As you certainly know, a FS comes much later and months of work...

As you certainly know, a FS comes much later and months of work have already been invested in the technical tests, which continue to run parallel to the drilling.

METALLURGY TESTWORK

An initial sighter metallurgical test-work program was undertaken on a 180kg sample of saprolite-hosted rutile from the Wofiira prospect at a well-known mineral sands laboratory in Perth, Western Australia. The test-work program, which was focused on generating saleable product specifications, demonstrated that a high-quality commercial rutile product can be produced using conventional mineral sands processing methods. The recovered rutile grade from in-situ was 1.16% produced in a +38µm to -250µm size fraction. Test work is ongoing in order to improve rutile recoveries and to determine if other valuable heavy minerals can be recovered as by-products.Results from the initial metallurgical program show that Sovereign’s rutile product specifications meet market requirements with many parameters at best-in-class levels. Standout attributes include;

• Rutile product grade of 96.0% TiO2 at a recovered rutile grade of 1.16%
• Exceptionally low uranium and thorium levels
• Exceptionally low chromium levels
• Exceptionally low zirconium levels

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