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Kalayi Drilling Delivers Widest Intercept to Date
Rome Resources plc has announced encouraging drilling results from its Kalayi prospect in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with drillhole KBDD033 intersecting the widest tin-bearing intercept to date, measuring 20 metres at 1.0% tin. This intercept, which includes higher-grade sub-intervals, suggests the mineralised system may strengthen and broaden with depth, similar to nearby Alphamin's Mpama mine. Other reported intercepts include 5 metres at 1.8% tin in KBDD032 and 4 metres at 1.1% tin in KBDD031. The company is drilling a follow-up hole, KBDD034, to further assess the continuity and scale of this mineralisation at greater depths, which is expected to inform an upcoming Mineral Resource Estimate update. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n24th March 2026\n \n \nRome Resources plc\n(\"Rome Resources\", the \"Company\")\n \n \nKalayi Drilling Delivers Widest Intercept to Date\n \nRome Resources plc (AIM: RMR), the DRC-focused tin and copper explorer, is pleased to provide an update on its drilling operations at its Kalayi prospect within its Bisie North project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (\"DRC\"), located approximately 8 km from the world-class Alphamin Mpama tin mine complex. \n \nInitial results from three further drillholes are reported below. Most notably, drillhole KBDD033 has delivered the widest tin-bearing intercept encountered at Kalayi to date, with XRF indications of 20 metres with an average tin content of 1.0%, including three sub-intervals totalling 10m with 1.7% to 2.1% tin content, alongside two additional shallower intercepts. These results support the Company's interpretation that the mineralised system may strengthen and broaden with depth.\n \nStatus of Kalayi Drilling Programme (XRF - indicative only)\n \nSince the last update issued on 18th March 2026, three further drill holes have been completed and assessed for mineralisation by a handheld XRF device. Drilling at Kalayi continues to demonstrate the presence of high-grade tin mineralisation across multiple holes, supporting the Company's structural model.\n \nInitial on-site portable XRF results for Kalayi drill holes KBDD031 to KBDD033 are summarised below.\n \n· KBDD033: 20m at 1.0% Sn from 144m (including 3m at 1.7% Sn from 144m, 3m at 2.1% Sn from 150m and 4m at 2.0% Sn from 160m), plus 3m at 2.5% Sn from 110m and 3m at 0.9% Sn from 137m;\n· KBDD032: 5m at 1.8% Sn from 113m, including 2m at 4.0% Sn from 113m;\n· KBDD031: 4m at 1.1% Sn from 101m.\n \nAssessment of Initial Results and Next Steps\n \nThe results from KBDD033 are particularly encouraging, representing the widest tin-bearing interval intersected to date at Kalayi. Importantly, the intercept suggests a potential widening of the mineralised zone at depth, consistent with the Company's evolving structural model. \n \nHole KBDD033 was drilled underneath two previous intercepts in drill holes KBDD020A and KBDD031, both of which indicated high tin grades over narr...