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Power Metal Resources PLC

06 April 2022

6 April 2022

Power Metal Resources plc

("Power Metal" or the "Company")

Quarterly Business Operational Update

Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW), the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio, announces the March 2022 quarterly business operational update for shareholders.

Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc, commented:

"We built our portfolio for a time when metal prices would rise, when metal supply shortages would become exposed, and when participants in the metals space would see the strategic value of a well-constructed portfolio of active mineral projects.

Power Metal has benefited from a 3-year long opportunity to build this portfolio, through challenging market conditions. With entrepreneurial hard work, our team has positioned the business with the right combination of commodity, geographical and geological diversification.

Although we face many global challenges, we find ourselves today in an environment where governments, financial institutions, large corporations and major metal producers openly recognise the importance of secure strategic metal supply. These various organisations know that the large-scale discoveries of tomorrow rely upon the gregarious and bold explorers of today.

Below you will see our highlights for the quarter to March 2022. Here we present details of Power Metal's four operational drill programmes, four spin-out/disposal activities, an advancement of strategic uranium interests and our other various district scale mineral opportunities.

We did not build our portfolio to stay wedded to underperforming or sub-optimal projects and in the last three years the Company has taken action to cease expenditure in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon and DRC, in the latter case, on hold pending ongoing operational conditions being met. If we don't see real value or an adequate commercial pathway for any project we will act as we always have; decisively.

I trust this quarterly report, and future reports that follow, will help investors track our operational progress and expectations. We have slimmed down the content in this report to focus on the latest project status and planned next steps for each."

QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS:

African Exploration

- Launch and completion of deep diamond drill programme at the Haneti Nickel Project located in Tanzania, targeting nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group element ("PGM") mineralisation.

- Launch of diamond drill programme at the Ditau Camp Project located in Botswana, targeting multiple prospective carbonatite structures with potential for rare-earth element ("REE") and base-metal mineralisation.

- Results from Reverse Circulation ("RC") drilling programme at the Tati Project, Botswana, confirming prospective geological formations and near surface gold mineralisation, with additional licence application lodged to cover newly identified gold-in-soil anomalies.

Australian Exploration

- First Development Resources team conducted ground exploration and field reconnaissance completed at the Selta Project located in the Northern Territory, Australia, which highlighted multiple target areas with polymetallic potential including uranium, REE's and lithium.

- Field reconnaissance completed at the Wallal Project located in the Paterson Province of Western Australia, Australia, confirming ideal operational conditions and access for planned deep diamond drilling programme.

- At our Victoria Goldfields joint venture continuation of diamond drilling, originally commenced in late 2021, at the O'Loughlins and Mt. Bute targets located in the State of Victoria, Australia.

Canadian Exploration

- Canada: Technical review of data in respect of the Company's Athabasca Basin uranium interests confirms extensive uranium prospectivity across 5 of the 7 uranium properties so far, with additional ground staked to cover newly identified prospective areas.

Corporate

- Spin-out vehicles continue to make progress with First Class Metals plc and Golden Metal Resources plc targeting listings on the London capital markets in the current quarter, and First Development Resources Ltd and New Ballarat Gold Corporation plc targeting listings in the London and/or Australian markets in early Q3 2022.

- Operational working capital comprising cash and listed investments at 28/02/2022 amounted to GBP2.48M and unaudited total assets at 28/02/2022 of GBP10.93M.

- New environmental, social and governance initiative launched (the "ESG Initiative") which will include an appointed ESG Officer for Power Metal and select associated companies. The Initiative will also involve the embedding of wide ranging ESG policies across the Company and training of all staff members.

- Capital Reduction exercise progressed with shareholder approval secured at General Meeting in March 2022. Subject to High Court approval enables the Company to consider shareholder distributions with effect from mid-2022.

