Koba Resources Limited announced it has received assay results from its maiden drilling program at the Blackpine Cobalt-Copper Project in Idaho, USA. Koba's initial 3-hole (457.8m) drill program has successfully demonstrated that shallow induced polarisation (IP) geophysical targets at the Swift Prospect are closely associated with high-grade cobalt and copper mineralisation. High-grade results returned included 0.4m @ 0.78% cobalt and 0.3m @ 13.45% copper. Stronger, larger IP anomalies remain untested at depth below the areas drilled in this initial, first-pass program. Permit applications have been submitted to drill-test these deeper, high-quality targets. The IP geophysical survey Koba completed over the entire Blackpine Project during 2022 delineated multiple strong IP anomalies over 4km of strike that coincide with strong cobalt-copper soil anomalies. These too are high-priority targets for drilling. Permit applications have also been submitted to drill-test high-priority targets at the Regina and Trench Prospects in 2023. Blackpine Cobalt-Copper Project: The Blackpine Project lies within the Idaho Cobalt Belt - one of the western world's premier cobalt districts. The Blackpine Project is located just 15km southeast of Jervois Global's Idaho Cobalt Operation - where initial commissioning of a new mining and processing operation commenced during October 2022. 5,500 tonnes of copper mineralisation at an average grade of 2% copper were mined at Blackpine between 1945 and 1965. During 2022 Koba undertook the first significant exploration programs at the Blackpine Project in over 25 years. In June 2022, Koba completed a project-wide IP geophysical survey that delineated multiple high-priority anomalies over 4km of strike. Many of these IP anomalies coincide with strong cobalt-copper soil geochemistry anomalies, hence they are high-priority drill targets. Subsequently, during September 2022, Koba completed its maiden drilling program at Blackpine. This first-pass 3-hole (457.8m) drill program intersected multiple intervals of high-grade cobalt and copper (±gold) mineralisation at shallow depths at the Swift Prospect. Assay results were received recently, with better results including: 0.7m @ 0.38% Co, 1.22% Cu and 2.64 g/t Au from 133.0 (BP22-02); 1.2m @ 0.31% Co and 0.57 g/t Au from 92.5m (BP22-03); Including 0.4m @ 0.78% Co and 1.36 g/t Au from 93.3m; 0.3m @ 13.45% Cu and 0.46 g/t Au from 107m (BP22-01); 1.5m @ 2.54% Cu & 0.43 g/t Au from 3.4m (BP22-03); and 4.1m @ 0.94% Cu from 3.0m (BP22-02) Including 2.6m @ 1.41% Cu from 3.7m. These initial 3 drill holes confirmed that the shallow IP targets drilled at the Swift Prospect are
associated with high-grade mineralisation. Because access was limited during this recent program (due to limitations with readily obtainable drill permits), a stronger, deeper IP anomaly remains untested below this shallow, high-grade mineralisation. This stronger anomaly may arise from thicker and or higher-grade mineralisation; accordingly, it is a high- priority drill target. During 2023 the Company will continue to test the strong IP geophysical anomalies that have been delineated over 4km of strike at the Blackpine Project. Colson Cobalt-Copper Project: During August 2022 Koba also drilled two holes at the Colson Cobalt-Copper Project, for a total of 986.6m. Single holes were drilled at the Long Tom and Rattlesnake West Prospects - the first holes ever drilled at each of these prospects. Drilling returned anomalous cobalt and copper results including 0.55m @ 364ppm (0.036%) cobalt and 0.4m @ 588ppm (0.059%) copper in drill hole COLDD2213 (Rattlesnake West). Anomalous results were also returned from the Long Tom Prospect, including 1.5m @ 654ppm (0.065%) copper in drill hole COLDD2214. The initial hole at the Long Tom Prospect only tested a very small portion of the laterally extensive Long Tom IP target. The limited sulphides intersected in this single hole are insufficient to account for the strength and lateral extent of the IP anomaly. The Long Tom IP target coincides with highly anomalous soil geochemistry, including samples that assayed up to 0.11% cobalt and 0.39% copper, which lie within a 2km long Co-Cu-As soil anomaly. So, the Long Tom Prospect remains a high-priority target, where further drilling is warranted to determine the source of the strong IP and highly-elevated soil anomalism. The initial hole at the Rattlesnake West Prospect also targeted a sizeable IP anomaly. The intersection of anomalous cobalt and copper in this drill hole provides encouragement that better mineralisation may be present in close proximity. Hence further drilling in this vicinity is warranted.