Exploration Program Update

Focus Xplore PLC

12 May 2025

 

12 May 2025

Focus Xplore PLC

('Focus Xplore' or the 'Company')

Exploration Program Update

Exploration set to commence at Iva, Ellie and Bay Road and additional exploration consultants appointed for upcoming programs at Pearl and the Burrows Projects

Focus Xplore PLC (AIM: FOX), the strategic energy and critical minerals exploration and development company, is pleased to provide an update regarding upcoming exploration programs scheduled to commence shortly in Ontario, Canada.

Fladgate Exploration Consulting Corporation ("Fladgate"), appointed in April¹, have informed the Company that weather conditions are warming up and that they expect to begin the initial phase of exploration activities at the Company's Iva and Ellie lithium projects and at its Bay Road rare earth element project later this week.

Additionally, the Company has appointed a second geological consulting firm, Bayside Geoscience Inc. ("Bayside Geoscience") to commence the initial phase of exploration activities, including mapping and sampling, at the Company's Pearl and Burrows lithium projects project. Members of the team at Bayside Geoscience have direct fieldwork experience in the vicinity of the Pearl lithium Project.

Patrick Cullen, Chief Executive Officer of Focus Xplore, commented:

" Focus Xplore has an ambitious first phase campaign scheduled in Ontario this Spring and in order to deliver on our exploration goals we have decided to appointed a second highly experienced group of professionals at Bayside Geoscience, who I met with at the PDAC conference in Toronto in March.  

As expected, the first exploration activities will commence at Iva, Ellie and Bay Road with the team we appointed at Fladgate making final preparations. There has been a significant amount work done from the desktop to date and we are excited to finally get on the ground. I look forward to providing further updates soon."

ABOUT BAYSIDE GEOSCIENCE

Bayside Geoscience Inc. is an independently owned geological consulting firm based in Thunder Bay Ontario.  Founded in 2017, Bayside provides geological and geotechnical expertise to companies operating throughout the mining cycle, from early-stage explorers through to major mining companies.  Bayside Geoscience has extensive expertise in various deposit types, including lithium pegmatites and in 2024 their field crews made a significant grassroots lithium discovery for client Libra Lithium, which was recognised by the Northwestern Ontario Prospector's Association in April 2025, who awarded the Libra Lithium with the Bernie Schneiders Discovery of the Year award for 2024.

REFERENCES

1.   Focus Xplore PLC, 22 April 2025, RNS Reach: Exploration Program Update, <https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/focusxplore/news/rns/story/xol479x>.

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Patrick Cullen	[e-mail]	Focus Xplore PLC	Chief Executive Officer
James Biddle Roland Cornish	[phone]	Beaumont Cornish Limited	Nominated Adviser
Jason Robertson	[phone]	First Equity Limited	Corporate Broker
Corporate Website: www.focusXplore.com		LinkedIn: Focus Xplore plc	X: @focusXplore

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