Star Minerals Limited advised that it has mobilized to site and commenced the Stage 3 Resource definition drilling program to expand the Resource and add to the Company's knowledge of the geology and grade characteristics of its Tumblegum South gold project (Tumblegum South). This follows the successful 1,994m Stage 1 and 2,669m Stage 2 drilling programs previously undertaken by Star Minerals which confirmed the existing mineralisation and extended the trends along strike and downdip of the existing resource. This third drill program since its ASX listing on 27 October 2021 reiterates the Company's continued commitment to immediately explore and develop Tumblegum South.

Stage 3 drilling has been designed to provide further information on the mineralised structures that are present in the area, to provide more structural information and to provide further data for an updated resource. This work has been designed with the benefit of the results from the earlier Stage 1 and 2 drilling. The image below shows the proposed drill traces, targeting the structures modelled using the results from previous works on site.

Planned Phase 3 Resource drilling totals approximately 320m although as with the Stage 1 and Stage 2 drill programs, holes may be extended if they remain in mineralisation. It is envisaged the program will be completed in 12 days. Tumblegum South has an existing Inferred Resource estimate which totals 600kt, at a grade of 2.2 g/t Au.

This work was undertaken by Bryah Resources Limited in January 2020.Tumblegum South is located approximately 40km south of the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia. The existing mining lease ML51/888 is directly along strike from the Tumblegum Pit which wasmined by Dominion during the 1987­1992 Gabanintha Gold Mine Joint Venture. The Company's current focus is on gold, but there is also significant copper potential on the lease.

The current focus is on completing the work at Tumblegum South, and the completion of geology modelling and Resource update ready for further works to bring Tumblegum South into production. There is also planning underway to commence drilling at Star of the East soon. Star of the East is a recently optioned property, just 2km to the west of the M51/888 lease that holds the Tumblegum South deposit.