REG - Alien Metals Limited - New Targets for Exploration Across Elizabeth Hill

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RNS Number : 4241W  Alien Metals Limited  12 March 2026

 

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AIM: UFO

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12 March 2026

 

Alien Metals Limited

("Alien" or the "Company")

New Targets for Exploration Across the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project
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 announced the results of a detailed drone magnetic survey completed at the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project near Karratha, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Bruce Garlick, Chairman of Alien Metals, commented:
"The results delivered by West Coast Silver mark a very important step forward for the Elizabeth Hill Project. The high-resolution drone magnetic survey has not only refined our understanding of the structural controls at the historical mine but has also highlighted a series of new targets that point to a much larger mineralised system than previously demonstrated.
"The identification of multiple structural targets, particularly those located close to the original workings and supported by surface sampling and drilling, reinforces our view that Elizabeth Hill retains significant untapped potential.
"As West Coast advances its 2026 exploration programme, Alien remains confident that continued integration of geophysics, geochemistry, and drilling will unlock further value across the broader tenement package. The scale of the structures identified, including new trends beyond the Munni Munni fault, underscores the opportunity for repeat, high-grade silver mineralisation within the joint venture area."
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 (http://www.alienmetals.uk/) or contact:

Alien Metals Limited

Bruce Garlick

Email: ir@alienmetals.uk (mailto:ir@alienmetals.uk)

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 / Guy McDougall

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 completed its partial asset sale and joint venture
transaction with GreenTech Metals Ltd, under which Alien has divested a 70%
interest in the Munni Munni tenements to GreenTech and Alien will retain a 30%
interest, free carried to the completion of a bankable feasibility study at
Munni Munni. Alien (via wholly owned subsidiary A.C.N. 643 478 371 Pty Ltd)
also retains a 30% interest in the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project through a
joint venture with Crest, which encompasses the Elizabeth Hill Mining Lease
M47/342, 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

New Targets for Exploration Across the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project

 

Highlights

·    A high-resolution drone magnetic survey was completed in Q4 2025
covering ~14 km(2) of the main Elizabeth Hill mineralised trend.

·    The aim of the geophysical survey was to map out structures across
the Elizabeth Hill prospect e.g. faults, that could be trap sites for
potential silver mineralisation.

·    The drone magnetic survey identified multiple new targets for
mineralisation testing along known (Munni Munni fault) and new structural
trends.

·    Key structures defined by the drone survey were coincident with
anomalous surface and near-surface assays from field sampling and aircore
drilling.

·    Twenty (20) structural targets are defined at the intersection of
interpreted fault structures having the potential to localise silver
mineralisation.

·    Eight (8) of twenty structural targets are located within 1.2 km of
the historical Elizabeth Hill silver mine.

·    Proximity of geophysical targets to Elizabeth Hill mine and overlap
with significant surface sampling and aircore drilling assays, confirms
near-mine growth potential and importance of structures in mineralisation
localisation.

·    The Munni Munni fault is confirmed as a key mineralised structure
over a length of 6.8 km, with mineralisation discovered (aircore and surface
assays) coincident with the fault north and south of Elizabeth Hill silver
mine.

·    Drone magnetics defined structural targets are not limited to the
Munni Munni fault, with the eastern margin of the Munni Munni intrusion
identified as a new potential structural setting for silver and critical
metals occurrences.

 

West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) ('West Coast Silver' or the 'Company') is
pleased to announce the results of a detailed drone magnetic survey completed
at its flagship Elizabeth Hill silver project in the Pilbara region of Western
Australia (Figure 2, Figure 3). The survey has highlighted multiple new
exploration target areas, and the potential for a larger-scale silver-bearing
mineralised system beyond the historical high-grade Elizabeth Hill mine.

 

Commenting on the results, Executive Chairman Bruce Garlick said:

"The results from WCE's detailed drone magnetic survey confirm structures
controlling silver mineralisation at Elizabeth Hill extending well beyond the
historical mine workings. The results when overlain with previously reported
anomalous surface sampling and aircore drilling assays show a pattern of new
targets along the Munni Munni fault north and south of Elizabeth Hill, and
significantly in new locations not along the Munni Munni fault.

The identification of multiple fault jogs and structural intersections, with
eight of the twenty targets located proximal to the Elizabeth Hill mine,
reinforces our view that the Elizabeth Hill deposit is unlikely to be a
standalone occurrence. Elizabeth Hill is potentially part of a broader,
repeatable silver mineralised system. Testing the near mine and regional
potential for mineralisation is part of WCE's planned 2026 exploration scope
of works.

These results give us confidence in using and testing new geophysical
techniques in conjunction with surface geochemistry and mapping to continue to
define new targets for future drill testing".

Survey Results and Interpretation

A detailed drone magnetic survey, covering ~14 km(2) of WCE tenement holding
and centred on the north-south trending Munni Munni fault, was designed to
refine the structural architecture controlling silver mineralisation at
Elizabeth Hill for application in identifying new regional target areas (refer
to ASX Announcement dated 13 November 2025 for JORC Table with drone magnetic
survey details).

 

A drone magnetic survey uses a drone fitted with a sensitive magnetometer to
measure small variations in the Earth's magnetic field across the project area
(Figure 1). These variations reflect differences in rock types and structures
beneath the surface, allowing geologists to map faults, contacts and
geological features that may control mineralisation. Because the drone flies
low with closer line spacing, it is able to capture much higher-resolution
data than older regional airborne surveys, helping identify smaller structural
features that could potentially host silver mineralisation.

