·     Drill core recovery averaged >95%. Weathered zone recoveries averaged between 90-95% and recoveries through the fresh rock averaged >99%.

·     Based on the high recoveries, FSM did not implement additional measures to improve sample recovery and the drill core is considered representative and fit for sampling.

·     Most pegmatites were intersected in fresh rock and the core recovery was near 100% and there is no sample bias due to preferential loss or gain of fine or coarse material. Some bias may occur in the weathered portion of pegmatites where recoveries were slightly lower but is not considered material to the results as very few pegmatites were intersected in this zone.

·     Drill core was logged by qualified geologists and the logs were then captured into the database.

·     All drill core was logged qualitatively for geology (capturing geological, weathering and mineralogical properties) and quantitatively for geotechnical properties (RQD and structures) and recovery.

·     A complete copy of the data is held by CSA Global in a SQL database.

·     All drill core was photographed both in dry and wet states, pre and post sampling, with the photographs stored in the database.

·     The soil samples were processed at FSM's camp in Tounvré.

·     Samples were oven dried for up to 120 mins and then pulverised with a motor and pestle until all material passed through 0.16mm sieve. 

·     2 pulp samples of 100-200g of the screened material was then collected, one bagged and labelled for despatch to Ricca Resources laboratory in Ghana and the duplicate remained as reference pulp sample in Tounvré camp. The remaining material was retained.

·     In Ghana a pressed pellet was produced from the sample using a manual hydraulic press and the remaining sample retained.

·     Drill core is cut longitudinally, and half-core samples of a nominal 1m length are submitted for assay.

·     The sample preparation for drill core samples incorporates standard industry practice.

·     The half core samples are then packaged and the certified reference material, blanks and duplicates are inserted at appropriate intervals and submitted for crushing and pulverizing at the Intertek sample preparation lab in Yamoussoukro.

·     The half-core samples of approximately 2-4 kg are oven dried, crushed to a nominal -2 mm with a sub-ample of approximately 100g being split out. This sub-sample is then pulverised to produce a pulp with 85% passing -75um size fraction.

·     A subsample is then split from this and then the complete sample batch is couriered to Australia for assay analysis.

·     Standard sub-sampling procedures are used by Intertek during all stages of sample preparation such that each sub-sample split is representative of the sample it was derived from.

·     Duplicate sampling comprising coarse and pulp duplicates were undertaken for the drilling programme. These were prepared by the lab during the sample preparation process and the samples inserted into empty pre- numbered bags that were placed into the sample sequence by SEMS geologists. These were then processed further, along with all the other samples.

·     The drilling produced PQ and HQ drill core, providing a representative sample of the pegmatites which is coarse-grained. Sampling was mostly at nominal 1m intervals, and the submitted half-core samples typically had mass of 2-4 kg.

·     The soil pulps were couriered to Ricca Resources Ghana laboratory where they were subjected to industry accepted sample preparation and multi element analysis by pXRF for 34 elements including Rb, Sn, Nb and Zr and LIBS for 7 elements including Li.

·     Olympus Vanta XRF Analyzer model VMR series was used in reading multi-element suite and SciAps LIBS analyser for reading and Li and selected elements.

·     Internal laboratory QAQC checks analysis on its own certified reference material of standards and blanks /inserted at regular interval into the sample stream are reported.

·     QAQC performance was monitored and reviewed by Ricca and demonstrated the results are accepting for the reporting of the results.

·     The Competent Person is satisfied that the assay results are suitable for the reporting of exploration results.

·     Geophysical instruments were not used in assessing the mineralisation.

·     The drill hole sample pulps were couriered to Intertek in Perth for assay using a sodium peroxide fusion followed by an ICP-MS and ICP-OE assay. Method code FP6/MS and FP6/OES. The samples were assayed for 21 elements including Li, Ta, Nb and Sn.

·     Peroxide fusion results in complete digestion of the sample and is suitable for many refractory, difficult-to-dissolve minerals. Peroxide fusion also provides for a more complete digestion of some silicate mineral species and is considered to provide the most reliable determination of elements associated with LCT pegmatites and associated mineralisation.

·     QAQC samples comprising blanks (pulp and coarse crush chips) and certified reference materials sourced from AMIS in South Africa were inserted into the sample batches. In addition, the laboratory (Intertek) incorporated its own internal QAQC procedures to monitor its assay results prior to release of results to FSM.

·     The Competent Person is satisfied that the results of the QAQC are acceptable and that the assay data from Intertek is suitable for the reporting of exploration results.

·     Geophysical instruments were not used in assessing the mineralisation.

·     CSA Global (CSA) has not observed any of the sampling process executed by Ricca Resources sampling team.

·     The logging and sampling data were captured onto paper logs and transferred into an Excel spreadsheet that was imported into a SQL database managed by CSA Global.