Note: in addition to the material presented below, investors are encouraged to review Power Metal's corporate presentation which is available on the Company's website through the following link:

https://www.powermetalresources.com/presentation/

PROJECT OPERATIONS UPDATE

The tables below provide the latest status of each project within the Company's portfolio and include:

   -      Exploration project updates from African, North American and Australian interests; 

- Corporate development updates for project packages advancing towards spin-out into their own listed vehicles;

   -      Further updates in respect of the Company's new project pipeline; 
   -      Additional management, compliance and financial information for shareholders. 

African Exploration Projects

 
         Project                                                 Latest Position 
   Molopo Farms Complex     The proposal from Kavango Resources to acquire 
          Project           Kalahari Key did not lead to a successful 
         Botswana           outcome, further details of which were announced 
     (Nickel - Copper       on 22/03/2022 and may be viewed here: 
     - Platinum Group       https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/kalahari-key-update-ditau-drilling-co 
         Element)           mmences/15379084 
  POW: Effective Economic   This was disappointing; however, we are 
    Interest circa 53%      working with Kalahari Key and its shareholders 
   held as a 40% direct     to find a suitable way forward. 
     project interest       The first drill programme announced in 2021 
   and c 21.5% interest     confirmed nickel results up to 1.7%. The 
      in Kalahari Key       next step is a follow-up round of drilling, 
    Mineral Exploration     which we are seeking to undertake urgently. 
   Pty Ltd (60% project     The Molopo Farms Complex Project has attracted 
          owner)            considerable interest and we intend to capitalise 
                            on that interest and the positive technical 
                            findings to date. 
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     Kalahari Copper 
     Belt Project (KCB        We continue to work on drill target refinement 
         Project)             at the KCB Project. Whilst this has taken 
         Botswana             longer than previously anticipated, drill 
     (Copper - Silver)        planning is now advancing rapidly. 
     POW: 50% (50% JV 
      Partner Kavango         The ground under prospecting licences ("PLs") 
  Resources plc LON:KAV)      totals some 4,257km(2) over 10 PLs and is 
                              considered highly prospective for Cu-Ag 
                              mineralisation. Precise drill targeting 
                              is key to maximising the return on investment 
                              from exploration dollars expended over a 
                              very large licence footprint area. 
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    Ditau Camp Project      The launch of drilling at the Ditau Camp 
         Botswana           Project was announced on 22/03/2022 and 
    (Rare Earths - Base     a detailed follow up announcement linked 
          Metals)           below outlined the drill targets: 
     POW: 50% (50% JV       https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/ditau-project-rare-earth-element-dril 
      Partner Kavango       l-targets/15388479 
  Resources plc LON:KAV)    With the programme underway, there will 
                            be various updates provided to the market 
                            outlining progress in respect of this important 
                            rare-earth element focused drilling programme. 
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       Tati Project 
         Botswana            The Company announced the results from a 
      (Gold - Nickel)        maiden drill programme at the Tati Project 
         POW: 100%           on 04/04/2022 and this may be viewed through 
                             the following link: 
 
                             https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/tati-project-botswana-drill-programm 
                             e-results/15396365 
 
                             From a limited dataset received in early 
                             2021, effort applied to Tati has been focused 
                             on building technical understanding. The 
                             work undertaken by the Company in 2021, 
                             which included soil sampling, ground-based 
                             magnetics & radiometric surveys, as well 
                             as prospecting and rock sampling led to 
                             the delineation of multiple prospective 
                             kilometre scale soil anomalies. 
 
                             Drill testing confirmed various target geological 
                             formations below Kalahari sand cover and 
                             confirmed near surface gold mineralisation. 
                             Our work also identified more intensive 
                             geochemical anomalies within adjacent land, 
                             representing an extension of an identified 
                             major regional structure - a new prospecting 
                             licence application has been submitted covering 
                             this new area. 
 
