West Wits Mining Limited announced that Farm-In partner, Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd. (RTX), has completed the first pass drilling program at the Mt Cecelia Project in the Paterson Province, Western Australia. Exploration Update: RTX has completed the maiden drilling programme on Mt Cecelia's primary target (SGC_1). The first pass drilling programme targeted a moderate-strong Electro-Magnetic ("EM") anomaly identified from airborne and ground EM surveys previously undertaken by West Wits.

The anomalies were interpreted as potential bedrock conductors that may represent base metal sulphide mineralisation2. RTX's has successfully completed 1,036m of RC drilling on target SGC_1, surpassing the minimum 800m commitment of drilling during 2022 under the Farm-In & JV Agreement. Results from the MLTEM survey data and analysis completed in December 2021 for the SGC_1 anomaly indicated a depth to top of 100m - 125m and depth extent of greater than 300m.

To test SGC_1, RTX planned target hole depth of 300m for each drill-hole and spacings of approx. 100m. The drilling programme initially planned for three angled holes with three vertical holes also designed due to the possibility of challenging cover preventing drilling to basement depths using angular projection.

The first hole (WEWI-0001) hole reached a depth of 250m and second inclined drill hole (WEWI0003) 196m prior to being terminated due to challenging drilling conditions, primarily in the form of unconsolidated cover which is common for the Paterson Province region. As a result, vertical holes were utilised to maximise the depth of the drill holes. The vertical drill holes, WEWI0004 & WEWI0005, were completed by the exploration team to a depth of 290m and 300m respectively, successfully completing Phase 1 of the drilling programme.

Detailed logging with pXRF testing of samples taken was completed and 50mm PVC casing have been installed to allow future down-hole EM surveys. The samples retrieved have been submitted for detailed laboratory analysis with results expected in first quarter 2023, after which the JV will consider the next steps for the Mt Cecelia project's exploration programme.