Technology Minerals Plc announced assay results from the initial Knockeen shallow trench sampling programme opened up at 1-2m depth and completed in December 2023 at its Leinster Lithium Project in Ireland. The project is being operated by Global Battery Metals Ltd. (GBML) and is progressing under an option agreement between GBML and Technology Minerals. The pegmatite intersected in the trench contained spodumene crystals along its exposed length and five chip samples across the width of the dike were collected at 1m intervals.

The spodumene pegmatite dike comprises of the coarsely bladed white lithium mineral spodumene along with variable amounts of quartz and feldspar. Three grab samples; AES62948 to AES62950 were also collected from large blocks of spodumene pegmatite lying immediately above the actual bedrock in the trench. A series of soil profile samples were also collected from along the length of the trench and over the exposed spodumene pegmatite.

The results from these samples are pending and will provide valuable information on lithium dispersion within different parts of the overburden profile going forward. All samples were analysed and reported by ALS Laboratories in Ireland.Work on this small footprint of field area was undertaken in close association with the landowner and the Company will rehabilitate the trenched area back to the original field condition on completion. The trenching has assisted greatly in the interpretation of the spodumene bearing pegmatite dikes encountered in the 2023 summer drilling programme.

The dikes both in the trench and the drilling dip north westwards at approximately 40 degrees. This trench pegmatite is interpreted to be the same pegmatite intersected at 30m depth in drill hole 23-1597-02 and at 60m depth in drill hole 23-1597-03. This gives a total down dip extension of at least 100m from surface.

This dike is just one of the spodumene bearing dikes intersected in the drilling which form a broadly NE-SW trending dike swarm of up to seven dikes in 24 separate intercepts in nine diamond cored drill holes.