• US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approves maiden 63-hole drilling program
• Approval received ahead of internal timeline, ensuring certainty for June quarter mobilization
• Drilling program targets three priority areas including a ~800m southwest extension
• Project aims to verify high-grade historical intercepts and explore new mineralized zones

Viking Mines Limited (ASX: VKA) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the US Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the recently lodged Notice of Intent (NOI) for its maiden 63-hole drilling program at the Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada. This approval marks the final federal regulatory hurdle for the project, which is now fully permitted for drilling, pending the payment of required bonds. The approval was received ahead of the Company's internal timeline, providing certainty for the planned June quarter mobilization. The Linka Tungsten Project represents Viking's entry into the US tungsten sector, a market with structural shortages of domestic supply. The project aims to verify high-grade historical intercepts and explore new mineralized zones across three distinct objectives: Linka Main, Linka SW Extension, and Regional Reconnaissance. The drilling program will target the ~800m southwest extension where surface sampling has returned grades up to 0.6% WO3. Viking Mines' Managing Director & CEO Julian Woodcock highlighted the significance of this milestone, emphasizing the Company's progress towards the first known drilling at the Project in over 40 years.

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