Namibia Critical Metals Inc. provided an update on the metallurgical test work program on the Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project in northern Namibia. Lofdal is a joint venture between the company and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation ("JOGMEC") which is operating under a Term 1 budget of CAD 4,100,000. The company recently reported an increase of 60% to the strike length of the Area 4 deposit and the inclusion of the first satellite heavy rare earth deposit. The Lofdal Heavy Rare Earths Project is located 450 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Windhoek in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. The project area covers 314 square kilometers centered on the Lofdal carbonatite complex which hosts a number of rare earth occurrences, including the Area 4 deposit. Mineralization at Area 4 is dominated by xenotime, which is highly enriched in heavy rare earths. Lofdal is unique as one of only two primary xenotime deposits under development in the world. As demonstrated in the Preliminary Economic Assessment1 Lofdal has the potential for significant production of dysprosium and terbium, the two most valuable heavy rare earths used in high powered magnets. The joint venture with JOGMEC is driven by Lofdal's potential to be a long term, sustainable supply of heavy rare earths for Japan. The two major operating rare earth mines outside of China are Mountain Pass (USA) and Mount Weld (Australia) both of which are light rare earth-enriched projects and therefore major suppliers of the light rare earths praseodymium and neodymium. Prices for all the main magnet-related rare earths - praseodymium, neodymium, terbium and dysprosium have seen significant gains over the past 12 months with particularly sharp increases in the past 6-8 weeks. Terbium (up 93.2%) and dysprosium (up 24.5%) are the main value drivers in heavy rare earth projects such as Lofdal. A number of sequential processing stages have been recommended for treatment of the xenotime mineralization at Lofdal and include upfront ore sorting, magnetic separation, flotation and gangue acid leaching to produce a mineral concentrate. Each of these stages is being evaluated during Term 1 using a representative 18 tonne sample that was collected from trenches along 650 meters of strike length from the Area 4 deposit. Ore sorting technologies provide opportunities to reject considerable volumes of waste thereby upgrading run-of-mine feed before requiring more expensive crushing and milling for downstream processing. Test work has been completed on 8.6 tonnes confirming the amenability of Lofdal mineralization to be significantly upgraded using either x-ray fluorescence ("XRF") or x-ray transmission ("XRT") sorting technology. Mineralization at Lofdal is amenable to XRF sorting by analyzing for the element yttrium, which is directly related to the concentration of the heavy rare earth mineral xenotime. It is amenable to XRT sorting because of the dominance of higher density gangue minerals (carbonates) to host the xenotime mineralization. XRF sorting tests were carried out by Rados International in Pretoria on size fractions between 20-150 mm, and XRT sorting tests were carried out by IMS/Steinert on size fractions between 10-75 mm in Johannesburg. A total of 8.6 tonnes was prepared from the representative sample for the sorting tests by Light Deep Earth ("LDE") in Pretoria and final ICP-MS analyses appropriate for rare earth element analyses (method code ME-MS81h with lithium meta- borate fusion) were carried out by ALS Minerals (sample preparation in Johannesburg and analyses in Vancouver). QAQC was monitored through internal laboratory standards, blanks and duplicates with the provision of refereed rare earth standards from Lofdal. Very clear grade, recovery and mass pull curves were established for both technologies and can be used to evaluate the most favourable economic scenarios available to the project. Outcomes for upgrading of dysprosium from all size fractions for both XRF and XRT tests, and grade recovery curves for one size fraction.