                             We expect to announce next steps on this 
                             highly prospective Project in the near future. 
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      Haneti Project 
         Tanzania            We announced the commencement of deep diamond 
      (Polymetallic)         drilling on 26/01/2022 which may be viewed 
     POW: 35% (65% JV        here: 
    Partner Katoro Gold 
       plc LON:KAT)          https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/haneti-project-diamond-drilling-comm 
                             ences/15302016 
 
                             The drill programme completed as announced 
                             on 14/02/2022 and further details of the 
                             completed programme may be viewed in the 
                             link below: 
 
                             https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/haneti-project-diamond-drilling-comp 
                             lete/15326468 
 
                             Samples from the drill programme were prepared 
                             and sent to SGS Tanzania for laboratory 
                             assay testing. First assay results are expected 
                             in the near term. 
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North American Exploration Projects

 
        Project                                                 Latest Position 
  Silver Peak Project    The diamond drill programme conducted in 
   British Columbia,     2021 delivered bonanza grade silver results, 
         Canada          further bolstered by overlimit assays for 
        (Silver)         copper, antimony, zinc & lead, as may be 
        POW: 30%         viewed here: 
                         https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/silver-peak-canada-overlimit-assay-resul 
                         ts/15233399 
                         We are currently working with our Canadian 
                         partner to finalise commercial plans for 
                         the Project against a backdrop of considerable 
                         interest in this Project. This has taken 
                         more time than planned, however we expect 
                         to make a further announcement of progress 
                         in the near future. 
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  Alamo Gold Project 
    Arizona, United       Following a lengthy permitting delay, a 
   States of America      planned exploration programme finally launched 
         (Gold)           in late 2021. Further information in respect 
    POW: Earn-in to       of that programme may be viewed here: 
          75% 
                          https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/alamo-gold-project-usa-exploration-upda 
                          te/15221692 
 
                          Under the original 2020 Alamo agreement, 
                          a US$50,000 pre-production royalty payment 
                          ("PPR Payment") was due by 31/12/2021 and 
                          given the late start of the exploration 
                          work programme, an amended PPR Payment deadline 
                          date was previously agreed being 14 days 
                          after the receipt of all analytical results 
                          from the 2021 test pitting programme, or 
                          31/03/2022, whichever was the earlier. 
 
                          Power Metal awaits receipt of a technical 
                          report highlighting the results from the 
                          exploration programme and has therefore 
                          agreed a further extension of the PPR Payment 
                          deadline date to 14 days after the receipt 
                          of that report or 15/06/2022, whichever 
                          is earlier. 
 
                          The amendment will allow Power Metal to 
                          review all 2021 exploration data before 
                          making a decision on next steps with the 
                          Project. 
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   Athabasca Uranium 
  Saskatchewan, Canada    Uranium projects in the Athabasca Basin 
       (Uranium)          region in the Province of Saskatchewan, 
        POW 100%          Canada are attracting considerable interest, 
                          with a rising uranium price stimulating 
                          a rush to secure prospective exploration 
                          properties. 
 
                          Power Metal are positioned well here and 
                          now has exposure to 7 projects which cover 
                          some 450km(2) of highly prospective land. 
 
                          Internal development and commercialisation 
                          of our uranium interests are both valid 
                          pathways and we expect both will play a 
                          part in the development of our Canadian 
                          uranium portfolio going forward. With that 
                          in mind, we undertook an extensive data 
                          compilation exercise in respect of all 7 
                          properties building a database of historic 
                          exploration findings. 
 
                          Technical review across all the property 
                          data has been underway for some time, and 
                          we have brought a uranium specialist into 
                          the Power Metal team to accelerate this 
                          technical work and assist with commercialisation 
                          activities thereafter. 
 
