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Power Metal Resources PLC

02 December 2022

2 December 2022

Power Metal Resources PLC

("Power Metal" or the "Company")

Athabasca Uranium - Exploration Update

Summer 2022 Exploration Programme Delivers High-Grade Uranium Rock Samples up to 4.70% (47,000 ppm) U(3) 0(8)

Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces results from its recently completed 2022 Phase I field programme covering its Thibault Lake, Clearwater and Tait Hill uranium properties located in the Athabasca Basin area in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Following the earlier releases announcing the fieldwork commencement on 10 August 2022, as well as the completion of work on 5 October 2022, full assays results have been received, analysed and compiled by the Company's technical team. The announcements may be viewed in the links below:

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/uranium-exploration-update-athabasca-basin/15578933

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/uranium-portfolio-update-athabasca-basin-canada/15659146

HIGHLIGHTS:

-- A total of 46 rock samples were collected as part of the 2022 Phase I programme including 29 samples from Tait Hill, 8 from Thibaut Lake, and 8 from Clearwater. All samples were analysed at the Saskatchewan Research Council laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Power Metal employed a uranium-exploration analytical package which includes uranium, various base/trace-metals, as well as a suite of rare-earth elements (REEs).

-- Two extremely high-grade samples were returned from Thibault Lake including individual assay results up to 4.7% and 2.4% U(3) O(8) , with further highly radioactive samples located in close proximity.

-- During fieldwork on Clearwater, historical mine shafts and former workings were identified, illustrating the property's overall prospectivity; the Power Metal sampling carried out as part of this programme identified up to 1,120 ppm (0.112%) U(3) O(8) .

-- Work on Tait Hill has supported the potential identification of a target considered to be geologically analogous to the Rössing Uranium deposit in Namibia, with up to 825 ppm Uranium ("U") identified at the Mullis Lake Target which will be one of the focuses of future work programmes.

Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc, commented:

"We are particularly excited by our Athabasca uranium portfolio, with twelve properties covering some 841km(2) of footprint in this highly sought-after region for uranium exploration. Two of our properties, Reitenbach and E-12 are in the process of disposal as previously announced, and we continue to attract interest across the remainder of the portfolio and have

established data rooms for each property to enable us to efficiently engage with third parties.

Notwithstanding this, we intend to retain a number of the properties and to conduct proactive exploration across them. Today we have announced positive exploration findings from our latest, Summer 2022 phase I work programme covering three properties, and we will be launching additional ground exploration in 2023.

In the meantime, the commercialisation work in respect of our uranium portfolio continues, including both disposal activities and the search for new uranium focused projects to add into the Power Metal business."

Programme Overview

The exploration fieldwork conducted over the Thibault Lake, Clearwater and Tait Hill uranium properties consisted of the ground investigation, gamma-ray spectrometer surveying and rock sampling and over pre-defined target areas.

Both Thibault Lake and Clearwater are considered prospective for both Beaverlodge style vein/shear hosted uranium and pegmatite hosted uranium. Tait Hill is considered prospective for both pegmatite hosted uranium and offers a significant intrusive related target; the 'Mullis Lake Target'.

The results from the exploration programs support these assessments.

Thibault Lake Uranium Property

In the north of Thibault Lake in the vicinity of the West Tazin Lake Target, strongly mineralised samples of sheared, pitchblende infilling structures, typical of Beaverlodge-type uranium mineralisation returned results up to 2.4% and 4.7% U(3) O(8) and represents a significant target for future exploration.

Clearwater Uranium Property

Exploration at Clearwater focussed on two targets including:

1) the Toots Lake Target where samples of folded and foliated gneiss, pegmatites and fracture-controlled veins yielded spectrometer counts per second ("CPS") readings of up to 1,300 CPS, with corresponding sample assay results up to 206 ppm U.

2) The A-6 North Target which is in close proximity to an identified historical mineshaft included a strongly radioactive sample with 'off scale' (i.e. >9,999 CPS) radioactivity, which returned a sample assay of 1,120 ppm U(3) O(8) . Additional samples also had anomalous results of between 133 and 322 ppm U(3) O(8) .

