• Commenced Phase 1, 40-hole +2,000m aircore drilling program at Tiogo gold prospect in Côte d'Ivoire
• Targeting 900m untested mineralized corridor between previous high-grade intercepts
• Drilling to test IP and soil geochemistry anomalies identified by recent ground geophysics

Desert Metals has commenced a Phase 1, 40-hole +2,000m aircore drilling program at the Tiogo gold prospect on the Tengrela South permit in northern Côte d'Ivoire. The drilling is targeting a 900m untested mineralized corridor between previous high-grade intercepts of 12m at 4.20g/t gold from 32m and 8m at 6.47g/t gold from 6m at Tiogo. A recent GAIP ground geophysics survey highlighted a +4km anomaly at Tiogo, with the high-grade aircore intercepts located on the margin of the anomaly. The Phase 1 program forms part of a larger 120-hole, 6,000m aircore program at the Tengrela South's Tiogo and Kakologo prospects, which are located 30km on-strike from Perseus Mining's operating Sissingué gold mine. Drilling is expected to be completed within two weeks, with first assays expected in April 2026. At the Adzope gold project in southern Côte d'Ivoire, permit-wide stream sediment sampling has been completed with 256 samples collected across the 228km² permit, and first results are expected in the second half of April 2026.

Upon completion of the Phase 1 drilling at Tiogo, Desert Metals plans to continue the overall 120-hole, 6,000m aircore program with further phases at Tiogo and the Kakologo prospect, located to the northeast along the same structural trend.