                          In the quarter we have released the findings 
                          of the technical review across 5 of our 
                          7 properties so far. An overview of the 
                          data compilation exercise, together with 
                          results from the first property reviewed, 
                          Tait Hill, can be viewed in our 14/01/2022 
                          announcement found below: 
 
                          https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/uranium-portfolio-update-athabasca-basi 
                          n/15287392 
 
                          The Reitenbach Property findings can be 
                          viewed below in our 08/02/2022 announcement 
                          found below: 
 
                          https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/reitenbach-uranium-property-athabasca-b 
                          asin/15319141 
 
                          Reitenbach is considered likely to be the 
                          first to enter a commercialisation process 
                          and we are advancing this at present. As 
                          a result, the Company commissioned a National 
                          Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") technical 
                          report on the Property, as announced on 
                          24/03/2022. The commissioning of the NI 
                          43-101 report along with technical findings 
                          from the Cook Lake and E-12 properties can 
                          be viewed at the link below: 
 
                          https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/uranium-portfolio-update-athabasca-basi 
                          n-canada/15381520 
 
                          Also, on 31/03/2022 Power Metal released 
                          the findings from a technical review of 
                          the Soaring Bay property, with uranium prospectivity 
                          confirmed and new ground staked increasing 
                          the property size by 71% to cover the additional 
                          prospective areas identified. 
 
                          We expect that the Canadian uranium opportunities 
                          will be a highly active area of our business 
                          over the coming weeks and months. 
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     Authier North 
     Quebec, Canada       The Company continues to monitor progress 
       (Lithium)          being made by Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA) who 
  POW earn-in to 100%     control the neighbouring Authier Lithium 
                          Project. 
 
                          Sayona Mining on 01/03/2022 announced a 
                          significant increase in their Authier lithium 
                          resource, which now includes a stated total 
                          JORC compliant Mineral Resource of 17,136,000 
                          tonnes at an average grade of 1.01% Li(2) 
                          O. A link to this announcement is below: 
 
                          https://sayonamining.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SYA_Doubling-resource-base_1-Mar-2 
                          2.pdf 
 
                          Sayona Mining's upcoming major milestones 
                          include the delivery of a feasibility study, 
                          with updates expected on this front within 
                          the next few weeks. 
 
                          Power Metal is further reviewing the results 
                          achieved from their 2021 geochemical sampling 
                          and prospecting programme and will update 
                          the market in due course with the next planned 
                          steps as southern Quebec moves into the 
                          spring/summer exploration season. 
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Australian Exploration Projects

 
     Project                                                 Latest Position 
  Gawler Project 
  South Australia    Work continues on the review of publicly 
  (Gold, Copper)     available historic data in order to further 
     POW: 100%       refine geological understanding and prepare 
                     detailed exploration plans in readiness 
                     for ground operations when licences are 
                     granted. 
                     The Gawler Project comprises two licence 
                     applications (submitted October 2021) targeting 
                     Olympic Dam style mineralisation. Power 
                     Metal's announcement confirming the lodgement 
                     of applications may be viewed through the 
                     following link: 
                     https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/new-australia-copper-gold-opportunity/151894 
                     56 
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Disposal/Spin-Out Vehicle Packages (*)

* Please note other project packages within the Power Metal portfolio are also in earlier stages of spin-out preparations in addition to those listed below.

 
         Project                                                 Latest Position 
    New Ballarat Gold      Through its Australian operating subsidiary, 
    Corporation (NBCG)     Red Rock Australasia Pty Ltd, NBGC has a 
   Victoria, Australia     substantial licence footprint within the 
          (Gold)           Victoria Goldfields, Australia. This comprises 
     POW: 49.9% 50.1%      over 1,500km(2) of granted exploration licences 
   JV Partner Red Rock     and circa 800km(2) of licence applications. 
  Resources plc LON:RRR)   In December 2021, a diamond drill programme 
                           commenced targeting two prospects, further 
                           details of which can be viewed in the following 
                           link: 
 
                           https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/business-update-red-rock-resources-aus 
                           tralasia/15240196 
 
