·      Reverse circulation (RC) chips were collected at 1 m intervals and in some cases over 0.5 m intervals over the mineralised zone. The chips were collected into plastic sample bags from a cyclone to ensure maximum recovery. The samples were split using a standard riffle-splitter to around 0.25 to 0.5 kg per sample.

·      Diamond drill core is cut using a diamond rock saw, and half-core samples are taken in lithologically appropriate intervals, ranging from 0.5 m to 3 m in length, with additional sampling extending before and after mineralisation. Diamond core void of mineralisation was not a priority for the company and therefore not all core has been sampled once mineralisation controls were established. Core recovery is recorded into the database. For diamond core duplicate sample analysis, half core samples were cut into two quarter core samples, one as the primary sample and the other for duplicate analysis. Half core always remains in the core box.

·      Samples from the initial exploration programmes were sent to an ISO accredited ALS Chemex in Vancouver, British Columbia for Au and Ag analysis by fire assay and latterly to a similar ALS laboratory in Izmir, which is still used as an external laboratory for QA/QC purposes.

·      Samples are now prepared and analysed at Zenit's own internal Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory, for Au (fire assay), Ag (AAS), and 4-acid digest for all other elements.

·      Under normal operational procedures, sampling undertaken during early-stage exploration or reconnaissance is submitted to the laboratory for 30 g fire assay analysis. However, sampling undertaken on more advanced or resource stage projects are submitted for 50 g fire assay analysis, where it is expected that the larger sample mass will provide marginally more representative results.

·      As of January 2022, the Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory houses two ICP-OES (PerkinElmer Avio 550 and PerkinElmer Optima 8000) instruments, two Atomic Absorption Spectrometers (PerkinElmer's PinAAcle 900F), three drying ovens, three crushers, three pulverisers and seven furnaces. In addition, since October 2022 the Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory has been accredited by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK) with "TS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Experimental and Calibration Laboratories".

·      Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) analysis is typically used on 1 m intervals on all drill core not sampled for assaying. This is primarily for geological modelling purposes.

·      Some pulp rejects from assayed samples are also analysed using pXRF analysis. This data is not used for mineral resource estimation purposes, but rather for internal evaluations conducted by the exploration team. pXRF certified reference standards are used on a regular basis in line with company procedures.

·      Rock-saw channel sampling was completed in early 2020 over 60 outcrops of mapped mineralised jasperoid to support the resource. A petrol powered dual bladed diamond saw was used to cut 35 millimetre (mm) thick channels to represent halved HQ core.

·      Historic drilling and sampling procedures (pre-2000) were not available, but work undertaken was completed by reputable exploration companies, so it is assumed that sampling was completed in line with industry standards at the time. This data amounts to less than 15% of the drilling database to date. In 2008 Ariana Resources successfully completed check assaying of 42 coarse reject material samples to test historical drilling to provide additional confidence to historical Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures.

·      In total 29,962 m of drilling across 4,565 drill holes has been completed across the Tavşan deposit. Additionally 1,169 m has been sampled across 156 rocksaw channels.

·      Diamond drillholes comprise a combination of PQ and HQ diameter (standard tube). Drilling on the project can be summarised as follows:

o  2025 - 85 diamond holes for 3,887.3 m (Tavşan Main and South to 17 November 2025)

o  2025 - 71 diamond holes for 5,345.0 m (Tavşan North to 17 October 2025)

o  2024 - 3 diamond holes for 741.4 m

o  2023 - 99 diamond holes for 7,808.2 m

o  2022 - 61 diamond holes for 4,037.2 m

o  2021 - 71 diamond holes for 2,173.7 m

o  2019 - 4 diamond holes for 90.5 m (Tavşan Far North)

o  2006 - 87 RC (13.3 centimetre) holes for 1,611 m

o  2004 - 35 PQ diamond holes for 1,419 m

o  1997 - 8 diamond holes for 341m, 7 RC holes for 543 m

o  1988 - 34 RC holes for 1,965 m

·      All historic holes were drilled by Ranger (1988), Teck Cominco (1997) and, Pusula Madencilik (Odyssey's 100% Turkish subsidiary) and their various contractors prior to the acquisition of the project by Ariana Resources plc and latterly Zenit Madencilik San. ve. Tic. A.Ş.

·      Diamond drill core recoveries were monitored and recorded into the sampling database. No recovery was calculated for RC drilling conducted at Tavşan.

·      Select historic drill holes were examined for core recovery at the site, which was deemed to be satisfactory.

·      Overall core recovery for 2021/2022 diamond drilling was 88% for 2,854 measurements, with 95% of drilling showing over 70% recovery. Core recovery for the 2023 diamond drilling programme was 89%, with 94 % drilling showing over 70% recovery. Core recovery for the 2025 drilling programme to date is over 87% (Tavşan North Zone, Main Zone and South Zone).

