SRES Sunrise Resources Plc

("Sunrise" or the "Company")

30 May 2024

HALF-YEARLY REPORT 2024

Sunrise Resources plc, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2024, a copy of which is also available on the Company's website, www.sunriseresourcesplc.com

Operational Highlights

CS Natural Pozzolan Project (100% owned, Nevada USA)

Ø Talks continue with multiple parties for the development of the CS Deposit with new interested parties emerging on a regular basis.

Ø Terms recently discussed with different parties vary from sale of the Project with retained royalty to supply of 'as-mined' material to a third-party process plant.

Hazen Natural Pozzolan Project (100% owned, Nevada, USA)

Ø Processing of 250t bulk sample by existing pozzolan producer now expected to take place over the summer after long delay at the plant site.

Pioche Sepiolite Project (Under Option, Nevada, USA)

Ø Project under option to world's largest sepiolite producer, Tolsa S.A., giving a right to purchase the Project for US$1.4 million by 28 December 2024 with future payments to Sunrise of a 3% revenue-based royalty on production.

Ø Tolsa is working with the US Federal Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") to obtain approvals for 13 sonic boreholes, each to maximum 130ft deep and 300m of trenching in three large trenches.

Ø Drilling and trenching expected to start in July to collect additional samples for testing and to define extensions to the sepiolite deposit defined in 2023.

Crow Springs Diatomite Project (Royalty Interest, Nevada, USA)

Ø Recently sold to Dicalite Management group for US$150,000, of which half is already paid and half is payable on submission of a Plan of Operations to BLM.

Ø Sunrise retains right to royalty payment of $6/dry ton of ore delivered to Dicalite's nearby processing plant.

Ø Documents being readied by Dicalite Management Group for submission of a Plan of Operations to BLM which will trigger further payment.

Ø Royalty income could start within 12 months, mine permits allowing.

Jacksons Wash Gold Project (Under lease/option Nevada, USA)

Ø Currently under lease/option to major gold producer Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross"). Kinross may purchase the project for US$500,000 and payment to Sunrise of 2.5% Net Smelter Return ("NSR") Royalty.

Ø Leased claims form a part of Kinross' Montezuma Gold Project where exploration is now progressing to an advance stage. Kinross is currently finalising an exploration Plan of Operations with the BLM for numerous new drill sites.

Ø Sunrise's claims are integral to Kinross' Plan area.

Garfield Copper-Gold-Silver Project (Royalty Interest, Nevada, USA)

Ø Project under active exploration by Golden Metal Resources ("GMET").

Ø GMET has defined significant coincident copper-in soil anomalies and magnetic anomalies interpreted by GMET as targets for porphyry copper mineralisation.

Ø Sunrise holds a 2% Net Smelter Return Royalty over most of the main porphyry targets define to-date.

Reese Ridge Zinc-Lead-Silver-Gallium (100% owned, Nevada, USA)

Ø Recent sampling and interpretation for historical geophysical data has found high grade zinc-lead-silver-gallium mineralisation spatially related to geophysical anomalies that may represent buried carbonate replacement or porphyry copper mineralisation.

Ø Additional field work planned to determine extent of high grades on surface prior to drill testing.

Bakers Gold Project (100% owned, Western Australia)

Ø Previous exploration has intersected high grades of gold in percussion drilling, i.e. 2m grading 14.36 g/t gold from 64m downhole in hole 21SBRC002 on DLR4 Target.

Ø Mining lease applications surrendered in favour of new prospecting licence application which, when granted, will ensure that the project area can be retained at low cost and for an extended period.

Ø Negotiations are taking place for the sale of Sunrise Minerals Australia Pty Ltd, the holding company for the Bakers Gold Project.

Financial Results Summary

Group loss for the six-months ended 31 March 2024 of £66,113 comprising:

·      Other income of £142,650.

·      Interest income of £412; less Administration costs of £209,723.

·      Expensed pre-licence exploration costs totalling £678.

·      Impairment adjustment (credit) of £1,226.

·      Project expenditure of £29,867 was capitalised.

Funding during the period

Income of US$180,000 (GBP £142,650) was received during the reporting period from option fees; US$100,000 (GBP £79,250) from Tolsa US Inc. for the Pioche Sepiolite Project, US$75,000 (GBP £59,437) as the first instalment relating to the sale of the Crow Springs Diatomite claims and $5,000 (GBP £3,963) from Kinross Mining Corporation.

Shares to the value of £12,089 were issued in February 2024 in satisfaction of a portion of outstanding directors' fees and a supplier invoice of £12,500, and an amount of £25,000 was settled in shares on the conversion of a part of a convertible security outstanding in March 2024.

On 31 March 2024, the Company held £161,911 in cash and cash equivalents and liquid listed investments having a value of £17,992.

The Company relies upon periodic capital fundraisings until such time as cashflow can be derived either from the sale of assets or future operations.

Further information:

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Chairman's Statement

I am pleased to present the Company's unaudited financial results for the six-month' period ended 31 March 2024.

