18 December 2024
Metals One
Plc
("Metals
One" or the "Company")
Drilling Results from Råna
Ni-Cu-Co Project, Norway
New Zones of Nickel-Copper
Mineralisation Intercepted
Metals One (AIM: MET1), which is
advancing strategic minerals projects in Finland and Norway,
announces that the Company's Råna Project
(nickel, copper, cobalt) partner and operator, Kingsrose Mining
Limited (ASX: KRM) ("Kingsrose"), has received all analytical
results from the 2024 core drilling programme at the project, where
a total of 706m was drilled across three holes at the Rånbogen
prospect. The Råna Project is currently 39% owned by Metals
One.
Highlights included:
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Drilling tested a previously undrilled zone of
outcropping massive sulphide located 600m northwest of the massive
sulphide zone intercepted at Rånbogen in 2023 which returned
26.2m at 0.7% Ni, 0.2% Cu and
0.06% Co from 169.0m (see announcement dated 23 October
2023)
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Two holes intercepted broad intervals of
disseminated to net-textured sulphide mineralisation demonstrating the presence of high nickel
tenors, returning a maximum grade of 1.6% Ni, 0.2% Cu, 0.15%
Co (interval length 0.64m, hole 24RAN010 - *see
Figure 1):
o Hole
24RAN009 (length: 233m) intercepted 13.8m at an average grade of 0.4% Ni, 0.1% Cu,
0.04% Co from 143m (*see Figure 3)
o Hole
24RAN010 (length: 212m) intercepted two zones of
mineralisation:
§ 15.7m at an average grade of
0.3% Ni, 0.1% Cu, 0.02% Co from
143m
§ 15.8m at an average grade of
0.5% Ni, 0.1% Cu, 0.06% Co from
165.2m (*see Figure 4)
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Exploration has demonstrated nickel-copper-cobalt
sulphide mineralising processes have occurred in multiple 'stacked'
zones throughout the 10km diameter Råna intrusion, indicating a
large search-space for future discovery (*see Figure 5)
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Kingsrose is considering how best to advance the
Råna Project
Jonathan Owen, CEO of Metals One, commented:
"It's great to report that Kingsrose has identified yet
another new zone of nickel-copper mineralisation at the Råna
Project associated with an extensive conductive geophysical
anomaly.
The 2024 work programme has further demonstrated the
prospectivity and scalability of the Råna Project, and we look
forward to discussing with our partner the most appropriate next
steps for the project which still remains largely
underexplored."
*Kingsrose's full
announcement, which includes supporting
JORC statements and referenced Figures, and other referenced ASX
announcements are available at: https://www.kingsrose.com/news.
*Kingsrose Figure 2: Map
showing reported drill holes, geology, MT conductive anomalies,
modelled EM plates and rock chips at the Rånbogen Prospect, Råna
Project. Holes released in this announcement are labelled in
bold
Enquiries:
Metals One Plc
Jonathan Owen, Chief Executive
Officer
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+44 (0)20 7390 0234
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Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)
James Biddle / Roland
Cornish
www.beaumontcornish.com
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+44 (0)20 7628 3396
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SI
Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
Nick Emerson
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+44 (0)14 8341 3500
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Capital Plus Partners Limited
(Joint
Broker)
Keith Swann
https://www.capplus.co.uk/
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+44 (0)20 3821 6169
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Vigo Consulting (Investor Relations)
Ben Simons / Kendall Hill / Anna
Stacey
metalsone@vigoconsulting.com
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+44 (0)20 7390 0234
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About Metals One
Metals One is developing strategic
metals projects in Finland (Black Schist Project) and Norway (Råna
Project), with approximately £9 million of exploration carry
exposure through a farm-in agreement. Metals One is aiming to help
meet the significant demand for strategic minerals by defining
resources on the doorstep of Europe's major electric vehicle OEMs
and battery manufacturers. Metals One's Black Schist Project in
Finland, totalling 706 km2 across three licence areas,
has a total Inferred Resource of 57.1 Mt nickel-copper-cobalt-zinc
and is located adjacent to one of Europe's largest strategic
minerals producers, Terrafame. Metals One's fully carried Råna
Project in Norway covers 18.14 km² across three contiguous
exploration licences, with significant opportunity for exploration
of the Råna intrusion, and proven potential for massive sulphide
nickel-cobalt-copper mineralisation.
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Qualified Person Statement
Craig Moulton is an Independent
Non-Executive Director of the Company and the Qualified Person who
reviewed and approved the technical disclosures in this news
release. Mr Moulton has over 30 years'
experience in the mining industry, having worked for Rio Tinto,
Cliffs and Wood Mackenzie, and is a trained Geologist and Mineral
Economist. Mr Moulton holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology and a MSc in
Mineral Economics and is a qualified person under the AIM Rules. Mr
Moulton consents to the inclusion of the technical information in
this release and context in which it appears.
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Glossary
Co
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Cobalt
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Cu
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Copper
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Kilometres
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Massive sulphide
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Metal sulphide ore deposit which
consists almost entirely of sulphides
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m
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Metres
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Net-textured
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A structure in which one constituent
occurs primarily at the grain boundaries, thus partially or
completely enveloping the grains of the other
constituent
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Ni
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Nickel
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Tenor
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The lowest permissible metallic
deposit in an ore
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