Firebird Metals Limited announced commencement of an 89 hole, ~3,000m infill drilling program at its flagship Oakover Manganese Project (Oakover). Drilling will be completed at the Karen and Jay-Eye deposits, which host a combined 62.9Mt of Inferred Resources. The primary objective of the program is to extend the current 10-year Life-of-Mine (LoM) at Oakover, through converting Inferred Resources to an Indicated status.

The Company has a high-level of confidence in achieving the objective of the current infill program, following the success of its 2021 infill drilling program at Sixty Sixer, which resulted in 96% of Inferred Resource to Indicated by incorporating Hill 616. Firebird expects the drill program to be completed in the next 7-10 days, with assays to be received in 8-12 weeks.