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Next Drilling Phase & 2025 Progress review
Rome Resources plc has commenced a new drilling phase at its Bisie North project in the DRC, targeting deeper mineralisation following a successful November 2025 fundraise. The campaign aims to test exploration targets with an estimated 53 to 144 kilotonnes of potential contained tin, with approximately 2,000 metres of drilling planned across 6 to 8 holes by the end of Q1 2026. In 2025, the company completed 5,143 metres of drilling, resulting in a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate of 3.16 million tonnes at 1.45% Cu, 0.16% Sn, 2.72% Zn, and 14.3 g/t Ag for Mont Agoma, and 0.33 million tonnes at 1.36% Sn for Kalayi. Metallurgical work is also underway to assess processing routes for the copper resource at Mont Agoma. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n23 December 2025\n \nRome Resources plc\n(\"Rome Resources\", the \"Company\")\n \nStart of next drilling phase targeting deep zone intercepts\nand operational progress review of 2025\n \nRome Resources plc (AIM: RMR), the DRC-focused tin and copper explorer, is pleased to announce the commencement of the next phase of drilling operations at its Bisie North project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (\"DRC\"), located just 8 km from the world-class Alphamin Mpama tin mine complex, together with an operational progress review of 2025. \n \nForward Drilling Programme\nFollowing a successful fundraise in November 2025, the Company is now launching a focused drilling campaign at Bisie North. This campaign is aimed at testing deeper mineralisation beneath areas defined by the announced maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (\"MRE\"). The helicopter, drilling crew and required equipment is now on-site, with initial drilling underway at the Mont Agoma prospect using two drill rigs. This is expected to be followed by the drill rigs moving the short distance to the Kalayi prospect.\n \nKey elements of the forward drilling campaign include:\n· Targeting a number of key exploration targets, with an aggregate in-house estimate of between 53 and 144 kt of potential contained tin across both prospects.\n \n· At Mont Agoma, drilling will target two main areas:\no Extending the strike of the Mont Agoma East zone; and\no Testing grades in the deeper Mont Agoma Western zone, where strong copper grades are anticipated to give way to higher tin grades at depth. \n \n· At Kalayi, drilling will target extensions beneath existing high grade tin intercepts with the expectation, consistent with Alphamin's Bisie Mpama Mine results, that the thinner high-grade intercepts may widen at depth while retaining a high grade. \n \n· A total of approximately 2,000 metres of drilling is planned across 6 to 8 holes, with the programme anticipated to complete towards the end of the first quarter of 2026. \n \n· Following the receipt of core assays, the Company intends to update the MRE to incorporate additional intercepts from this drilling campaign.\n \nExploratory discuss...