During the reporting period, talks for the future of our CS Natural Pozzolan Project have covered a range of possible outcomes including the sale of the project with a retained royalty, whilst another company is seeking to offtake 'as mined' material from the mine site to feed an offsite process plant. Discussions are continuing, and whilst they are more protracted than we would like, we are also seeing the emergence of new interested parties on a regular basis as the market for natural pozzolan becomes established, not only as a lower CO₂ substitute for fly-ash and cement in concrete, but also as a raw material for the new green cements that are growing their markets as a total replacement for ordinary Portland cement.

At our Hazen Natural Pozzolan Project we expect the processing of the 250-ton bulk sample mined in 2022 to take place over the summer. The delays to our collaboration with the processing company have been caused by their internal constraints which, we understand, are now largely resolved and this should clear the way for processing and joint venture discussions to resume with the processing partner, an existing producer of natural pozzolan.

At our Pioche Sepiolite Project in Nevada, which is under option to world's leading sepiolite producer, Tolsa S.A., we extended Tolsa's option to buy the project until 28 December 2024 and in return secured an option fee of US$100,000 and an increase in the purchase price to US$1.4 million. A large deposit of sepiolite was demonstrated by Tolsa's 2023 drill programme and Tolsa is now working with the BLM to permit a follow-up drill programme which is expected to start in July 2024. We remain optimistic that Tolsa will exercise its option, in which case we can expect to receive a 3% revenue-based royalty from future operations in addition to the cash payment.

During the period under review there have been a number of developments on the Company's other projects where we hold royalty interests or future royalty interests as the foundations laid in previous years start to bear fruit. Most of our royalty interests are calculated on revenue such as net smelter returns ("NSR"). They are risk free to us and payable irrespective of profitability. Furthermore, they are free carried and so, as holder, we are not required to contribute to exploration or mine development costs. Royalty interests also have a ready market amongst numerous specialist royalty holding companies. As a very general rule of thumb, a 1% revenue based royalty can be considered equivalent an equity-based profits interest of at least 10%.

During the period under review the Company sold a group of claims covering a diatomite deposit at Crow Springs to leading diatomite producer Dicalite Management Group ("Dicalite") which operates a diatomite processing plant at Basalt. A further payment is due to the Company when Dicalite submits a mine Plan of Operations to the BLM and the Company has retained the right to a US$6/t royalty payment on production.  Dicalite has advised that it is gathering the information necessary for submission of a Plan of Operations to the BLM. The Company believes that Dicalite is planning to start production at Crow Springs, and so payment of the royalty to Sunrise, as early as this time next year, permits allowing.

Work at the Company's Jackson Wash claims has also taken a step forward under our lease/option agreement with major gold producer Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross"). Kinross may purchase the project for US$500,000 and payment to Sunrise of 2.5% Net Smelter Return ("NSR") Royalty. The Company's claims are part of a larger land position being explored by Kinross for gold, as part of their Montezuma Gold Project, where Kinross is now moving exploration to an advanced stage and finalising an exploration Plan of Operations to the BLM for numerous new drill sites.

Exploration work is also ongoing at the Garfield Copper-Gold-Silver Project in Nevada where Sunrise holds a 2% NSR royalty and where owner Golden Metal Resources ("GMET") has recently defined significant coincident copper-in soil anomalies and magnetic anomalies interpreted by GMET as targets for porphyry copper mineralisation following Sunrise's original discovery of outcropping copper-gold-silver mineralisation. The Company's royalty covers the original claims sold to GMET and a one-mile surrounding area that includes most of the porphyry targets defined to-date.

Earlier in the reporting period we highlighted the discovery of outcropping high-grade zinc-lead-silver-gallium mineralisation at our Reese Ridge Project with samples reported sampling containing up to 13.6% zinc, 146ppm silver and 68ppm gallium in separate samples. This surface mineralisation is spatially related to geophysical electrical conductivity anomalies and the geological setting, and geological features of the target are consistent with a Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) style of mineralisation. These can be large and high grade as with the Hermosa Project in neighbouring Arizona which was acquired by South 32 in a US$1.3 billion takeover, and which includes the Taylor Deposit (138 million tonne Mineral Resource with a zinc equivalent grade of 8.61%) now under development. Further surface mapping and sampling is planned to determine the extent of high grades on surface prior to drill testing and to evaluate the associated grades of gallium, a metal essential to the electronic industry, the supply of which is dominated by China.

In Australia our only project interest is the Bakers Gold Project where previous exploration has intersected high grades of gold in percussion drilling. Mining lease applications have been surrendered in favour of prospecting licence application which, when granted, will ensure that the project area can be retained at a lower cost and for an extended period. Negotiations are taking place for the sale of Sunrise Minerals Australia Pty Ltd, the holding company for the Bakers Project.

During the period under review the Company completed the sub-division of its then existing Ordinary Shares into one new ordinary share and one deferred share and the subsequent buy back and cancellation of the deferred shares.  The net result of the process was to reduce the par value of the Company's ordinary shares.

I would like to thank shareholders for their support, and we look forward to bringing you further news from our key projects.

Patrick Cheetham

Executive Chairman

30 May 2024

Consolidated Income Statement

for the six months to 31 March 2024

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

for the six months to 31 March 2024

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

as at 31 March 2024