• Maiden 5,000m Phase 1 RC drilling program to commence this month at Nanadie
• Drilling to target resource expansion and increase drilling density within the current Inferred MRE
• Success to pave way for systematic MRE expansion drilling, targeting a material increase in size

Solstice Minerals Limited (ASX: SLS) is pleased to advise that its maiden 5,000m Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program is set to begin this month at its advanced 100%-owned Nanadie Copper-Gold Project, located 100km northwest of Sandstone in Western Australia. The program represents a major step forward in testing compelling, recently identified resource extension targets. Nanadie is a near-surface body of disseminated and sulphide veinlet style chalcopyrite (+/- pyrrhotite and pyrite) mineralisation up to 150m wide and 900m long that lies below a shallow weathering profile. Systematic re-logging of historical drill holes has established a robust interpretation of the copper-gold mineralisation and host mafic intrusive package, generating an updated structural interpretation which has defined compelling step-out expansion targets beyond the margins of the current Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE). The upcoming Phase 1 drilling program will comprise approximately 18 RC drillholes for 5,000m, with the majority of holes planned on 40m spaced intermediate drill traverses. Success in this initial proof-of-concept style drilling program will pave the way for systematic MRE expansion drilling, potentially unlocking a material increase in the current Inferred MRE of 40.4Mt @ 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold. Future drilling will also test robust step-out geological targets and on-trend IP chargeability anomalies.

Success in this initial proof-of-concept style drilling program will pave the way for systematic MRE expansion drilling, potentially unlocking a material increase in the current Inferred MRE.