                           A further detailed announcement is expected 
                           shortly covering latest developments from 
                           exploration work in Victoria. 
                           NBGC is seeking a listing in early Q3 2022 
                           and is working with advisors in this regard. 
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 Golden Metal Resources    Power Metal provided an update covering 
        plc (GMR)          Golden Metal Resources ("Golden Metal") 
       Nevada, USA         on 16 February 2022 which may be viewed 
    Gold - Base Metals     below: 
        POW 83.13%         https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/golden-metal-resources-company-update/ 
                           15331658 
                           Golden Metal continues to progress towards 
                           its IPO listing on the London markets targeting 
                           planned for this quarter. This includes 
                           working with various advisors across legal, 
                           accounting, technical, and finance in order 
                           to finalise its listing admission documentation 
                           in advance of launching into GMR's planned 
                           IPO listing and equity raise. 
                           Golden Metal is in the final stages of collapsing 
                           its various Australian subsidiaries which 
                           hold the Pilot Mountain Project, this will 
                           drastically simplify GMR's corporate structure 
                           once completed. 
                           Additionally, preparatory work has continued 
                           across Golden Metal's portfolio of Nevada 
                           based assets in order to ensure work programmes 
                           can commence rapidly post-listing. 
                           Golden Metal has officially engaged and 
                           scheduled a Vancouver-based geophysical 
                           contractor to undertake a high-resolution 
                           3D-Induced Polarisation ("IP") survey across 
                           the entire Pilot Mountain Project. 
                           This preparatory work will feed into the 
                           drill programme which will be testing multiple 
                           high priority exploration targets across 
                           the Pilot Mountain Project. Golden Metal 
                           is currently finalising contract details 
                           with its preferred drilling contractor. 
                           The strategic importance of the Pilot Mountain 
                           Project was emphasised recently with the 
                           continuing inclusion of tungsten within 
                           the United States Geological Survey's 2022 
                           list of critical metals. Further information 
                           in respect of this was provided in the Company's 
                           non-regulatory announcement on 25/02/2022 
                           which may be viewed in the following link: 
                           https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/usgs-releases-2022-list-of-critical-mi 
                           nerals/15342867 
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    First Development      FDR has a 100% interest in three exploration 
   Resources Ltd (FDR)     projects targeting gold and copper mineralisation 
    Western Australia      within the Paterson Province of Western 
     (Gold - Copper -      Australia (Wallal, Braeside West & Ripon 
   Rare Earth Elements     Hills). This package includes five granted 
   - Uranium - Lithium)    exploration licences in total covering a 
       POW: 83.33%         total footprint of 751km(2) . FDR also has 
                           100% ownership of the Selta Project which 
                           includes three granted exploration licences 
                           targeting uranium, rare-earth element, and 
                           lithium mineralisation located within Australia's 
                           Northern Territory (1,575km(2) ). 
                           The latest licences to be granted were at 
                           the Selta Project and the announcement on 
                           23/02/2022 can be viewed in the link below: 
                           https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/selta-uranium-ree-project-all-licences 
                           -granted/15340329 
                           During the quarter, initial ground reconnaissance 
                           work was undertaken at the Wallal Project, 
                           reviewing planned drill locations, primarily 
                           from an infrastructure and access perspective. 
                           This work was successful and an announcement 
                           on 11/01/2022 covering this may be viewed 
                           below: 
                           https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/wallal-project-exploration-update/1528 
                           1969 
                           The latest findings from FDR's Western Australia 
                           exploration data technical review were published 
                           by the Company on 21/02/2022 and may be 
                           viewed through the link below: 
                           https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/replacement-paterson-project-explorati 
                           on-update/15337136 
                           An in-depth project review was undertaken 
                           for the Selta Project which confirmed multiple 
                           target areas for uranium, rare-earth element, 
                           and lithium mineralisation, the detailed 
                           findings of this review may be viewed in 
                           the 16/03/2022 announcement linked below: 
                           https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/selta-project-multiple-target-areas-id 
                           entified/15371081 
                           A further detailed site visit covering all 
                           FDR properties was conducted In March 2022 
                           by the FDR CEO and various members of the 
                           ground operational team. An update to market 
                           covering the work undertaken during that 
                           site visit, and the latest outcomes from 
                           ongoing exploration work, is expected shortly. 
                           FDR is seeking a listing on the London capital 
                           markets and is working with advisors in 
                           this regard and targeting early Q3 2022. 
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   First Class Metals      Power Metal currently has an interest of 
        plc (FCM)           36.3% in FCM which is seeking a listing 
     Schreiber-Hemlo,       on the London capital markets this quarter. 
     Ontario, Canada        The Company is working with FCM to support 
   (Gold - Base Metals)     their listing plans and looks forward to 
        POW c.36%           reporting further progress in this regard. 
                            On listing Power Metal will be a significant 
                            shareholder in FCM and expects to be an 
                            enthusiastic and longstanding shareholder. 
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New Opportunities

