Critical Mineral Resources PLC provided an operational update on its Ifri Project('Ifri')in the Anti-Atlas. Initial prospecting at the Ifri site has identified multiple large mineralized shear structures with copper oxide, copper sulphide, silver and gold mineralization. Historical small scale mining for copper and gold is also evident at numerous locations across the property and, significantly, there is a significant scale drilling programme 2.5km west of the permit and an underground gold mine being developed less than 10km north of the permit.

have located these operations but the project names are unknown and it is unclear who the operators are. Ifri is located within the Saghro Massif, an area of old (Precambrian) igneous rocks in the Anti-Atlas. In a relatively small area, this series of inliers hosts multiple past producing mines, operational mines and development projects.

Probably the most well-know mines are the Imiter silver mine and the Tiouit gold mine. The Bou Skour copper project and Tagmout copper-silver project are also significant deposits and located very close to Ifri. Figure 3 illustrates Ifri's location within an alteration hot spot, where NE-SW faults are thought to represent paths for hydrothermal fluids and mineralization.

The next stage at Ifri is asystematic exploration programme including detailed mapping, geochemical surveying, followed by geophysics and drill-target generation.