The results from this exploration programme on Clearwater indicates the prospectivity of the property for further examples of Beaverlodge-Style uranium mineralisation.

Tait Hill Uranium Property

In the south of Tait Hill, at the Mullis Lake Target, up to 825 ppm U was returned from an outcrop of a brecciated pegmatite dyke, this sample, in close proximity to a mapped granite and folded gneiss that has been interpreted a significant target. The Mullis Lake Target is considered by the Company to have geological similarities to the setting of the intrusive related Rössing Uranium Mine located in Namibia. As announced on 10 October 2022, additional land has been staked to secure this target for future work.

Summary

The Company is very pleased with the results obtained from the 2022 Phase I work programme where only a few days of prospecting was spent on each of the three Properties. Several additional uranium occurrences have yet to be prospected by Power Metal, and the data obtained during this and the 2021 work programmes, as well as historic data compiled by the Company, will be crucial in allowing Power Metal to unlock additional value from the portfolio during the 2023 exploration season.

URANIUM PROPERTIES - HOLDING STRUCTURE

Power Metal has a 100%-owned subsidiary Power Metal Resources Canada Inc ("Power Canada"), which acts as the holding Company for certain Canadian project operations. Power Canada has a wholly owned subsidiary, 102134984 Saskatchewan Ltd, which is the holder of the Company's Athabasca uranium portfolio outlined in Table 1.

Table 1: 102134984 Saskatchewan Ltd., Athabasca Basin Property Holdings

 
         Project           Licence ID       Area        Area 
                                          (Hectare)    (km(2) ) 
   Clearwater Uranium 
         Property          MC00015079      1,110        11.1 
------------------------  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015083                   563         5.63 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015082                  3,191        31.91 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015151                   760          7.6 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015646                   761         7.61 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015658                  1,541        15.41 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
    Tait Hill Uranium 
         Property          MC00015078      1,576        15.76 
------------------------  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015081                   968         9.68 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015153                  1,530        15.3 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015152                  1,886        18.86 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015647                   725         7.25 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015648                  1,129        11.29 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00016158                  3,242        32.42 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
  Thibaut Lake Uranium 
         Property          MC00015077      2,206        22.06 
------------------------  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015659                  2,195        21.95 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
   Soaring Bay Uranium 
         Property          MC00015080      1,255        12.55 
------------------------  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015155                  3,375        33.75 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015874                   748         7.48 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015875                  2,529        25.29 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
    Cook Lake Uranium 
         Property          MC00015212       984         9.84 
                          ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 E-12 Uranium Property*    MC00015213      1,323        13.23 
                          ------------  -----------  ----------- 
   Reitenbach Uranium 
        Property**         MC00015214      2,135        21.35 
------------------------  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015474                  1,235        12.35 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015655                  4,570        45.7 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 

               MC00015656                  5,322        53.22 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015657                   886         8.86 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015824                   528         5.28 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00016155                  1,333        13.33 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
     Reindeer Lake         MC00015522      3,336        33.36 
------------------------  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
      Porter Lake          MC00015561      5,656        56.56 
                          ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015562                  5,198        51.98 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
    Old Woman Rapids       MC00015563      4,851        48.51 
                          ------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015564                  5,063        50.63 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
               MC00015565                  3,044        30.44 
 -------------------------------------  -----------  ----------- 
      Durrant Lake         AC00018000      5,866        58.66 
                          ------------  -----------  ----------- 
      Badger Lake          MC00016253      1,671        16.71 
                          ------------  -----------  ----------- 
      Total Licence Holding Area           84,291    842.91km(2) 
                                        -----------  ----------- 
 

*E-12 Property conditionally disposed to Teathers Financial PLC as announced 4 November 2022.

**Reitenbach Property conditionally disposed to Teathers Financial PLC as announced 8 August 2022.

GLOSSARY

Beaverlodge-style: A group of small, but moderate to high-grade uranium deposits found to the northwest of the Athabasca Basin. Such deposits are typically present along faults, fractures or shear zones, generally containing pitchblende, quartz, calcite, chlorite and sulphide minerals; or within a brecciated unit containing pitchblende, galena, quartz, calcite, chlorite, and pyrite.

