Arizona Tribune - Hannan Permit Update for Drilling at the Belen Prospect, Valiente Project Peru

Michael Hudson, Executive Chairman and CEO, states: "Receipt of the Authorization for Exploration Activities is a key milestone in advancing our Belen prospect toward drilling which allows us to start access works for the maiden drill program. With the archaeological monitoring and forestry permits now in process, we are executing the final steps before mobilizing drills to site.

"The convergence of three significant targets - Ricardo Herrera, Vista Alegre, and Sortilegio - within an 8 km by 2 km trend demonstrates the scale of this mineralized system. Having 40 permitted drill platforms positions us to systematically test each target once these final steps are in place, with drilling anticipated to commence in Q2 2025.

"The drilling preparatory work at Belen is going on while we continue to explore the significant Previsto gold find, located 20 km to the northwest, where channel sampling recently identified continuous outcrop of alkalic-type epithermal gold mineralization that included 26.0 m @ 5.4 g/t Au and 27 g/t Ag".

Project Overview

The Belen prospect (Figure 2) is situated within Hannan's Valiente project, which has identified a new Miocene-age porphyry copper-gold belt in Peru's central eastern region. Recent geophysical surveys have defined significant anomalies at all three main targets:

• At Ricardo Herrera, a substantial chargeability anomaly extends over 1,000 m by 250 m, coinciding with outcropping porphyry-style copper-gold mineralization within a multi-stage calc-alkaline intrusion. Surface mineralization shows strong phyllic and intermediate argillic alteration with both magnetite-bearing, quartz-biotite, and quartz-K-feldspar veining.

• The Vista Alegre epithermal gold prospect features a 2.4 km long geophysical anomaly with two distinct signatures: a high chargeability-low resistivity zone coinciding with gold-in-soil anomalies up to 0.23 ppm, and high chargeability-high resistivity zones associated with mineralized quartz boulders assaying up to 1.98 g/t Au.

• At Sortilegio, a 1.2 km long chargeability anomaly has been identified within an alkalic porphyry system, characterized by zoned and structurally controlled mineralization. The central mineralized zone measures 350 m × 350 m with high-density stockwork veining.

The Belen prospect represents approximately 4% of Hannan's total Valiente landholding, where the Company has identified 18 copper-gold porphyry and epithermal systems across a 140 km x 50 km area in Peru's back-arc region.

Prior to commencing the drilling program, Hannan is required to complete the following requirements as set out in the CIRA Archaeological Certificate (already obtained) and the DIA:

• Submit and obtain approval for the Archaeological Monitoring Program (PMAR) from the Ministry of Culture, with the technical file to be submitted during March 2025.

• Complete the SERFOR deforestation authorization process for species greater than 10 cm in diameter, with site visits scheduled for February 2025.

• Finalize drilling contractor selection and mobilization plans for Q2 2025.

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SOURCE: Hannan Metals Ltd.