When did First Class Metals PLC make the Roy and Sunbeam drilling announcement?

First Class Metals PLC made the announcement on 12 March 2026. It covered the ongoing drilling programme at the Roy prospect on the Sunbeam Property.

What did First Class Metals PLC report about visible gold at Roy?

First Class Metals PLC reported visible gold in core from one drilled hole. The company said the gold grains and micro veins were scattered through a small area of a quartz vein, with several, possibly 5, distinct areas in the core sample showing gold grains.

How did First Class Metals PLC confirm that the visible material was gold?

First Class Metals PLC said Emerald Geological Services used a portable XRF machine to analyse a very small area of the core, including the area containing the gold grains and galena. The machine repeatedly confirmed the presence of both gold and lead, according to the announcement.

What has First Class Metals PLC said about the Roy mineralised structure?

First Class Metals PLC said the Roy structure had been traced over more than 250 metres of strike based on current drilling. The company said it could extend beyond 350 metres once the final holes of the programme are completed, so that extension remains conditional on the remaining drilling.

What drilling programme is First Class Metals PLC conducting at Roy?

First Class Metals PLC is conducting a planned 1,000 metre diamond drilling programme at Roy, which the company said was nearing completion. Drilling to date had consistently intersected the targeted mineralised package.

What rocks and minerals make up the mineralised package at First Class Metals PLC's Roy prospect?

First Class Metals PLC described the package as altered tonalite and deformed chloritic schist with quartz veining and sulphide mineralisation. The company said the package has a true width of several metres.

What did First Class Metals PLC's CEO say about the potential assay from the visible-gold core?

Marc J. Sale, CEO of First Class Metals PLC, said he would anticipate the assay being in the order of an ounce, depending on the length of core in that sample. He presented this as his experience-based expectation and not as a reported assay result; the announcement did not provide an assay result for the sample.

What does First Class Metals PLC expect to happen next at Roy?

First Class Metals PLC said the drilling programme was nearing completion and that further results were expected shortly. Emerald Geological Services will remain on site supervising all aspects of the drilling, and its team will continue looking for further evidence of visible gold in other core samples from the mineralised package.

What is First Class Metals PLC's business focused on?

First Class Metals PLC is a UK listed company focused on the discovery of economic metal deposits across exploration properties in Ontario, Canada. The company said it focuses on gold exploration while also holding base metals and critical metals mineralisation.

Where does First Class Metals PLC's stock trade and what symbol is used in the announcement?

First Class Metals PLC is described as listed on the LSE, with the announcement using FCM as the company's abbreviation. The background section says the company listed on the LSE in July 2022.

How large is First Class Metals PLC's current Ontario exploration portfolio?

First Class Metals PLC said it holds 100% ownership of seven claim blocks covering over 250km² in northwest Ontario. A further three blocks are under option and cover an additional 30km2.

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Visible gold identified in drill core at First Class Metals’ Roy prospect

Published Thursday, 12 March 2026, 07:00 AM

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Company: First Class Metals PLC
Listings: LSE:FCM, OTC:FCMXF
Announcement type: Exploration results
Published: Thursday, 12 March 2026, 07:00 AM
Source announcement: investegate.co.uk

Key figures
Measure	Figure
Strike of the drilled structure	over 250m
Diamond drilling programme	1,000 metre

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Announcement Summary

First Class Metals PLC (FCM) reported visible gold in drill core from the Roy prospect on the Sunbeam Property in Ontario, Canada.

Visible gold, meaning gold observable with the naked eye, was identified in core from one drilled hole; gold grains and micro veins were scattered through a small quartz-vein area.
Drilling remains ongoing, and all holes to date have intersected the potentially mineralised package of altered tonalite, deformed chloritic schist, quartz veins and sulphide mineralisation.
The company said the planned diamond-drilling program covers 1,000 metres and is nearing completion, with further results expected shortly.
The company said current drilling has traced the district-scale structure over more than 250 metres of strike; it could extend beyond 350 metres.
Emerald Geological Services remains on site supervising all aspects of the drilling program.
EGS's portable XRF machine repeatedly confirmed gold and lead in a small core area containing galena, a lead sulphide mineral; EGS will look for further visible gold.

Marc J. Sale said he anticipates an assay in the order of an ounce, depending on the length of core in the sample.

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First Class Metals PLC announced that visible gold had been identified in drill core from one hole at the Roy prospect on the Sunbeam Property in Ontario, Canada. The company also reported that drilling had intersected a broad, potentially mineralised structure and that all holes drilled to date had intersected the mineralised package.

Source announcement

Company: First Class Metals PLC
Title: Visible Gold Intersected at Roy, Sunbeam
Published: Thursday, 12 March 2026, 07:00 AM
Source site: investegate.co.uk

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