·    Soil samples weighing approximately 2-2.5kg were collected from a 25-30cm diameter hole. The surficial humus and debris cleared prior to excavation of the shallow hole and the sample collected from the B-horizon and placed into pre-numbered plastic bags. Oversize material was discarded.

·    Sample tickets inserted into the bags which were then sealed with a cable-tie or taped shut.

·    Sample holes were backfilled and locations marked with a stick (peg) and flagging tape with the sample ID marked.

·    Duplicate samples were collected from locations where pegmatite material was sampled.

·    Areas of anthropogenic disturbances were avoided such as roads and artisanal workings. However, cultivated fields were sampled. Streams, riverbeds and swamps were also avoided.

·    QAQC samples comprising certified reference materials, blanks and field duplicates were inserted at regular intervals into the sample stream.

·    Samples were dried, hand crushed, sieved <160 microns and pressed into round pellet (~3cm diameter).

·    Sample analysis was done by LIBS for lithium and a multi-element suite, including LCT pegmatite pathfinder elements (such as Sn, Ta, Rb) by pXRF.

·    Uncased auger drilling was used to collect soil samples for Part 1 of Phase 2. All holes were drilled to the top saprolite, an extra 1-2m if lithology isn't recognisable.

·    Each site was cleared of debris and plant material prior to drilling and levelled.

·    Holes that failed to progress beyond 2m were redrilled to mitigate the eventuality a hole encountered a boulder and to ensure that the maximum depth could be reached to collect a suitable sample from as close to the top of saprolite as possible. A total of 1039 holes have been drilled to date.

·    Holes varied between 1m and 18m in depth. The samples were collected at 1m intervals, weighing approximately 10kg.

·    The samples were then riffle split to produce a nominal 3-5kg subsample. Any oversize material was coned and quartered and added to the primary sample and reject sample bags. Additional splitting was conducted on samples >5kg.

·    The primary focus of this sampling is to identify and confirm pegmatites within the target areas identified from the previously completed soil sampling.

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

·    Uncased auger drilling is used to collect samples at 1m intervals.

·    The drilling was conducted by Royal Mining, a company based in Abidjan using 2x Drilling Equipment Plant LTD manufactured rigs and towed by a Jiang Fa 2500 tractor. The rigs total depth capability was ~18m.

·    All holes were drilled vertically.

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

·    1039 auger soil samples were collected during For Part 1 of Phase 2,  weighing between 2kg and 6.0kg, averaging 3.0kg.

·    Sample recoveries are considered suitably representative for the purposes of target generation.

·    All the auger holes were geologically logged at 1m sample intervals.

·    All samples were photographed.

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

·    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.

·    The 1m auger samples were riffle split on site to obtain a nominal 5kg subsample. A 5kg (or of similar mass) duplicate sample was also prepared for each sample from the reject material and has been retained on site. Wet clay samples are coned and split by hand and dried in the oven with other samples.

·    The sample captured from the drill string is placed in 50cm wide washing tubs hand mixed and spilt through a 50:50 splitter.

·    The auger samples are being 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 sufficient material passed through 0.16mm sieve. 

·    A subsample comprising a 100g scoop from each metre sample is taken and placed in plastic bag for air drying and pXRF and at Touvre base.

·    The ~3-5kg EOH field samples is split 50:50 at camp with this primary sample being prepped and the field duplicate stored at FSM's camp. The primary 2.5kg sample is prepped and generates two 100g minus 160micron subsamples. One is bagged and labelled for despatch to Ricca Resources laboratory in Ghana and the duplicate remained as reference pulp sample in Tounvré camp. The coarse reject is discarded. The auger top of saprolite samples are considered suitable for identifying exploration targets.

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

·    The soil samples were couriered to Ricca Resources Ghana laboratory where they will be subject to industry accepted sample preparation and multi element analysis by pXRF for 34 elements including Rb, Sn, Nb and Zr and LIBS for 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 acceptable for the reporting of the results.

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

·    Geophysical instruments were not used in assessing the mineralisation.

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

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

·    No verification sampling was done.

·    The auger logging and sampling data are captured on tablets that were imported into a SQL database managed by CSA Global.

·    The field programme is being managed by Ricca Resources

·    All hole locations are recorded on a handheld GPS on tablets.

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

·    The assay data presented 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 auger hole locations were recorded using a handheld GPS device.

·    Coordinates are relative to WGS84 UTM zone 29P.

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

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

·    The results will not be used in any Mineral Resource estimation.

·    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 and was suitable to delineate a number of soil anomalies for targeted follow up in the subsequent auger programme

·    Individual auger lines are orientated northwest-southeast (perpendicular to the inferred orientation of the pegmatite at Spodumene Hill), and trend of the soil anomalies, and lines spaced at 150m along a northeast-southwest orientation. Orientation of the planned auger lines in Area 4 is northeast-southwest.

·    The grid was designed to determine potential strike extents to the northeast-southwest striking Spodumene Hill pegmatite (and east west orientation pegmatites in Area 4) and also test a number of the additional soil anomalies identified from the soil sampling programme

·    No relationship has been establishing between the interpreted pegmatite intercepts from the auger holes and true widths.

·    The results will not be used in any Mineral Resource estimation.

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

·    At the end of each day the samples were placed in large plastic bags and large plastic labelled bags. Each bag usually contained samples from one hole.

·    Samples were secured and stored in FSMs 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.

·    The same methods and protocols are being used in Part 2 of Phase II of the auger drilling.

·    The soil sampling and auger sampling technique was reviewed by Ricca Resources and the Competent person.

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

·    Discussions were also held with key technical staff from Ricca Resources regarding the geology, sampling and data capture they conducted.

·    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.