·     The field programme was managed by Ricca Resources.

·     All data is stored locally on a laptop computer and backed-up onto the cloud.

·     The assay data has not been adjusted.

·     CSA Global (CSA) observed the mineralisation in the majority of drill core, but no check assaying was completed by them at this stage of the exploration programme.

·     The logging and sampling data were captured onto paper logs and transferred into Excel spreadsheets that were imported into a SQL database managed by CSA Global.

·     The field programme was managed by SEMS- Exploration (Cote d'Ivoire).

·     All hole locations were sited using a handheld GPS and surveyed with a differential GPS (DGPS) once all drilling was completed. The information was then transferred to the logging Excel spreadsheets.

·     All data is stored locally on a laptop computer and also backed-up onto the cloud.

·     The assay data has not been adjusted.

·     All soil sampling locations were captured using a handheld GPS The information was then transferred to the logging Excel spreadsheets.

·     Coordinates are relative to WGS84 UTM zone 29P.

·     The locations are considered suitably accurate for the purpose of reporting exploration results.

·     The drill hole locations were recorded using a DGPS device.

·     Coordinates are relative to WGS84 UTM zone 29P.

·     For the purposes of early-stage geological modelling, the drillhole collars were projected onto a topographic surface.

·     The locations are considered suitably accurate for the purpose of reporting exploration results.

·     Soil sampling was completed on east-west grid with lines spaced at 100m apart and samples collected at 100m intervals along the lines to create a 100x100m sample grid across the Atex licence.

·     The spacing is considered suitable to determine targets associated with LCT pegmatites for follow-up exploration work. 

·     No sample compositing was done.

·     Drill holes were laid out along a northeast- southwest pattern spaced between 70 and 300m apart. Holes were not drilled on a regular grid as this early-stage phase of scout drilling was designed to test the mapped pegmatites for mineralisation, determine orientation at depth and geological continuity for certain pegmatites.

·     The spacing is considered suitable to determine targets for follow-up work. Areas for follow-up exploration have also been identified based on gaps identified in the data generated to date.

·     No sample compositing was done.

·     The drillhole orientation is designed to intersect the pegmatites at, or nearly at, 90° to the plane of the pegmatite. However, due to the poor control on the pegmatite orientations and limitations of the drill rig (could not drill holes <50°), many of the pegmatite intercepts were drilled obliquely to the pegmatite.

·     The pegmatite intercepts in the drill holes thus represent widths which are greater than the true pegmatite widths. This is illustrated in the attached sections.  (refer the Company's notifications of 15 November 2022 and 15 December 2022)

·     The relationship between the apparent widths and true width has not yet been established.

·     All soil samples were collected, labelled and bagged on site by the Ricca exploration team.

·     Samples were secured and stored in FSM's core yard facility in Tounvré where the sample preparation was also done.

·     Sample batches of the prepared sample material were then dispatched to Ricca Resources' laboratory in Ghana for assay by LIBS and pXRF.

·     Sample transport to Ghana was managed by Ricca Resources and facilitated by Intertek Yamoussoukro Prep lab, which delivered the samples to Ghana on behalf of Ricca Resources

·     A chain of custody sheet was verified and signed off at each stage in transit before in get to the Laboratory in Ghana and finally checked and signed by the recipient.

·     The sample lists were submitted to the Ricca Resources laboratory in Ghana electronically and checked by the recipient against what was received.

·     Batch tracking file is updated regularly, considering the status of samples dispatched and results received.

·     All drill core samples were collected, labelled and bagged on site by the SEMS-Exploration team.

·     Samples were secured and stored in FSM's core yard facility in Tounvré.

·     The sample batches were then collected from Tounvré by Intertek Yamoussoukro.

·     The sample lists were submitted to Intertek electronically and checked by Intertek against what was received.

·     Once the samples had been prepared, Intertek Yamoussoukro couriered the sample pulps to Intertek Perth, via Intertek Ghana, for assay.

·     The soil sampling technique and assay methodology have been reviewed by Mr Michael Cronwright of CSA Global, the Competent Person.

·     Regular reviews of the data and assay results have been conducted to ensure the data are suitable for target generation purposes.

·     The Competent Person considers that the exploration work conducted to date is using appropriate techniques for the style of mineralisation and is suitable for the reporting of the exploration results.

·     The drilling and sampling techniques were reviewed by Mr Michael Cronwright of CSA Global, the Competent Person, during the site visit in August 2022.

·     Discussions were held with key technical staff from SEMS-Exploration regarding the geology, sampling and data capturing they conducted.

·     The Competent Person considers that the exploration work conducted to date has been using appropriate techniques for the style of mineralisation and is suitable for the reporting of the exploration results.