·      There is no correlation between sample recovery and grade.

·      All diamond core holes were logged lithologically (regardless of the presence of mineralisation) using a coded logging system for rock type, mineralisation, grain size, colour, alteration and any other relevant observations.

·      Mineralised zones were identified from observation of mineralogy and lithological characteristics. Portable XRF analysis was conducted post drilling, to provide supporting geochemical data for non-sampled regions in all drilling prior to 2023. Areas identified as geochemically anomalous by pXRF were further sampled. The pXRF was calibrated with the calibration discs on a regular basis.

·      Logging is qualitative in the comments section and quantitative (scales 1 to 3 or percentages) in the attributes such as alteration or mineralisation.

·      Logging of RC samples was carried out on washed samples with geological characteristics recorded to a database.

·      All diamond drill core trays are photographed (dry and wet) before sampling. Representative samples of RC chips are taken for each chip tray and photographed.

·      Core samples were cut using an electric circular diamond saw with water supply for dust suppression. Half core remains in the core tray for reference.

·      RC sampling: Samples were collected at 1 m intervals and split using a two-stage riffle splitter, running each sample through the splitter twice. Wet intervals were sub-sampled with scoop or spear. Samples were oven-dried at the laboratory if necessary. Although every metre was sampled from top to bottom of each hole, metres which were clearly unmineralised were not assayed.

·      Sample preparation technique is appropriate to the mineralisation style.

·      Splitting and sample preparation conducted on samples at the Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory:

o  Drying at 105°C

o  Crushing whole sample to ≤2 mm

o  Splitting of crushed sample to analyse

o  Pulverising sub-sample to 80% passing ≤75 μm

·      A quality control (QA/QC) programme was instituted at the beginning of the drill programmes, which consisted of inserting a field duplicate and uncertified/certified reference material samples into the sample stream. No field blanks were inserted. Uncertified standards were typically inserted (1:16 to 1:20 samples), during Odyssey's drilling campaigns. These were determined to not be reliable enough to measure accuracy at the laboratory. Odyssey's own QA/QC programme has significant shortcomings, but the lab performance is adequate to support a mineral resource estimation. Standard and duplicate samples for QA/QC were taken by ALS Global Izmir and performance was noted as good. Reporting of ALS's internal QA/QC samples have found the results to fall within the 95% confidence interval assigned to them, as per the lab's internal monitoring standards.

·      All suitable measures were taken to ensure that samples were suitably representative.

·      QA/QC procedures employed in all drill programmes prior to 2019 included the insertion of certified reference standards (1:22), blank samples (1:22), pulp and crush duplicates (2:22) to monitor the accuracy and precision of laboratory data when samples were submitted to ALS Global, Izmir. Insertion rate of 18%.

·      In drill programmes since 2019, samples have been submitted in batches of 35 to ALS Global, Izmir, to include 1 blank, 1 CRM, 1 field duplicate and 1 pulp duplicate. Insertion rate of 11%.

·      Since 2019, samples have been submitted to Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory in batches of 20 to include 1 field blank, 1 CRM, 1 field duplicate and 1 pulp duplicate. Insertion rate of 20%. The Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory adds an additional duplicate sample which is a split of the 19th sample of each batch. Further to this the laboratory adds 4 internal standards for their own instrumental QA/QC checks.

·      In addition to routine QA/QC procedures, 59% of all Tavşan drill samples from the 2021/2022 programme were duplicated to submit to ALS Global, Izmir, as check samples at an external laboratory to confirm internal Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory results, whilst the laboratory expansion was taking place and while laboratory procedures and instrumentation was being checked internally. For the 2023-2025 programmes, 10% of all drill samples were duplicated to submit to ALS Global, Izmir, as check samples at an external laboratory to confirm internal Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory results.

·      The overall quality of QA/QC procedures is considered adequate to ensure the validity of the data used for resource estimation purposes.

·      The handheld portable XRF is an Olympus Vanta. A series of 10 blank and certified reference material samples are used to check the quality of the pXRF data. These are scanned at a rate of 1 blank and 1 CRM for every 100 samples. The device does not require further calibration.

·      Significant intercepts were inspected by Mr. Joe Hirst (Tetra Tech Competent Person) during the site inspection in 2018. Data input has been completed in accordance with company procedures, which have been reviewed by Tetra Tech during their MRE in 2018 and 2020.

·      Data verification was also independently completed in 2006 by Mr. Antoine Yassa of P & E Mining Consultants Inc. during an earlier phase of exploration. 12 check samples were taken. Results were deemed satisfactory and demonstrated that the grade of gold is very similar in most instances, to what was originally reported by Odyssey.

·      Prior to resource estimation, below detection limit assay results have been replaced with values of zero.

