West Coast Silver Placement Completion of A$3.2m
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AIM: UFO FWB: I3A1
8 January 2026
Alien Metals Limited
("Alien" or the "Company")
West Coast Silver Placement Completion of A$3.2 million
Alien Metals Limited (AIM: UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, is pleased to advise that its joint venture partner, West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) ("West Coast" or "West Coast Silver") has issued 16,842,105 fully paid ordinary shares following completion of the Placement announced on 31 December 2025.
Following completion of the Placement, Alien holds an 8.7% interest in the issued share capital of West Coast.
The full text of the announcement issued by West Coast Silver is provided below in Appendix A.
Terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meaning as set out in the Company's announcement released on 31 December 2025.
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
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 follows a balanced strategy of advancing and strengthening its asset portfolio through targeted technical work and project development, while evaluating partnerships, joint ventures, and selective monetisation opportunities that are value-enhancing for shareholders. At the same time, Alien will continue to consider opportunities to expand our asset base through carefully selected acquisition opportunities which meet the Board's prudent criteria.
Alien's principal focus is the advancement and development of its 90%-owned Hancock Iron Ore Project in the central Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Hancock tenements contain a JORC-compliant resource of 8.4Mt at 60% Fe and offer significant exploration upside, which is targeted to deliver a mining operation of 2Mtpa for 10 years. The Project benefits from direct access to the Great Northern Highway, providing a route to export facilities at Port Hedland, one of the world's largest iron ore export hubs. Alien also holds exploration interests in the Brockman and Vivash iron ore projects in the West Pilbara.
Alien additionally retains exposure to two advanced precious and base metal assets in the Pilbara. At Munni Munni, one of Australia's largest PGM systems hosting a historic resource of 2.2Moz PGM (Palladium, Platinum, and Rhodium) and gold, the Company has entered into a conditional joint venture with GreenTech Metals Ltd, under which Alien will retain a 30% interest, free carried to the completion of a bankable feasibility study. Alien also retains a 30% interest in the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project through a joint venture with West Coast Silver Limited, which encompasses 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.
Appendix A - ASX: WCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Placement Completion of $3.2 million
West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) (West Coast Silver or the Company) is pleased to advise it has issued 16,842,105 fully paid ordinary shares as completion of the Placement announced on 31 December 2025.
The updated fully paid ordinary shares is summarised below.
|
Securities |
Number of securities |
|
Fully paid ordinary shares* |
350,707,258 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.40 each expiring 21 April 2026 |
2,000,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.18 each expiring 30 October 2026 |
3,525,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.12 each expiring 23 March 2027 |
5,000,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.12 each expiring 30 July 2027 |
100,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.20 each expiring 23 September 2027 |
5,000,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.117 each expiring 25 November 2027 |
1,200,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.04 each expiring 18 May 2028 |
9,750,000 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.155 each expiring 24 September 2028 |
6,775,142 |
|
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.25 each expiring 19 November 2028 |
1,500,000 |
|
Performance rights expiring 21 April 2027 |
5,000,000 |
|
Performance rights expiring 18 May 2028 |
10,000,000 |
|
Performance rights expiring 19 November 2028 |
2,000,000 |
* Refer to the Appendix 2As lodged on ASX on 7 January 2026 for further information.
This ASX announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Directors of West Coast Silver Limited.
For further information, please contact:
Bruce Garlick
Executive Director
West Coast Silver Limited
E: info@westcoastsilver.com.au
The Elizabeth Hill Project
Elizabeth Hill is historically one of Australia's highest 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)[1].
• Previous mining operation ceased in 2000: because of low silver prices (US$5)[2].
• 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.
•
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Tier 1 Mining Jurisdiction located on a mining lease with potential processing option at the nearby Radio Hill site. Radio Hill is a third-party-owned processing facility; WCE has no current agreement in place."
Figure 1: 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.
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