Zenith Minerals Limited announced further lithium pegmatite drill results from the Split Rocks Lithium Project in Western Australia that extend mineralisation a further 200m south of previously reported diamond drill hole ZVCD039, that returned two thick lithium pegmatite mineralised intervals. The project is part of the Zenith Lithium Joint Venture with EV Metals Group. Technical Details: The Split Rocks Project is located approximately 40km south of the regional town of Marvel Loch in the Goldfields Region of Western Australia and is being explored as part of the Zenith Lithium Joint Venture with EV Metals Group.

The project area lies immediately north of the Mt Holland Lithium Project that is being developed by Covalent Lithium. Drilling as part of an ongoing exploration campaign to scope the size of the host pegmatite and contained lithium mineralisation at Rio has returned significant lithium mineralisation. Lithium pegmatite mineralisation identified to date is a mixture of eucryptite with lesser spodumene, petalite and lepidolite confirmed by multiple methods including optical microscopy, SEM, Raman spectroscopy and XRD analyses.

The amenability of eucryptite mineralisation to conventional treatment processes has been shown by positive sighter flotation testwork and bench scale calcination-leach tests, hence confirming the potential of eucryptite as a viable lithium target. Forward Program: Lithium mineralised pegmatite (>0.1% Li2O) has now been identified over >2,800m by 1,100m. Within this zone an open-ended higher-grade (>0.3% Li2O) lithium zone extends for greater than 750m in length, remaining open to the east and at depth.

Drilling at the Rio Pegmatite is now planned to test along strike in the northeast and at depth, with a significant additional focus on drill testing regional geochemical anomalies, such as the new Cielo lithium target, that has come about from the extensive auger and soil sampling programs that commenced in 2022.