Tri-Star announced that management at Strategic & Precious Metals Processing LLC ("SPMP") in Oman, which Tri-Star has a 40% shareholding, expects the initial production of pure antimony metal to take place in the next week. The production of first metal is also a key requirement in obtaining a long-term finance package for the plant and the board of Tri-Star understands that SPMP is well advanced in these discussions. Highlights of Göynük Transaction: The Göynük mine consists of the exploration and mining rights for a historical artisanal mine in a known antimony belt in the Murat Dagi mountains of western Turkey, of which the Company currently owns 99.93%;Tri-Star has signed a Sale Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with a local Turkish entity which has experience in mining (the “Purchaser”; Under the terms of the SPA the Purchaser will pay USD 500,000 cash to Tri-Star in three tranches, the first was paid on the signing of the SPA on 21 January 2019, the second payment falls due upon share transfer, and the third payment of USD 100,000 falls due on the first sale of material from the mine; Following the closing of the transaction, the Purchaser plans to bring the mine back into production before the end of 2019; Tri-Star is facilitating an offtake contract between the Purchaser and SPMP.