Phase 2 Drilling Has Commenced at Elizabeth Hill
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15 October 2025
Alien Metals Limited
("Alien" or the "Company")
Phase 2 Drilling Has Commenced at Elizabeth Hill Silver Project
Alien Metals Limited (AIM: UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, is pleased to report that its joint venture partner, West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) ("West Coast Silver") has announced that Phase 2 diamond drilling has commenced at the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project ("Elizabeth Hill" or the "Project") in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Project, in which Alien retains a 30% free-carried interest through to a decision to mine, is operated by West Coast Silver.
Belinda Murray, Executive Director of Alien, commented:
"It's great to see our joint venture partner, West Coast Silver, progressing rapidly with the next phase of drilling at Elizabeth Hill. The commencement of this program marks another important step in unlocking the full potential of one of Australia's highest-grade historical silver projects. We look forward to the results from this campaign as the project continues to build strong momentum under the West Coast Silver team."
The full text of the announcement issued by West Coast Silver is provided below in Appendix A.
For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.alienmetals.uk or contact:
Strand Hanson (Financial and Nominated Adviser)
James Harris / James Dance / Edward Foulkes
Tel: +44 (0) 207 409 3494
Zeus Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
Harry Ansell / Katy Mitchell Tel +44 (0) 203 829 5000
Turner Pope (Joint Broker)
Andy Thacker / James Pope
Tel: +44 (0) 203 657 0050
CMC Markets (Joint Broker)
Douglas Crippen
Tel: +44 (0) 203 003 8632
Yellow Jersey (Financial PR)
Charles Goodwin / Shivantha Thambirajah
Tel: +44 (0) 203 004 9512
Notes to Editors
Alien Metals Ltd is a mining exploration and development company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: UFO). The Company's focus is on delivering a profitable direct shipping iron ore operation from its 90% Hancock iron ore project in the central Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Hancock tenements currently contain a JORC-compliant resource of 8.4Mt iron ore @ 60% Fe and offers significant exploration upside which is targeted to deliver a mining operation of 2Mtpa for 10 years.
These Hancock Project tenements have direct access to the Great Northern Highway, which provides an essential export route to export facilities at Port Hedland, from where more than 500Mt of iron ore is exported annually (30% of global production). The Company also has an interest in two iron ore exploration projects Brockman and Vivash, located in the West Pilbara.
The Company owns one of Australia's largest PGM deposits, Munni Munni which hosts a deposit containing a historic resource of 2.2Moz PGM (Palladium, Platinum, and Rhodium) and Gold. The Company has recently entered into a joint venture with West Coast Silver Limited (formerly Errawarra Resources Limited) for the development of the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, located near Karratha in the Pilbara, which consists of the Elizabeth Hill Mining Lease and exploration tenements surrounding the historical silver mine which has produced some of Australia's highest-grade silver ore during the late 1990s.
Competent Person's Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on information reviewed by Mr Max Nind who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Nind is a consultant to Alien and a full time employee of ERM Australia Consultants Pty Ltd.
Mr Nind has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration, and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves', and a Specialist under the VALMIN Code 2015 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Public Reporting of Technical Assessments and Valuations of Mineral Assets'. Mr Nind consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on this information and in the form and context in which it appears.
Appendix A - ASX: WCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Phase 2 Drilling Has Commenced at Elizabeth Hill
Highlights
• Phase 2 diamond drilling commenced on 11 October 2025 at the high-grade Elizabeth Hill Silver Project (Pilbara, WA)
• Follows multiple bonanza-grade intercepts from Phase 1 (Aug-Sep 2025)
• Program aims to test near-surface high-grade mineralisation, and prospective areas at depth below historical workings
• Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) and drone magnetic surveys have been completed, and teams demobilised
• Geophysical processing commencing and due in the next 1-2 weeks to refine targets along the Munni Munni Fault and parallel structures
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Figure 1: Diamond drill rig on site at Elizabeth Hill (Wallis Drilling), October 2025
Figures 2 & 3: Diamond drill rig on site at Elizabeth Hill (Wallis Drilling), October 2025
West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) (West Coast Silver or the Company) is pleased to advise that the second phase of diamond drilling commenced on the 11th October 2025, at the high-grade Elizabeth Hill Silver Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (Elizabeth Hill) (Figure 4, Figure 6).
