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Guardian Metal Resources PLC Announces Pilot Mountain Drilling Update

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Guardian Metal Resources plc (LON:GMET)(OTCQX:GMTLF), a strategic mineral exploration and development company focused in Nevada, USA, is pleased to announce further drillhole assay results from the Company's ongoing drilling campaign at its 100% owned Pilot Mountain tungsten project ("Pilot Mountain" or the "Project) located in Nevada, USA.

Laboratory assay results from drill core samples have been received from the next batch of drillholes covering PM24-018 to PM24-028 with some further very high-grade tungsten results being intersected. To date, 39 drillholes have been completed. The drill pad for the 40th hole is prepared and drilling is expected to recommence on 6 January 2025 (Fig. 1). The Company is also preparing a separate notice permit which will facilitate the preparation of up to 20 drill pads at the Project's 'Garnet' tungsten-copper-silver-zinc zone.

The Company is also now in receipt of the phase I garnet metallurgical results and is in the process of compiling those and will release to the market as soon as it is possible to do so.

The Company previously announced an earlier set of assay results from the Project on 26 November 2024. The assay results included in the database supplied to the Company incorrectly overstated some of the WO3 assay results for three drillholes. The relevant sections of the announcement of 26 November 2024 are restated below with the corrected and restated WO3 assay results highlighted in bold in Table 3.

Oliver Friesen, CEO of Guardian Metal, commented:

"This batch of results takes us another step closer to the updated resource estimate which feeds into the updated mine plan and eventual pre-feasibility study for our flagship Pilot Mountain Project. We are also very pleased to have intercepted the two single highest drilled tungsten assays from across the Project, including 3.04% and 3.01% WO3, highlighting the tremendous upside potential that continues to exist as we advance exploration and development of our flagship asset.

"In tandem, we continue to push forward the due diligence process for the Tempiute Mine & Mill Project which, together with Pilot Mountain, represents a significant portfolio of USA-based tungsten assets which strategically position Guardian Metal to benefit from the resurgence of USA-focused critical metals mining that we expect will gain significant momentum over the next several years."

Desert Scheelite Highlights:

  • Laboratory assay results confirm multiple tungsten, copper, silver and zinc rich intervals from the latest batch of results, including the two highest tungsten intersections to date from the Project, 3.04% WO3 (from 122.6m - 123.4m in drillhole PM24-022) and 3.01% WO3 (from 62.3m - 63.1m in drillhole PM24-023).

  • Drillhole PM24-022 highlight downhole intersections:

    • 44.2m @ 0.234% W03, 17.0g/t Ag,1,413ppm Cu & 0.74% Zn from 119.5 - 163.7m (44.2m @ 0.39% WO3Eq* or 1.45% CuEq**); including

      • 3.7m @ 1.448% W03, 21.0g/t Ag, 5,016ppm Cu & 3.33% Zn from 122.6 - 126.3m (3.7m @ 1.94% WO3Eq* or 7.27% CuEq**); and

        • 8.3m @ 0.359% W03,7.1g/t Ag, 3,987ppm Cu & 0.34% Zn from 155.4 - 163.7m (8.3m @ 0.52% WO3Eq* or 1.93% CuEq**).

  • Drillhole PM24-018 highlight downhole intersection :

    • 20.4 @ 0.514% W03, 28.5g/t Ag,5,578ppm Cu & 0.45% Zn from 119.3 - 139.7m (20.4m @ 0.78% WO3Eq* or 2.93% CuEq**).

  • Drillhole PM24-023 highlight downhole intersection :