Pegmatites: Pegmatites are coarse grained intrusive rocks which often carry economic mineralisation, they commonly form 'sheets' of rock close to larger intrusions.

U(3) O(8 :) Uranium oxide, containing 84.8% uranium.

Uraniferous: Containing uranium

QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT

The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O'Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Qualified Person under the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O'Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Power Metal Resources PLC to provide technical support.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:

 
Power Metal Resources plc 
Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer)                +44 (0) 7766 465 617 
 
SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) 
Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat                          +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 
 
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) 
Nick Emerson                                          +44 (0) 1483 413 500 
 
First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) 
David Cockbill/Jason Robertson                        +44 (0) 20 7330 1883 
 
 
 
 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Power Metal Resources plc - Background

Power Metal Resources plc (LON:POW) is an AIM listed metals exploration company which finances and manages global resource projects and is seeking large scale metal discoveries.

The Company has a principal focus on opportunities offering district scale potential across a global portfolio including precious, base and strategic metal exploration in North America, Africa and Australia.

Project interests range from early-stage greenfield exploration to later-stage prospects currently subject to drill programmes.

Power Metal will develop projects internally or through strategic joint ventures until a project becomes ready for disposal through outright sale or separate listing on a recognised stock exchange thereby crystallising the value generated from our internal exploration and development work.

Value generated through disposals will be deployed internally to drive the Company's growth or may be returned to shareholders through share buy backs, dividends or in-specie distributions of assets.

Exploration Work Overview

Power Metal has multiple internal exploration programmes completed or underway, with results awaited. The status for each of the Company's priority exploration projects is outlined in the table below.

 
  Project    Location   Current       Work Completed or            Results Awaited 
                         POW %             Underway 
 
 Athabasca    Canada     100%     Preliminary planning         None, results reported 
  Uranium                          for work in Spring/Summer    within this news 
                                   2023 is ongoing.             release. 
            ---------  --------  ---------------------------  ------------------------ 
 Molopo      Botswana   87.71%    Diamond drill programme      Drill programme 
  Farms                            underway. MLEM surveys       updates and findings 
                                   planned over additional      from further MLEM 
                                   AEM targets identified.      survey work. 
            ---------  --------  ---------------------------  ------------------------ 
 Tati        Botswana    100%     RC drilling and sampling     Mine dumps processing 
  Project                          of mine dumps complete.      and project commercial 
                                                                and exploration 
                                                                next steps. 
            ---------  --------  ---------------------------  ------------------------ 
 

Exploration work programmes may also be underway within Power Metal investee companies and planned IPO vehicles where Power Metal has a material interest, the findings from which will be released on their respective websites, with simultaneous updates through Power Metal regulatory announcements where required. These interests are summarised in the table below:

 
       Company            Status/Operations                                    Link 
 First Class           Investment -                                 www.firstclassmetalsplc.com 
  Metals PLC            POW 27.91% 
                        Exploration 
                        in the Schreiber-Hemlo 
                        region of Ontario, 
                        Canada 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Kavango               Investment -                                  www.kavangoresources.com 
  Resources             POW 9.85% 
  PLC                   Exploration 
                        in Botswana 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 First Development     Planned IPO                               www.firstdevelopmentresources.com 
  Resources             - POW 62.12% 
  PLC                   Exploration 
                        in Western Australia 
                        and the Northern 
                        Territory of 
                        Australia 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Golden                Planned IPO                                 www.goldenmetalresources.com 
  Metal Resources       - POW 83.13% 
  PLC                   Exploration 
                        and development 
                        in Nevada, USA 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 New Ballarat          Planned IPO               A new website is currently in development 
  Gold PLC              - POW 49.9%               which will be found at www.newballaratgoldcorp.com 
                        Exploration               . 
                        in the Victoria           In the interim further information 
                        Goldfields of             in respect of NBGC can be found at: 
                        Australia                 https://www.powermetalresources.com/project/victoria-goldfields/ 
                                                  . 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Uranium               Planned IPO                               www.uraniumenergyexploration.com 
  Energy Exploration    - POW on listing 
  PLC                   estimated 50-55% 
                        Uranium exploration 
                        in the Athabasca 
                        region of Canada 
                      ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 

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