Southern Gold to Commence Drilling at Main Deokon Mine

Iondrive Limited, formerly Southern Gold Limited, is a mineral exploration and battery technology commercialization company. Its mineral exploration business includes 100% interest in a substantial portfolio of rare-earth elements (REE), lithium (Li) and precious metals exploration projects in South Korea. Its commercialization business holds three worldwide licenses comprising the next generation battery technologies comprising an enhanced performance non-flammable lithium-ion based battery; a low-cost, environmentally sustainable method for recycling lithium batteries, and a low-cost, high cycle life water-based battery. Its projects include the Deokon Gold-Silver Project, the Haenam Basin-Gasado North Project, Gyeongsang Basin-Gampo Project, Dokcheon, Gyeongsang Basin-Geoje Island Angsan Project, Goseong, Samguen Li Project, Seobyeok Li Project, Chungju REE Project and Jangnam REE Project. The Deokon project lies within an extensional northeast-southwest trending pull-apart basin.