Ricca red letter13 Feb 2025 07:51
I am writing to provide an update on the Company’s latest developments and outline ongoing activities that relate to the Company’s efforts to realise value for shareholders. Through 2024, in order to focus on its highest-priority assets, in the best interests of all shareholders, the Company took steps to rationalise its asset portfolio and conserve cash. This led to the Company relinquishing its interest in its non-core gold assets in Chad, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, and reducing staff headcount. Concurrently, against the backdrop of a sustained subdued global lithium market, the Company found it necessary to re-evaluate its ability to advance the Atex Lithium-Tantalum Project in Côte d’Ivoire. At the Zaranou Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, the Company has identified a 47km striking shear structure along the length of the licence, which covers highly prospective Birimian terrain. To date, the Company has completed over 80,000m of air core, reverse circulation and diamond core drilling over the licence, with highlight intersections including: • 14m at 10.5g/t from 101m incl. 1m @ 6.8g/t, 72.6g/t, 14.6g/t, 4.1g/t, 7.6g/t, 9.1g/t, 5.1g/t, 4.9g/t, 17.5g/t, 3.2g/t • 19m at 7.1g/t from 127m incl. 1m @ 1.1g/t, 6.3g/t, 1.6g/t, 2.5g/t, 4.3g/t, 4.2g/t, 19.7g/t, 54.9g/t, 28.1g/t, 1.8g/t, 9.4g/t • 4m at 19g/t from 39m incl. 1m @ 75.1g/t • 8m at 8.5g/t from 32m incl. 1m @ 1.2g/t, 7.1g/t, 1g/t, 11.3g/t, 38.1g/t, 9.2g/t • 3m at 22.5g/t from 25m incl. 1m @ 62.9g/t, 4.1g/t • 6m at 10.4g/t from 5m incl. 1m @ 60.8g/t • 18m at 3.2g/t from 145m incl. 1m @ 14.8g/t, 13.2g/t, 3.9g/t, 5.9g/t, 3.1g/t, 4.9g/t, 3.6g/t, 3.9g/t • 19m at 2.8g/t from 18m incl. 1m @ 3.3g/t, 5.1g/t, 36g/t, 2.4g/t, 4.2g/t Management believes that, particularly in the current robust gold market, the Project represents a highly attractive opportunity for value creation through exploration success, including through delineating a Maiden Resource at the Project. Recognising the Company’s financial and operational constraints, and noting the interests expressed by third parties in the Company and its assets, management has, therefore, been working on ‘merger’ opportunities which, if successful, would result in the Company being acquired by another listed entity. This aims to enable trading of investors’ shares on a public market and provide an opportunity for shareholders to realise maximum value of the Zaranou Project. To this end, the Company recently appointed an external advisor to enable the finalisation of the Company’s financial accounts, which had been disrupted as a result of the Company’s reduced headcount and will support the completion of the transaction. We appreciate shareholders’ patience as this work continues and hope to provide further updates soon. Yours sincerely, Stuart Crow Non-Executive Chairman Ricca Resources Limited ACN 617 729 521 Post: Level 17, Angel Place, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: +61 2 7229 4899 Email: info@ri