Firering Strategic Minerals Plc announced that it has received all assay results from its auger drilling programme at its Atex dual Lithium-Tantalum Project ("Atex"), in Côte d'Ivoire, which support the presence of pegmatite mineralisation. Auger results from Intertek Australia validate recent interpretation of the strike extent of the pegmatites at Atex Project. Auger sampling results reported for 268 holes, 15 auger lines 100m apart with 20m hole spacing along the lines, has identified areas of interest related to potential lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite mineralisation to the south-west of Spodumene Hill and some narrower zones to the north-east.

Extensions to auger lines are required to properly delineate the size and extent of these anomalous zones to the south-west and west of current auger coverage. The Company plans to follow-up this work by drill testing these targets following some additional work. End of Hole ("EOH") data for Cs, Li, Nb, Rb, Sn and Ta were selected as elements of interest to define potential anomalous zones associated with LCT pegmatites and provided the necessary resolution of the bedrock geology.

Results are supported by the observations made during the work regarding the location of the pegmatites as delineated and presented in previous announcements dated 13 January 2022 and 10 February 2022. In addition, all samples in the auger holes with tantalum values >20ppm and >50ppm Ta were plotted and used to define areas of interest for follow-up work on the eluvial/colluvial tantalum potential.