·      Primary data, data entry procedures, data verification and data storage protocols are in line with industry best-practice.

·      All samples (30 g or 50 g) are analysed using fire assay with AAS (Au-AA23) and aqua regia with ICP-AES (ME-ICP41).

·      All samples before 2019 were submitted to the internationally accredited laboratory of ALS Global in Izmir, Turkey (ISO 9001:2008 accredited).

·      Samples taken in 2019 - 2025 have been submitted to Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory (TS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited since October 2022), with minimum 10% also selected for check assays at ALS Global in Izmir throughout the sampling programme. Samples are chosen from areas suspected to be mineralised.

·      Since early 2021 the Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory has undergone expansion to deal with increased sample capacity. Initial verification of assay results from newly installed laboratory instruments is still undergoing internal review. Check results from the external laboratory (ALS Global Izmir) have been received and reviewed, demonstrating that received assay data and associated QA/QC samples fall within expected levels. Evaluations of incoming check data for the Zenit and ALS laboratories will continue to be assessed.

·      All collar positions were located initially by hand-held GPS (Garmin Etrex 10 and 30) and later surveyed by a professional surveyor using DGPS equipment. All coordinates are recorded in UTM ED50 35N.

·      Down hole surveys were not completed at Tavşan (pre-2021) as holes were typically drilled vertically. However, drill holes were surveyed where possible, by open hole methods at 20 m intervals from surface, during a project review in 2015; using a Flexit down hole multi-shot survey device.

·      All holes were surveyed in the 2021/2022, 2023/2024 and 2025 drilling programmes using a standard Electronic Multi-shot Magnetic survey deviation tool (Devico PeeWee).

·      Topographic data is collected by DGPS. Additionally, 5 m and 25 m contours were generated from ortho-rectified WorldView satellite imagery.

·      The Resource area has been drilled as access allows, resulting in an irregular data spacing, typically between 25 m and 80 m between collars (average collar spacing between all zones is 35 m).

·      Samples were composited to 1 m prior to estimation.

·      281 diamond drill holes (16,611 m), 128 RC drill holes (4,115 m) and 156 rock-saw channels (1,169 m) were used to model the mineralisation in the most recent MRE (March 2024).

·      Since the MRE, 71 diamond holes has been drilled at Tavşan North Zone for 5,345 m. 85 diamond holes have been drilled at Tavşan Main and South Zones for 3,887 m.

·      Sample compositing has not been applied at the sampling stage.

·      Sample spacing and distribution is sufficient to establish the geological and grade continuity required for modelling and resource estimation.

·      The mineralisation is primarily outcropping at surface and has been drilled primarily vertically, with full intersections. Some inclined holes have been drilled between -80 and -40 degrees of dip, primarily stepped off from the mineralisation to delineate the edges of the mineralisation at depth.

·      No sampling bias is observed from the orientation of drilling with regards to the mineralised structures. True thickness with respect to apparent thickness is well understood as most intersections are normal to the mineralisation.

·      No biases are expected from the drilling direction.

·      Samples are stored in a secure location (Balikoy Depot, and more recently the Tavşan mine site) in a clean area free of any contamination. Full chain of custody documentation is used when transferring the samples to the laboratory and has been overseen by the responsible company geologist.

·      In drilling programmes pre-2019 the measures taken to ensure sample security for samples used for analysis and QA/QC include the following:

o  Chain of Custody is demonstrated by both Company and ALS Global or Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory in the delivery and receipt of sample materials.

o  Upon receipt of samples, ALS Global delivers by email to the Company's designated QC Manager, confirmation that each batch of samples has arrived, with its tamper-proof seal intact, at the allocated sample preparation facility.

o  Any damage to or loss of samples within each batch (e.g., total loss, spillage or obvious contamination), must also be reported to the Company in the form of a list of samples affected and detailing the nature of the problem(s).

·      In all drilling programmes since 2020, the majority of samples have been analysed by the Kiziltepe Mine Laboratory. Samples are delivered securely from the drill site to the laboratory by the exploration team and are securely held at the laboratory in the fenced off and guarded mine site, with no unauthorised access.

·      In 2020 Tetra Tech reviewed the protocols and procedures adopted and found the various aspects sufficient to support mineral resource estimation. Tetra Tech completed an independent analysis of the QA/QC data completed by Odyssey, and whilst there are shortcomings, the ALS lab QA/QC programme was robust. The data is deemed appropriate for resource estimation.

·      Ariana has implemented QA/QC programmes covering all aspects of sample location and collection that meets or exceeds the currently accepted industry standards.

·      Ariana implemented a QA/QC programme based on international best practice during the initial exploration work and subsequent drilling programmes. The company has continued to review and refine the QA/QC procedures as these exploration campaigns have progressed.

·      Zenit continues to implement QA/QC procedures based on international best practice during the drilling programmes.