Sovereign Metals Limited report further drilling results from the recently discovered Nsaru rutile deposit within the Malawi rutile province. Nsaru is located adjacent to, and within the same geological domain as Kasiya where the Company recently reported the maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 644Mt at 1.01% rutile. Nsaru was identified by the Company's geological team as an area with strong potential for rutile mineralisation using the proprietary geological exploration targeting model developed in-house by Sovereign. Nsaru is located within just a few kilometres of the large and high-grade Kasiya rutile deposit and may eventually link up with Kasiya once more drilling has been completed. Initially, 39 wide-spaced, reconnaissance hand-auger holes were drilled in Phase 1 for a total of 371m to test Nsaru. A further 98 holes for 842m in Phase 2 are reported now. This infill and extensional drilling program has continued to intersect high-grade rutile mineralisation generally from surface to up to 14m depth. In some zones, high-grade rutile remains open at depth with these zones also developing good coherency along strike. Nsaru now shows a high-grade mineralised envelope with widths of up to 9.0km across and a strike length of about 11.5km. Mineralisation remains open along strike to the north and to the south at its widest zone. The area of high-grade rutile mineralisation identified by drilling to date at Nsaru is now approximately 40km. When added to the mineralised area at Kasiya of 89km2, Sovereign's total high-grade mineralised footprint is now approximately 129km2. Just 38% of this area is currently classified within the Kasiya MRE, suggesting significant resource growth potential. The Company has commenced a systematic drill program at Nsaru aimed at bringing the drill spacing down to 400m by 400m to incorporate the results into a future MRE. A 100+ hole core drilling program has also been planned for completion at Nsaru later in the year to bring higher-grade areas to the JORC Indicated category.