 

The high-resolution drone magnetic survey successfully resolved fault
flexures, splays and intersections that were not clearly defined from earlier
regional, wider spaced, magnetic surveys. Structural analysis has interpreted
20 discrete target zones with potentially silver-favourable mineralisation
traps at fault bends and intersections between the Munni Munni fault and
secondary structures Figure 2). Some of these new magnetic targets are
supported by anomalous surface geochemistry and aircore drilling (refer to ASX
Announcement dated 24 February 2026), providing greater confidence in the
interpretations.

 

Eight targets are located within 1.2 km of the historical Elizabeth Hill
silver mine, with six targets aligned south along the Munni Munni fault in a
"Pearls-On-a-String" style. These six targets are potentially in similar
structural settings to, and repetitions of, that hosting the Elizabeth Hill
silver deposit.

 

The interpretation also highlights the eastern margin of the Munni Munni
intrusion, as a secondary target corridor. This eastern corridor is supported
by the intersection of structural targets and granite/ultramafic contact and
identified geochemical soil anomalies (refer to ASX Announcement dated 5
August 2025).

 

Recent 2025 diamond drilling confirmed the presence of a broader halo of
base-metal sulphides (copper, lead and zinc) surrounding silver-bearing veins
(refer to ASX Announcement dated 4 February 2026). This supports the use of
further geophysics (Magnetics, Induced Polarization methods) to refine
sulphide-rich structures and prioritise drilling targets.

 

Next Steps

The Company will progress a systematic evaluation of the 20 identified
targets, ranking and prioritising them for follow-up exploration based on
structural setting, proximity to known mineralisation and integration with
existing datasets. This work will consider the application of Induced
Polarisation geophysical surveys to better define sulphide-bearing structures
and refine drill targeting.

 

Induced Polarisation (IP) is a geophysical technique used to detect sulphide
minerals beneath the ground. When an electrical current is sent into the
ground, sulphide minerals (such as lead, zinc and copper sulphides)
temporarily store electrical charge and release it slowly. This creates a
measurable signal. Because silver mineralisation at Elizabeth Hill is
associated with sulphide minerals surrounding the veins, IP surveys can help
detect sulphide-rich zones; map mineralised structures beneath surface cover;
and identify the best locations for drilling. Where magnetics maps structures,
IP can detect the mineralised zones along those structures.

 

Given the success of the detailed drone magnetic survey, expansion of detailed
magnetic coverage across the broader ~180 km² tenement package will be flown
in Q1 and Q2 2026. Results from this program will be integrated with drilling,
geological and geochemical data to guide the design and sequencing of future
drill programs.

Figure 1: Drone magnetic survey undertaken in October 2025.

 

Figure 2: Drone magnetics (total magnetic intensity -reduced to the pole) of
the Elizabeth Hill area. The Munni Munni fault (host to silver at the
Elizabeth Hill Mine) and secondary structures are apparent in the data. 20
structural targets (fault bends and intersecting structures) are interpreted
in the survey area with 8 targets within 1.2 km of the Elizabeth Hill Mine.

The Elizabeth Hill Project

Elizabeth Hill is historically one of Australia's highest grade silver
projects and has a proven production history. Key points are outlined below:

 

·    High grades enabled low processing tonnes. A total of 1.2 Moz of
silver was produced from just 16,830t of ore at a head grade of 2,194g/t (70.5
oz/t Ag)(( 1 )).

·    Mining operations ceased in 2000 as a result of low silver prices (US
$5)(( 2 )).

·    Simplistic historic processing techniques were used focussing only on
native silver extraction. Native silver was recovered via low-cost gravity
separation techniques.

·    Untapped mineral resource expansion potential remains. The Elizabeth
Hill deposit remains open at depth and along strike. Recent consolidation of
the WCE tenement land holding offers potential to discover more Elizabeth Hill
style deposits near mine and regionally.

·    World leading silver grades located on a mining lease with potential
processing option at the nearby Radio Hill site.

Figure 3: Elizabeth Hill Project Tenement Location.

Through the consolidation of surrounding land packages into a single
contiguous 180km(2) package, significant exploration and growth potential has
been created 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 silver deposit analogues.

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

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 West Coast Silver 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.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this announcement which are not statements of historical facts,
including but not limited to those relating to the proposed transaction, are
forward-looking statements. These statements instead represent management's
current expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events.
Although management believes the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are
based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management at the date the
statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties
and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
statements.

Cautionary Statement

This document is confidential and may not be reproduced, redistributed or
passed on, directly or indirectly. This document is neither a prospectus nor
an offer to subscribe for fully paid ordinary shares. West Coast Silver and
its directors, employees and consultants make no representations or warranty
as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of this document, and have no
liability, including liability to any person by reason of negligence of, or
contained in or derived from, or for any omissions from this document, except
liability under statute that cannot be excluded. This document contains
reference to certain targets and plans of West Coast Silver which may or may
not be achieved. The performance of West Coast Silver may be influenced by a
number of factors, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are outside
the control of the Company and its directors, staff and consultants.

 

 1  WAMEX Annual Report,1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, Elizabeth Hill Silver
Project, Global Strategic Metals NL, p16

 2  www.kitco.com/charts/silver

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