Falcon Metals Limited provided the following exploration update for its Pyramid Hill Gold Project ("Pyramid Hill") located north of Bendigo in Victoria and the Viking Gold Project ("Viking") situated 30km southeast of Norseman in Western Australia. At Pyramid Hill, Falcon has identified a new zone of mineralisation at Ironbark Central with primary mineralisation intersected in drill hole PHAC1070 returning 4m @ 3.03g/t Au from 100m within a broader 32m zone from 100m to the end of hole. Ironbark Central is a new diorite interpreted during the drone magnetic survey Falcon conducted late in 2022.

The confirmation of primary mineralisation makes this a priority target for infill aircore drilling which is expected to be completed during February 2023. An additional phase of infill drilling has also been completed at Ironbark East, with 57 aircore holes for 5,245m drilled following up on the high-grade intercept in previously announced aircore hole PHAC1030 which returned 40m @ 2.8g/t Au from 50m, including several 1m metre intercepts above 10g/t Au. Results from the Ironbark East infill drilling are anticipated in February 2023.

At Viking, although the targeted shear zones were identified in all four diamond holes at the Beaker 2 Prospect, no significant gold mineralisation was intersected. The completion of this drill program has resulted in Falcon meeting its expenditure commitments to earn a 51% interest in the project from ASX-listed Metal Hawk Limited. The aircore drilling campaign at Pyramid Hill recommenced on 7 January 2023 at the Ironbark Central target.

This target was generated from the high-resolution aeromagnetic survey completed in November 2022. Falcon drilled 11 holes for 1,283m at Ironbark Central, with results confirming that the magnetic anomaly is a diorite and provides evidence of primary mineralisation. The highlight from the Ironbark Central drilling is: 32m @ 0.52 g/t Au from 100m to end of hole; including 4m @ 3.03 g/t Au from 100m.

The mineralisation in PHAC1070 is associated with quartz veining with arsenopyrite and pyrite within a weathered diorite. This drill result has validated Falcon's approach of using detailed drone magnetic surveying to define possible diorite intrusions within the Bendigo Zone. Several other analogous targets generated from the aeromagnetic survey remain to be tested, which will be carried out once land access agreements are obtained.

A drill spacing of 100m by 200m was used to test the interpreted diorite at Ironbark Central for primary mineralisation. Infill drilling of this target to an increased drill density of 50m by 100m around PHAC1070 has now commenced. Results are expected to be available in March 2023.

Following the completion of the initial Ironbark Central drilling, the aircore rig moved to Ironbark East, coinciding with the arrival of the second aircore rig on 12 January 2023.