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RNS Number : 5242X  URU Metals Limited  26 April 2023

26 April 2023

URU Metals Limited

("URU")

Update from ZEB Nickel Corp

URU notifies that ZEB Nickel Corp. has today announced the commencement of
exploration drilling at the Zeb Project, as well as the appointment of a
capital markets advisor and market maker.

 

URU successfully completed the disposal of the Zeb Project, located in
Limpopo, South Africa (the "Project") to ZEB Nickel Corp. in August 2021 and
the Project remains the primary focus of URU, through its 73.81% interest in
Zeb Nickel Corp. and URU's continuing role as the technical adviser on the
Project.

 

The ZBNI announcement is as follows:

 

Exploration Drilling Commenced at Zeb Nickel Project Area

Vancouver, BC, April 26, 2023 - ZEB Nickel Corp. (ZBNI:TSX-V) (OTC:ZBNIF)
("Zeb" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further exploration
drilling has commenced at the Company's flagship Zeb Nickel Project.

Figure 1: Drill rig site establishment at the Zeb Project.

This phase of exploration drilling will simultaneously target three
mineralized zones, as shown in figure 2 below:

1.  a higher-grade nickel mineralized zone identified at the base of the
historical drilling within ZEB 1 mineralized package;

2.  last completed exploration program discovered nickel-copper-platinum
group element (Ni-Cu-PGE) mineralization located adjacent to and beneath ZEB
1, this style of mineralization is referred to as Target 2. Target 2 was
intersected in 10 pervious drillholes and accounts for approximately 3000
meters of drilling.

3.  a massive to semi-massive Ni-PGE mineralization seemingly associated with
what appears to be an ultramafic "plumbing system" beneath and to the east of
the (Target 3). Target 3 has been intersected in three drillholes with a total
of 1100 meters of drilling.

Figure 2: Schematic geological cross section showing 7 of the 32 existing
drillholes, and the location of the new drilling planned to intersect
higher-grade nickel near the base ZEB 1, the down dip extension of Target 2;
and semi-massive to massive nickel sulfide mineralization (Target 3).

The Company looks forward to updating the market with the results from this
phase of drilling.

Qualified Person and Quality Control/Quality Assurance

Richard Montjoie has supervised the preparation of the scientific and
technical information that forms the basis for this news release and has
approved the disclosure herein. Mr. Montjoie is not independent of the
Company. Mr. Montjoie is a registered member of the South African Council for
Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) membership number 400131/09. Mr.
Montjoie holds a M.Sc. Honors in Economic Geology from the University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa, and is fellow of the Geological Society of South
Africa (GSSA).

 

James Nieuwenhuys, Non-executive Chairman of Zeb Nickel, commented: "Over the
years the Project team have assimilated and refined the geological model and
we are now confident that this next round of drilling will confirm areas of
high-grade Ni and Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization. Our aim is to produce a
preliminary economic assessment to map out an achievable path, subject to a
positive feasibility study, to the development of a fully de-risked, low-cost,
high-grade nickel sulfide project."

Furthermore, the Company is pleased to announce that it has retained INFOR
Financial Inc. ("INFOR Financial") to provide capital markets advisory and
market making services for the Company.

The Company has entered a services agreement (the "Agreement") with INFOR
Financial, pursuant to which INFOR Financial has agreed to perform the
following general capital markets support services:

·    introduce the Company to capital market participants and
institutional investors that may include investment funds, mutual funds,
private capital sources and other potential strategic investors; and

·    market making services, with the objective of maintaining active and
orderly trading in the market and improving liquidity of the Company's common
shares, undertaken by one of INFOR Financial's proprietary traders in
compliance with all applicable rules of the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) and
the New Self-Regulatory Organization of Canada (New SRO), and all applicable
laws.

For its services, INFOR Financial will be paid a monthly fee of $10,000 CAD,
plus applicable tax.  The Agreement may be terminated by either party on 30
days' notice, subject to a minimum six-month term following its commencement
date. Zeb Nickel Corp and INFOR Financial act at arm's length, and to the
Company's knowledge INFOR Financial has no present interest, directly or
indirectly, in the Company or its securities, but may acquire securities in
the future in connection with additional capital market services that may be
provided to the Company. The funds and shares required for the market making
service are provided by INFOR Financial. The fee payable by the Company to
INFOR Financial is for services only.

INFOR Financial will be responsible for the costs it incurs in buying and
selling the Company's shares, and no third party will be providing funds or
securities for the market making activities. INFOR Financial and the Company
are unrelated and unaffiliated entities, but INFOR Financial and/or its
clients may have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the securities of the
Company.

About the Company and Project

Zeb Nickel Corp is focused on exploring for and developing world-class mineral
deposits, with a focus on metals that are critical in the production of
rechargeable batteries, such as nickel, graphite, lithium, cobalt, manganese,
copper and aluminum. The Company is currently focused on developing its
flagship Zeb Nickel Project, located in Limpopo, South Africa. The Zeb Nickel
Project is a developing Class 1 nickel sulfide project strategically located
in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa.

 

ZBNI announcement ends

 

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is
disclosed in accordance with URU's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 URU Metals Limited               +1 416 504 3978

 John Zorbas

 (Chief Executive Officer)
 SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP   + 44 (0) 203 470 0470

 (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

 Ewan Leggat

 Harry Davies-Ball

 

 

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