Sirius Extension, Kalgan, Western Ridges and the central zone, with a large part of the tenement still to explore and the Brockman tenement still to commence drilling.

Sirius Extension Prospect

The Sirius Extension prospect sits within the north-east of the tenement boundary and borders the Sirius DSO project owned by Brockman Mining to the east (124Mt @ 60.32% Fe). A limited drill program by Volta Mining in 2014 intercepted DSO mineralisation. Based on surface mapping and sampling by Alien, the Company identified the likely strike-length of the Sirius Extension prospect to be 450m. Results of the initial drilling campaign have confirmed an initial strike of DSO grade iron ore of at least 300m, with the ongoing follow-up RC program being aimed to infill previous drilling and to test strike and depth extensions.

Significant intersections at Sirius Extension prospect included 103m @ 61.79% Fe which finished in DSO grade iron ore from hole AM21RC001 048, and 73m @ 59.72% Fe from the nearby hole AM21RC001 047 which also finished in DSO grade ore.

The follow up drill program underway should enable Alien to generate a maiden JORC resource at the Hancock Iron Ore Project.

Western Ridges DSO prospects

The already reported excellent results from the new ridge targets include a maximum intersection of 1m at 65.88% Fe from hole AM21RC001 006 within a significant intersection of 26m @ 54.3 % Fe from surface, including 13m @ 61.5 % Fe from 2m depth. Hole AM21RC001 019 which lies 225m east of aforementioned hole, intersected 2 thinner DSO beds 2m at 61.54% Fe from 14m and 5m at 55.0% Fe from 3m. While thinner iron ore beds, the assay data further assists the Company with identifying the DSO grade beds within the stratigraphic horizon.

At the Ridge E hole AM21RC001 033, drilling intercepted a significant intersection of 12m @ 60.5% Fe from 4m which has also defined a separate DSO zone and further encourages the Company of further untested potential within the tenement.

This maiden program has provided some significant grade intersections and enabled Alien to better understand the potential and the follow up targeting criteria to maximise all future programs.

The current second phase of drilling is over halfway completed, with nine additional holes drilled in the Sirius Extension Prospect. The additional drilling will hopefully provide sufficient drill density and data to be able to generate a maiden resource. The balance of the follow-up drill program will aim at further testing the DSO potential along ridges C and E in the surficial parts of the BIF beds. Depending on timing, Alien will undertake further ground reconnaissance across the Hancock Iron Ore project in prospective areas identified through satellite imagery. Alien to date have only been able to explore the north west and eastern areas of the tenement and feel there remains substantial further potential still to be explored.

The Board of Alien continues to assess a range of mineral projects and opportunities, with particular focus on exploration projects with near term news flow and value creation.

Contact:

Bill Brodie Good

Tel: +44 20 7796 8644

Notes to Editors

Alien Metals Ltd is a mining exploration and development company listed on AIM of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: UFO). The Company's focus is on precious and base metal commodities, with its operations located in proven mining jurisdictions and it has embarked upon an acquisition-led strategy headed by a high-quality geological team to build a strong portfolio of diversified assets.

The Company has conditionally agreed to increase its interest of the Brockman and Hancock Ranges high-grade (Direct Shipping Ore) iron ore projects, from 51% to 90%.

In 2020, the Company acquired 100% of the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, which consists of the Elizabeth Hill Historic Silver Mine Mining Lease and the surrounding Munni Munni North Exploration Tenement. The Australian projects are located in the world-renowned Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The Company also holds two silver projects located in Zacatecas State, Mexico's largest silver producing state, which produced over 190m oz of silver in 2018 alone, accounting for 45% of the total silver production of Mexico for that year. The Company's Donovan 2 Copper Gold project in the same region is currently under an Earn-in agreement with Capstone Mining Corp. of Canada.

The Company was also awarded an Exploration Licence in Greenland in late 2020, which surrounds the world class Citronen Zinc-Lead deposit.

In addition to progressing and developing its portfolio of assets and following its strategic review of its portfolio of silver and precious metals projects, Alien Metals has identified priority exploration targets within all of its projects which it is working to advance systematically.

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