• Gallium enrichment identified within sedimentary rocks hosting Zn+Pb mineralisation
• High-grade zinc and lead mineralisation discovered in surface outcrops
• Potential for additional gallium and zinc-lead discoveries across the broader Kroussou region

Apollo Minerals Limited has provided an update on exploration activities at its Kroussou Zinc-Lead Project in Gabon. A comprehensive review of new mapping and existing exploration and drilling data has led to the identification of a gallium-enriched halo above and within the sedimentary rocks hosting the Kroussou zinc-lead mineralisation. The highest grade gallium zones are associated with near-surface saprolite and laterite weathering, with intercepts of up to 36ppm Ga. The sedimentary package hosting the Zn+Pb mineralisation also shows gallium mineralisation throughout, with higher grades generally associated with siltstone horizons. Recent field work has also confirmed further high-grade zinc-bearing surface outcrops along highly prospective contacts within undrilled target areas, with rock chip samples of up to 3.4% Zn+Pb. The mapping has extended the prospective contacts at two key target prospects, TP7 and TP8, by over 700m. With only a small number of the 18 defined embayment structures at Kroussou having been drilled, the broader region is effectively untested for gallium and additional zinc-lead mineralisation, presenting significant exploration upside.

Additional work will now be undertaken to assess the distribution, extent and mineralogy of the gallium mineralisation, and investigate potential metallurgical pathways. Exploration activities to further test the Exploration Target at Kroussou will include analysis of regional drilling and exploration, additional surface exploration programs, and further drill testing of multiple targets across the project area.