Santana Minerals Limited announced further significant results from the 100% owned Bendigo-Ophir Project ("the Project") where a 643Koz Inferred Gold Resource (MRE) in four Rise and Shine Shear Zone (RSSZ) Deposits has been estimated to JORC Code 2012. Drilling from September 2021 has accelerated since January 2022 with 5,028 meters completed, primarily focused on extending mineralization down plunge at RAS. The latest RAS assay results from four down-plunge DD holes and three DD holes within the existing MRE all intersected mineralization and confirm continuity of mineralization over 1.3 kilometers down-plunge.

The new RAS mineralization halo averages 230 meters across the down-plunge axis and extends 740 meters NNE from the 2021 RAS MRE, as defined by gold intercepts in 13 DD holes. These drill hole intercepts average 22.6 meters thick and have a weighted average grade of 2.99 g/t Au (min 0.50g/t Au, uncut) which is 50% higher than the 2.0g/t Au reported for the 2021 RAS MRE. RSSZ Deposits - Extension Drilling: Four RSSZ deposits, CIT, RAS, SHR and Shreks East (SRE) extend 4 kilometers NW-SE along strike and contain the current 643Koz inferred gold resources.

Resource drilling at RAS on nominal 120 meter by 100 meter centres since September 2021 has extended RAS shoot mineralization to 740 meters north down- plunge beyond the 2021 MRE. All RAS drill holes, other than MDD012 and MDD017 (that appear to close off the shoot to the west), show mineralization consistently occurring within the RAS shoot over a vertical interval of 40- 80 meters. Concentration of gold is in the 10-20-meter-thick HWS with common grades of 1-10 g/t Au.

Mineralization is also in higher-grade stock work within and below the HWS with individual bonanza grades to 57.5 g/t Au as in the 13 meters at an average grade of 12.6 g/t Au intersected in MDD016. The RAS shoot has now been defined over 1,320 meters down plunge from outcrop and remains open. Extension drilling is testing the margins of both RAS and CIT deposits and 3 holes are planned down plunge at SHR.

Assays have been received and reported for seven RAS drill holes with assays pending from a further six RAS and three CIT drill holes. Laboratory assay turnaround (TAT) has recently slowed with staff isolations due to the surge in Omicron virus throughout New Zealand. TAT is expected to improve as Lab staff return.

RAS Northern Extension - New Drill Results MDD023R, MDD025R, MDD027 & MDD031: All four drill holes with reported assays in the extension north of the RAS 2021 MRE intersected significant RSSZ gold grades and thicknesses. The three northernmost drill sections (360 meter down-plunge extent and remaining open) continued to intercept grades >10g/t of gold associated with silicified breccia, laminar quartz veinlet stock work and arsenopyrite fill within the upper hanging wall shear (HWS) zone of the RSSZ: MDD031 (Section N5017960) 21.2 metres @ 4.38 g/t Au from 280.8 metres including: 5 one metre intercepts of +/-10 g/t Au. MDD027 (Section N5017840) 11.4 metres @ 3.29 g/t Au from 267.7 metres including: 2.4 metres @ 12.17 g/t Au from 267.7 metres.

MDD025R (Section N5017720) 14.0 metres @ 9.00 g/t Au from 264.0 metres including: 3 metres @ 31.4 g/t Au from 265.0 metres. 1 metre @ 13.5 g/t Au from 271.0 metres. MDD023R (Section N5017600) 20 metres @ 0.82 g/t Au (aggregate) from 307.0 metres including: 7 metres @ 0.98 g/t Au from 307.0 metres.

5 metres @ 0.51 g/t Au from 318.0 metres. 8 metres @ 0.88 g/t Au from 329.0 metres. Assays for MDD031 (the northernmost drillhole) returned significant gold grades of 21.2 metres @ 4.38 g/t Au from 280.8m in a continuous zone throughout the HWS with numerous intervals +/- 10 g/t Au.

Assays are pending for the balance of this drillhole (73.9 metres from 310m). The balance of MDD025R assays show intermittent low-grade mineralization below the upper HWS zone of 14 metres @ 9.00 g/t Au.