Critical Minerals Group Limited announced that the company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, has applied for three new exploration permits for minerals (EPMs) in Queensland comprising EPM 28635, EPM 28636 and EPM 28631 which are all located within close proximity, or adjacent to, the Company's project known as the Lindfield Project (EPM 27872), located near Julia Creek in Northwest Queensland. Whilst confident, there is no guarantee that the EPMs will be granted to the Company. If granted, future exploration will aim to define shallow (surface to 30 m deep) Toolebuc Formation shales above the base of weathering.

At this depth mining is not prohibitive and there are no oils present which allows for easier processing of the ore. The tenement application areas intend to extend on exploration by previous explorers and known extensions to Vanadium mineralisation in the Company's already defined JORC resource (Inferred 210mt 0.39% V2O5) of its Lindfield Project (EPM 27872). Historical exploration works show the base of weathering across the Lindfield Project ranges from 14 m to 25 m, with a typical depth of 19 m. Thickness of the seam across the region ranges from approximately 8 to 15m thick.