Asra Minerals Limited reported early drilling across 93 holes at the company's flagship Mt Stirling Project in Western Australia has returned significant REEs and critical minerals results at the company's Wishbone and Yttria prospects. A total of 1,317 drill holes for 16,516m have been drilled throughout Mt Stirling's central district targeting an interpreted ~7.5km long REEs and critical minerals corridor identified in exploration campaigns earlier this year. Drilling results confirm the widespread occurrence of REEs, nickel, cobalt and scandium in the regolith profile (the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock) developed at Stirling by weathering of an underlying source intrusion.

In addition, ongoing systematic surface pXRF surveys continue to delineate the presence of Yttrium anomalism clusters (a pathfinder for the heavy REEs) over a confirmed 5.4km strike length varying between 500m and up to 1.3km strike width. A further 62 drillhole assays have been received from a combined 1,985m drilled. Significant total rare earths and yttrium oxides (TREYO) plus scandium oxides (Sc2O3) intercepts include: 7m @ 1073ppm TREYO + 61ppm Sc2O3 from 8m; inc 5m @ 1408ppm TREYO + 60ppm Sc2O3 from 8m; and 1m @ 1858ppm TREYO + 66ppm Sc2O3 from 10m (MSAVC0068).

7m @ 958ppm TREYO + 54ppm Sc2O3 from 9m; inc 3m @ 1693ppm TREYO + 73ppm Sc2O3 from 10m; and 1m @ 2328ppm TREYO + 20ppm Sc2O3 from 12m (MSAVC0168). 5m @ 654ppm TREYO + 71ppm Sc2O3 from 7m; inc 1m @ 1328ppm TREYO + 86ppm Sc2O3 from 7m (MSAVC0170). 10m @ 598ppm TREYO + 96ppm Sc2O3 from 4m; inc 6m @ 777ppm TREYO + 96ppm Sc2O3 from 4m; and 1m @ 932ppm TREYO + 121ppm Sc2O3 from 4m (MSAVC0173).

6m @ 411ppm TREYO + 88ppm Sc2O3 from 12m; inc 2m @ 821ppm TREYO + 48ppm Sc2O3 from 16m; and 1m @ 1273ppm TREYO + 9ppm Sc2O3 from 16m (MSAVC0175).