Solaris continues to expand ‘indicative starter pit’ at Warintza Central

Highlights:

Resource expansion drilling continues to build on the Northeast Extension of the ‘Indicative Starter Pit’ which was estimated at 180 million t at 0.82% CuEq (Indicated) and 107 million t at 0.73% CuEq (inferred) within the Warintza mineral resource estimate (MRE) based on drilling to the end of 2021. Follow-up drilling this year has significantly expanded the dimensions of the zone as a priority for high-impact growth with further drilling ongoing.

• SLS-67 was collared at the north-central limit of Warintza Central and drilled southwest into a partially open volume, returning 108 m of 1.20% CuEq within a broader interval of 604 m of 0.51% CuEq from near surface.
• This hole expands on the area of high-grade near surface mineralisation in combination with SLS-48 which was collared from the same platform but drilled south, returning 100 m of 1.64% CuEq within a broader interval of 852 m of 0.56% CuEq from near surface.
• SLS-68 was collared from the same platform as SLS-67 and drilled steeply to the northwest into an open volume, returning 72 m of 1.00% CuEq within a broader interval of 616 m of 0.44% CuEq from near surface, expanding this area of higher-grade mineralisation from near surface.
• SLS-65 was collared from a recently constructed 250 m step-out platform at the northeast limit of the Warintza Central grid and drilled northwest into a partially open volume, returning 286 m of 0.55% CuEq from near surface.
• Assays are pending from a series of holes from this new drill platform aimed at further expanding resource growth in the Northeast Extension zone, with additional extension and step-out drilling underway.

Jorge Fierro, Vice President, Exploration, comments:

“The Northeast Extension remains open to the north with assays pending from recently completed holes. Further extensional drilling is planned with a 200 m step-out platform on the northeastern margin of the drill grid aimed at expanding the zone in this direction. We’re also expecting assays from the remaining holes drilled from the discovery platform at Warintza West outlining a mineralised porphyry with minimum dimensions of 900 m x 600 m and open outside the MRE for future resource drilling, and the next series of holes targeting the expansion of Warintza East.”

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