Sama Resources Inc. announced an ongoing 3,800 metre ("m") drilling program at the Yepleu prospect located 25 km south-west of the Samapleu-Grata deposits in western Côte d'Ivoire, West- Africa. The current drilling program is following-up on near surface nickel ("Ni"), copper ("Cu") and platinum group of elements ("PGE") mineralisation previously discovered by Sama. The investigated area represents a corridor of approximately three kilometres ("km") oriented north-west to south-east by 500 m to 700 m wide (Figures 1 & 2) and overlays strong conductivity from company's 2013 and 2018 airborne electromagnetic surveys.

The drilling program started in mid-September 2023 and is expected to last until mid-November. The objective of the current drilling program is to delineate near surface Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation that has the potential to increase the global mineral resources of the entire project area. Eighteen holes totaling 1,200 m have been drilled to date, a total of 50 holes and 3,800 metres are planned.

Drilling is being conducted using two Sama owned core drill rigs. Assays results are pending. In June 2023, the Company announced a revised mineral resource estimate for the Samapleu-Grata deposits, a combined estimate of 101.9 million tonnes ("Mt") averaging 0.25% Ni for 558.6 million pounds ("Mlbs") of Ni metal, 0.23% Cu for 526.8 Mlbs of Cu metal, 0.01% Co for 33.4 Mlbs of cobalt ("Co") metal, 0.29 g/t Pd for 939,400 ounces of palladium ("Pd") and 0.1 g/t Pt for 311,400 ounces of platinum ("Pt"), and 14.99 Mt averaging 0.25% Ni for 81.6 Mlbs of Ni metal, 0.22% Cu for 72.9 Mlbs of Cu metal, 0.02% Co for 5.5 Mlbs of Co metal, 0.31 g/t Pd for 149,400 ounces of Pd and 0.1 g/t Pt for 49,500 ounces of Pt for the Inferred and Indicated categories respectively.

The Samapleu-Grata-Yepleu mineralization is signature of a layered, pipe-like intrusion or conduit-hosted nickel deposits. These rare types of intrusions host the world's largest Ni-Cu deposits such as Jinchuan, Voisey's Bay, Kabanga, Eagle, Eagle Nest and N'komati.