The directors of Encounter Resources Ltd. advised that assays have confirmed lithium and other critical minerals bearing LCT pegmatites at the Crawford target
part of the Junction Lithium Project ("Junction") in the Northern Territory ("NT"). Junction sits within the North Arunta Pegmatite Province which was first identified in a report by the Northern Territory Geological Survey ("NTGS") in 2005. The NTGS interprets that the pegmatites in the region are LCT pegmatites similar to the host pegmatites of the lithium deposits at Greenbushes in WA and the Finnis deposit in the Pine Creek pegmatite province in the NT. The NTGS interpretation has now been validated at Crawford with significant implications for the broader Junction area. The Crawford target at Junction is defined by the intersection of two important LCT-controlling structures, the Barrow Creek and Neutral Junction Fault Zones. In December 2022, initial field reconnaissance was completed at Crawford to investigate a series of outcropping and sub-cropping pegmatites. The outcrops were rock chip sampled over 4km of strike proximal to the margin of a large, interpreted granite body. Several outcropping pegmatites and fractionated granites were sampled along the 4km trend which returned highly anomalous lithium and other critical mineral assay results. Accordingly, Crawford is a new critical minerals occurrence in the North Arunta region. The results confirm LCT pegmatites at Crawford, comparable to the host pegmatites of the Core Lithium Finnis lithium deposits in the Pine Creek region of the NT (JORC Resources of 15Mt @ 1.3% Li 2 0). Systematic soil geochemical sampling of the LCT pegmatite prospective corridor will be completed in early 2023. The geochemical sampling will test for a range of critical minerals including Li, Cs, Ta, Sn, Be, W and Rb. Following this soil sampling program, RC drilling of defined targets is planned.