 
          Project                              Latest Position 
   Power Metal Resources     The near-term focus will remain on the exploration 
            plc               of existing interests and the crystallisation 
                              of value through the potential listing of 
                              spin-out vehicles and project value generative 
                              disposals. 
                              We remain alert to new opportunities and 
                              will undertake review of exceptional opportunities 
                              if they are presented to us. 
                            ---------------------------------------------------- 
 Power Capital Investments   Power Capital Investments ("Power Capital") 
          Limited             continues to work on a number of initiatives 
      Global Resource         targeting individual or smaller corporate 
     Project Incubator        owned opportunities. 
     (Multi-Commodity)        This is occurring against a backdrop of 
         POW: 100%            intense activity across the Power Metal 
                              business and rightly is not a main priority 
                              as we seek to advance our major business 
                              interests. 
                            ---------------------------------------------------- 
 

Management and Financial

 
       Project                                      Latest Position 
        Board           The Board currently comprises: 
                         Scott Richardson Brown - Interim Non-executive 
                         Chairman 
                         Paul Johnson - Chief Executive Officer 
                         Ed Shaw - Non-executive Director 
                         Power Metal has been engaging with a number 
                         of potential board candidates for Power 
                         Metal and associated companies. The Company 
                         expects to announce new appointments to 
                         its Board in the coming weeks. 
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 Management and Team    Power Metal is actively seeking to bring 
                         new team members in to support the growth 
                         in business activities and recently launched 
                         a "Join-Us" page on the Company's website 
                         with further details. This may be viewed 
                         through the following link: 
                         https://www.powermetalresources.com/join-us/ 
                         We have received a considerable response 
                         to this campaign and will be speaking to 
                         all those who got in touch. 
                         In the quarter we have brought a uranium 
                         specialist onto the team with a specific 
                         focus of developing our uranium interests 
                         located in the Athabasca Basin region of 
                         Saskatchewan, Canada. 
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  Financial Position         Power Metal Working Capital 
                              As at 28/02/2022 Power Metal held cash and 
                              listed investments of GBP2,482,960 ("Working 
                              Capital"). 
                              Working Capital is money available to deploy 
                              on payment of corporate costs and operational, 
                              notably exploration, expenditure. 
                              Power Metal Assets 
                              As at 28/02/2022 Power Metal's unaudited 
                              Balance Sheet showed total assets of GBP10,929,668 
                              ("Total Assets"). 
                              Total Assets includes the following categories: 
                               *    Project investments and Power Metal group 
                                    intercompany loans 
 
 
                               *    Pre-IPO vehicle valuations (always 
                                    acquisition/investment cost until pre-IPO financing 
                                    is undertaken) 
 
 
                               *    Working Capital (see above) 
 
 
                               *    Other sundry assets. 
 
 
                              Future Financing Sources 
                              The Company has multiple sources of additional 
                              financing, not all of which may be necessary 
                              or occur in the foreseeable future: 
                               *    As an AIM listed vehicle traditional equity financing 
                                    can be undertaken to raise additional sums where 
                                    considered necessary. 
 
