RCS - Focus Xplore PLC - Exploration Program Update

Focus XploreAnnouncement

12/05/2025 07:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20250512:nRSL1529Ia&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 1529I  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
April(1), 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,
.

**ENDS**

 

Enquiries:

 

 Patrick Cullen                      info@focusXplore.com                Focus Xplore PLC                                                            Chief Executive Officer
 James Biddle                        +44 (0) 207 628 3396                Beaumont Cornish Limited                                                    Nominated Adviser

 Roland Cornish
 Jason Robertson                     +44 (0) 207 374 2212                First Equity Limited                                                        Corporate Broker
 Corporate Website: www.focusXplore.com (http://www.focusXplore.com)     LinkedIn: Focus Xplore (https://www.linkedin.com/company/focus-xplore-plc)  X: @focusXplore (https://x.com/focusxplore)
                                                                         (https://www.linkedin.com/company/focus-xplore-plc) plc
                                                                         (https://www.linkedin.com/company/focus-xplore-plc)

 

 

About Reach announcements:

This is a Reach announcement. Reach is an investor communication service aimed
at assisting listed and unlisted (including AIM quoted) companies to
distribute media only / non-regulatory news releases into the public domain.
Information required to be notified under the AIM Rules for Companies, Market
Abuse Regulation or other regulation would be disseminated as an RNS
regulatory announcement and not on Reach.

 

This information is provided by Reach, the non-regulatory press release distribution service of RNS, part of the London Stock Exchange. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  NRAPKCBNABKDNPK