Azure Minerals Limited (?Azure? or ?the Company?) announced the completion of the mineral resource drill-out of the VC-07 East nickel-copper (Ni-Cu) sulphide deposit on the Andover Project (60% Azure /40% Creasy Group), located in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia. To date, Azure has completed 118 diamond drill holes for 52,188m at Andover, with 110 holes drilled at VC-07 (96 holes at VC-07 East and 14 holes at VC-07 West) and 8 holes drilled at the VC-23 prospect. Analytical results have been received up to and including hole ANDD0090, with assays for the remaining 28 holes expected to be delivered in the next two months. The resource drill-out at VC07 East has now been completed and a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2022. Drilling is now focused on the VC-07 West mineralised zone, where three rigs are following up intersections of high-grade Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation and associated electromagnetic plates drilled by Azure earlier this year. Additionally, the drill program will shortly commence testing several geophysical targets identified by the Company's regional exploration program, including VC-23, VC-18 and VC-41. Azure has completed extensional and in-fill drilling of the VC-07 East deposit, achieving an internal mineralised intersection spacing of approximately 50m x 50m. This is to support a large component of the upcoming Mineral Resource Estimate reporting to the Indicated Resource category. Recent in-fill drilling has returned significant widths of Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation, which are in line with expectations and confirm excellent internal continuity of mineralised thicknesses and grades. With Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation commencing within 40m of surface, the steeply plunging and steeply dipping VC-07 East deposit has been defined over a continuous vertical extent exceeding 550m. The deepest drill holes continue to intersect significant Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation, confirming the VC-07 East deposit has additional depth potential. The drill-out of the VC-07 East Ni-Cu sulphide deposit is now complete, with modelling of the mineralised zones underway and the maiden Mineral Resource Estimate expected to be completed in first quarter of 2022. Azure's ongoing diamond drilling program at Andover has confirmed that the kilometre-long VC-07 mineralised corridor is an extensive system containing multiple zones of nickel and copper sulphides. Drilling for further mineralised extensions and repetitions in this area is continuing, with three diamond rigs currently focused on the VC-07 West zone located about 300m to the west of the VC-07 East deposit. This will follow up earlier intersections of Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation, for example in ANDD0045 which returned: 4.5m @ 3.95% Ni, 0.80% Cu and 0.16% Co from 486.6m downhole, and 7.5m @ 1.39% Ni, 0.45% Cu and 0.06% Co from 601.6m downhole. These sulphide-rich zones coincide with electromagnetic (EM) conductors identified by surface and downhole EM surveying. Multiple other strong and extensive EM conductors have also been detected at VC-07 West that have yet to be tested by drilling, providing the Company with multiple drill targets. The Andover regional exploration program comprising geological mapping, geochemical sampling and surface EM surveying has been ongoing for most of the past year. Numerous bedrock-hosted EM conductors have been identified that represent high-priority drill targets, including: VC-23, where Azure has drilled eight diamond core holes, five of which intersected significant nickel and copper sulphide mineralisation; VC-18, which is represented by a 3.5 kilometre-long, bedrock-hosted EM conductor; and VC-41, which is an attractive geophysical target represented by two strong EM conductors.