 
 
                               *    Through the exercise of financing and transactional 
                                    warrants or the exercise of director, team member or 
                                    adviser options (see Table 1 below for a full 
                                    breakdown of all warrants and options outstanding as 
                                    at 31/03/2022). If exercised in full, this will bring 
                                    in GBP8,232,573 additional cash into the Company 
                                    (GBP9,232,573 if Thor Mining plc exercise their 4p 
                                    warrants within 12 months and exercise replacement 
                                    warrants at an exercise price of 8p). 
 
 
 
                               *    In addition to the above, the Company will benefit 
                                    from the planned listing of four pre-IPO vehicles as 
                                    outlined above which will, if successful and in line 
                                    with expected valuations on listing, add considerably 
                                    to overall Power Metal asset value. 
 
 
 
                               *    It is anticipated that further value generative 
                                    events may occur including additional spin-outs into 
                                    new listed vehicles and outright disposal of certain 
                                    business interests. 
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 Audit and Compliance              Power Metal with the support of One Advisory, 
                                    completed the audit work with auditors PKF, 
                                    and the financial results for the year ended 
                                    30 September 2021 were published on 3 March 
                                    2022. 
                                    The Company will now work with One Advisory 
                                    to finalise its financial results for the 
                                    half year to 31 March 2022, an announcement 
                                    of which must be made to the market by 30 
                                    June 2022 but is expected sometime before. 
                                    Power Metal has launched a new environmental, 
                                    social and governance ("ESG") initiative 
                                    which will include: 
                                     *    Appointment of an ESG Officer for Power Metal and all 
                                          associated companies. 
 
 
                                     *    Design, implementation of new and wide ranging ESG 
                                          policies across the Company and embedded at local 
                                          project or investment level for all Company 
                                          activities. 
 
 
                                    Training of all staff members to develop 
                                    Company-wide core ESG understanding, with 
                                    in-depth training where required to maintain 
                                    optimal ESG capability at all levels 
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Table 1: Power Metal Resources plc - Share Warrants and Options Outstanding at 31/03/2022

 
          Instrument Type             Note     Number      Exercise   Expiry   Amount Raised    Instrument 
                                                             Price     Month      for POW          Total 
                                                                                on Exercise 
 
 Financing Warrants 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Dec 19 Financing Warrants 
  - POW Director Held                        11,250,000      0.7p     Jun-22       GBP78,750 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 July 20 Financing Warrants 
  - POW Director Held                        27,500,000     0.75p     Jul-22      GBP206,250 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 July 20 Financing Warrants 
  - General Holders                          65,706,079     0.75p     Jul-22      GBP492,796 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Nov 21 Financing Warrants 
  - General Holders                          66,000,000      3.5p     Dec-23    GBP2,310,000   GBP3,087,796 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Transaction Warrants 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Alamo Gold Project Aquisition               15,500,000       1p      Jul-23      GBP155,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Silver Peak Acquisition 
  (Signing)                                   9,000,000     1.75p     Sep-23      GBP157,500 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Silver Peak Acquisition 
  (Earn-In Complete)                          2,568,641     2.89p     Mar-24       GBP74,263 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Garfield & Stonewall Acquisitions            2,250,000     3.75p     Jun-23       GBP84,375 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 First Development Resources 
  Acquisition                                13,333,333      4.5p     Oct-24      GBP600,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 First Development Resources 
  Acquisition                                10,000,000       5p      Oct-24      GBP500,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Pilot Mountain Acquisition           (1)    12,500,000       4p      Oct-24      GBP500,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Kanye Resources Earn-in                      5,000,000       5p      Jul-23      GBP250,000   GBP2,321,138 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Management, Staff, Consultant 
  & Advisor Options 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Advisor/Consultant Options                  15,000,000       2p      Jul-23      GBP300,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 POW Team Options                            25,000,000     3.25p     Jul-24      GBP812,500 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 Director Options:                            1,000,000      5.0p     Jul-23       GBP50,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
                                             13,613,929       1p      May-22      GBP136,139 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
                                             15,000,000       1p      Feb-23      GBP150,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
                                             20,000,000       2p      Jul-23      GBP400,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
                                             10,000,000     3.25p     Jul-24      GBP325,000 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
                                             20,000,000     3.25p     Aug-24      GBP650,000   GBP2,823,639 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Totals                                      360,221,982                        GBP8,232,573 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 Notes: 
                                     -----  ------------  ---------  -------  --------------  ------------- 
 (1) - If exercised within 1 year replacement warrants issued 
  at 8p exercise price 
 

COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT

The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O'Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Competent Person under the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O'Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Power Metal Resources PLC to provide technical support.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:

 
Power Metal Resources plc 
Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer)                +44 (0) 7766 465 617 
 
SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) 
Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat                          +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 
 
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) 
Nick Emerson                                          +44 (0) 1483 413 500 
 
First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) 
David Cockbill/Jason Robertson                        +44 (0) 20 7330 1883 
 
 
 
 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Power Metal Resources plc - Background

Power Metal Resources plc (LON:POW) is an AIM listed metals exploration company which finances and manages global resource projects and is seeking large scale metal discoveries.

The Company has a principal focus on opportunities offering district scale potential across a global portfolio including precious, base and strategic metal exploration in North America, Africa and Australia.

Project interests range from early-stage greenfield exploration to later-stage prospects currently subject to drill programmes.

Power Metal will develop projects internally or through strategic joint ventures until a project becomes ready for disposal through outright sale or separate listing on a recognised stock exchange thereby crystallising the value generated from our internal exploration and development work.

Value generated through disposals will be deployed internally to drive the Company's growth or may be returned to shareholders through share buy backs, dividends or in-specie distributions of assets.

Power Metal Exploration Programmes Underway/Results Awaited

Power Metal has exploration programmes completed or underway, with results awaited, as outlined below:

 
       Project         Location     POW %         Work Completed              Results Awaited 
                                                    or Underway 
 
 Alamo Gold               USA      Earn-in    Excavation of multiple    Field and assay 
  Project                           to 75%     test pits and mapping     results from on-site 
                                               & sampling.               work programme. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Athabasca              Canada       100%     Data compilation          Interpretation 
  Uranium                                      across uranium            results from 2 
                                               properties                of 7 properties. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Authier North          Canada     Earn-in    Soil & rock sampling      Technical Review 
  Lithium                           to 100%    completed                 of exploration 
                                                                         results & define 
                                                                         next exploration 
                                                                         steps. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Ditau Project         Botswana      50%      Drill programme           Field updates and 
                                               focused on key            receipt & review 
                                               targets notably           of laboratory assay 
                                               drilling of potential     results. 
                                               carbonatites and 
                                               targeting rare-earth 
                                               elements. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Kalahari Copper       Botswana      50%      Exploration programme     Field programme 
  Belt                                         underway across           findings and defined 
                                               the South Ghanzi          drill targets for 
                                               Project and further       near term drilling. 
                                               exploration at 
                                               the more recently 
                                               acquired South 
                                               Ghanzi Extension 
                                               and Mamuno licence 
                                               areas 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Molopo Farms          Botswana      53%      Review of recent          Determine next 
                                               exploration findings.     exploration steps 
                                                                         and action plan. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Haneti Project        Tanzania      35%      Diamond drill programme   Receipt & review 
                                               completed                 of laboratory assay 
                                                                         results. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Victoria Goldfields   Australia    49.9%     Diamond drill programme   Field updates and 
                                               underway                  receipt & review 
                                                                         of laboratory assay 
                                                                         results. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Paterson Projects     Australia    83.33%    Wallal passive            Findings from multiple 
                                               seismic and 2D            work programmes 
                                               seismic processing        including final 
                                               work programme            approvals and preparations 
                                               completed.                for planned deep 
                                               Review of historical      diamond drilling. 
                                               data and target 
                                               generation for 
                                               Ripon Hills & Braeside 
                                               West projects. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Selta Project         Australia    83.33%    Field reconnaissance      Field updates. 
                                               work now underway, 
                                               including mapping 
                                               and sampling. 
                      ----------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 

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