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Eurasia Mining plc

NKT Update

Eurasia Mining PLC ("Eurasia" or the "Company"), the iridium, osmium,
palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and gold mining company is pleased to
announce a licence extension and update on NKT. NKT is a restart of a formerly
producing mine adjacent to Eurasia's Monchetundra mine development.

Recap:

·    NKT is Tier-1 scale mine (that used to be in production) that
contains 305Kt of Nickel, 143Kt of Copper, 57 tons of platinum group metals
("PGM") and Gold as confirmed in the Competent Person Report (the "CPR") by
Wardell Armstrong International ("WAI") in 2021.

·    Tier-1 scale means a large-scale, long-life, and low-cost mine that
is considered a cornerstone (company making) asset for a mining company.

·    Tier-1 requires high net present value ("NPV") and high internal rate
of return ("IRR") with NKT having US$1.2-1.7bn NPV and 37-47% IRR according to
WAI (for the room and pillar mining part, not including the open pit).

·    The NKT Nickel-Copper-PGM ore used to be mined and shipped about 1 km
distance to Severonickel, one of the world's largest nickel processing plant.
As a formerly producing mine, it is well served with the infrastructure that
significantly reduces the total CAPEX requirements and the lead-time to
restart production.

·    According to S&P Global data, Mining Journal and Minefacts, it
can take 30 years and more to launch greenfield projects; with these
timescales trending upwards due to increasing regulatory or environmental
factors. The timing of a greenfield launch is longer for larger projects
(especially Tier-1 scale). In contrast, it can be as fast as 1-2 years to
restart production on a formerly producing mines like NKT.

·    According to Natural Resources Canada, the cost of developing
infrastructure in the North (especially in the Arctic) can represent up to 80%
of total project costs for some mines. The competitive edge of NKT is the
existing infrastructure supporting the production at NKT in the past, that
could save up to 80% of the total CAPEX.

·    Nickel is the main metal at NKT, comprising 50% of the value of the
metal basket on a Net Smelter Royalty ("NSR") basis.

·    Nickel is in the sulphide form that is easily extracted using simple
flotation on the basis of successful tests by Gipronickel (Norilsk Nickel's
engineering arm) and previous production at NKT. This represents a low CAPEX
solution and competitive edge of sulphide nickel assets in comparison to
laterite nickel projects, which are more common but require significant CAPEX.

·    NKT is located in the Arctic, an area highlighted as a possible
co-operation between US and Russia, according to Bloomberg and other sources.

·    The CPR produced by WAI is available at:
www.eurasiamining.co.uk/investors/technical-reports
(http://www.eurasiamining.co.uk/investors/technical-reports)

 

In Summary:

·    With its advanced Monchetundra and NKT (brownfield restart) adjacent
mining assets, Eurasia enjoys a first mover advantage in the strategic Arctic
area and competitive edge with low CAPEX.

·    The benchmarking analysis suggests that the lead-time to restart
production can be as fast as 1-2 years as opposed to greenfield projects in
the Arctic that can take 30 years and more to production.

·    Arctic asset sale or production restart on US$1.2-1.7bn NPV
brownfield mine could create a significant liquidity event for the Company and
its shareholders.

 

Highlights of the work done since the CPR by WAI:

·    About 2/3 of the NKT resources have been defined as reserves under
Russian classification by Norilsk Nickel, however the drill core and the
trenches have only been analysed for the base metals (Nickel and Copper) and
have not been analysed for PGM thus limiting the classification to inferred
under the JORC Code due to the application of regression formulas for PGM.

·    Eurasia's Arctic subsidiary TMC has done additional drilling of
16,417 meters with 9,224 samples being tested by SGS and Alex Stewart
International for primary and secondary controls of the PGM assays on the
historical drill core and the trenches by Severonickel / Norilsk Nickel.

·    This will allow an upgrade from resources to reserves under the JORC
Code as well as the state standards and allow the application for a production
permit at NKT.

·    In recognition of significant work done by TMC in accordance with the
licence agreement, the existing NKT licence of TMC that was supposed to expire
on 20 August 2025 was extended by the relevant authorities to 20 August 2027
to allow more than sufficient time to smoothly transition to the production
permit.

 

Christian Schaffalitzky, the Executive Chairman commented:

"The Directors are pleased that compliance with the licence agreement has
resulted in the 2-year extension of the licence for our company making Tier-1
scale NKT asset. This allows both the maintenance of the licence and the
reserves upgrade to achieve our Russia exit strategy. This major milestone is
another element of the shareholder value creation in the Arctic, where we have
the first mover advantage and a competitive edge of the existing
infrastructure of formerly producing NKT mine. Arctic has been announced as a
priority area for co-operation between the United States and Russia, boosted
by the recent Pursuing Peace Summit in Alaska. We are looking forward to
further updates".

 

For further information, please contact:

Eurasia Mining Plc

Christian Schaffalitzky

+44 (0)207 932 0418

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Andrew Emmott

+44 (0)20 3368 3555

Oak Securities (Broker)

Jerry Keen

Tel. +44 (0)20 3973 3678

Yellow Jersey PR (Financial PR)

Charles Goodwin / Shivantha Thambirajah

+44 (0)207 932 0418

eurasia@yellowjerseypr.com (mailto:eurasia@yellowjerseypr.com)

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