The program marks the next phase of West Coast Silver's strategy that has a dual focus: (1) to confirm and define the shallow, very high-grade silver immediately adjacent to the historical workings; and (2) to test for a potential deeper continuation to the south (Figure 4, Figure 5).
The Phase 2 drilling program will consist of approximately 14 diamond drill holes (~1,300 metres). This will be expanded as required based on the success of the program. Drilling will be undertaken by Wallis Drilling Pty Ltd (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3).
In addition, geophysical surveys have been completed to provide additional high-quality data for refinement of the proposed aircore program scheduled to commence in November.
Commenting, Executive Chairman Bruce Garlick said:
"We're back on the ground and moving quickly to build on the outstanding grades from our initial campaign. Phase 2 is designed to do two things: demonstrate near-surface continuity in the oxide zone and test a high-conviction deeper target that could represent a down-plunge repeat of the Elizabeth Hill system."
Figure 4: Location of proposed diamond drill holes at Elizabeth Hill mine site and drill results
Deeper Exploration Prospects
A review of historical drilling and geochemical data supports the potential for a deeper extension of the Elizabeth Hill Mine sequence (Figure 4, Figure 5).
Underground diamond drill hole UGD084 intersected 2m @ 1,995g/t Ag from 61m within an interval of 6m @ 705g/t Ag from 57m down hole. Drill logs at the time also describe native silver mineralisation within the 2m high grade interval, similar to that recorded in the Elizabeth Hill Deposit (WAMEX Report A62365).
Underground diamond drill hole UGD085 intersected massive nickel sulphides with 1m @ 23,304ppm Ni, 6,013ppm Cu, 1,078ppm Pb, 4,104 ppm Zn and 50ppm Ag from 52m down hole. The drill log describes complex textures with calcite brecciation reflecting similar geology to the Elizabeth Hill Mine sequence (WAMEX Report A62365).
These drill holes combined with drill hole AG33, previously reported, provide confidence in targeting the down plunge extension of the Elizabeth Hill mineralisation.
Figure 5: Long section A-A' showing location of proposed diamond and aircore drill holes at Elizabeth Hill mine site[1]
The Elizabeth Hill Project
Elizabeth Hill, a 70/30 joint venture between West Coast Silver (ASX: WCE) and Alien Metals (AIM: UFO) is one of Australia's high-grade silver projects and has a proven production history outlined below:
• High grades enabled low processing tonnes: 1.2Moz of silver was produced from just 16,830t of ore at a head grade of 2,194g/t (70.5 oz/t Ag)[2].
• Previous mining operation ceased in 2000: because of low silver prices (US$5)[3].
• Simplistic historical processing technique: native silver was recovered via low-cost gravity separation techniques.
• Untapped potential remains in ground with deposit open at depth and recent consolidation of land package offers potential to discover more Elizabeth Hill style deposits.
• Tier 1 Mining Jurisdiction located on a mining lease with potential processing option at the nearby Radio Hill site.
Figure 6: Tenement Location
Through the consolidation of the surrounding land packages into a single contiguous 180km2 package, significant exploration and growth potential exists both near mine and regionally. The land package holds a significant portion of the Munni Munni fault system, and other fault systems subparallel to the Munni Munni fault system, which are considered prospective for Elizabeth Hill look-a-like silver deposits.
The upcoming Phase 2 program represents the next step in defining near-surface continuity and testing deeper repeat potential within this proven high-grade system.
[1] Please refer ASX announcements dated 9 October 2025; 24 September 2025; 2 September: 2025; 29 August 2025; and 22 August 2025. Reference: East Coast Minerals NL & Legend Mining NL, 2001. Annual Report for the period 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001. Munni Munni Joint Venture Project also known as Elizabeth Hill.
[2] WAMEX Annual Report,1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, Global Strategic Metals NL, p16
[3] www.kitco.com/charts/silver
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