Royal Road Minerals Limited has returned new reverse circulation drill results from the Hanash North prospect within its Jabal Sahabiyah project in southwestern Saudi Arabia, highlighted by historical hole HNRC005 returning 9 meters at 4.36% zinc, 67.8 g/t silver, 0.6 g/t gold, and 0.2% copper from 61 meters downhole.

Exploration at Jabal Sahabiyah is conducted through Royal Road Arabia Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between Royal Road and Jeddah-based MIDU Company Limited. The project spans three licenses covering approximately 284 square kilometers in Asir Province. Royal Road Arabia previously qualified for Saudi Arabia's Exploration Enablement Program, which reimburses up to US$2 million in exploration costs per license. To focus on Jabal Sahabiyah, the company relinquished its rights to the Al Miyah tender area in November 2024.

Mineralization at Hanash North consists of shallow, zinc-silver-rich polymetallic sulfides hosted in a calc-silicate skarn horizon. Drilling has intersected mineralized widths of up to 20 meters over an interpreted strike length exceeding 350 meters. All reported mineralization occurs above 65 meters downhole, with intercepts starting from 8 meters downhole. The system remains open along strike and down plunge.

Other notable intercepts from the current campaign include hole HNRC009, returning 9 meters at 4.01% zinc, 34.3 g/t silver, 0.4 g/t gold, and 0.3% copper from 46 meters, and hole HNRC010, which intersected 12 meters at 3.13% zinc, 43.4 g/t silver, 0.2 g/t gold, and 0.2% copper from 23 meters. Hole HNRC013 yielded 18 meters at 1.06% zinc, 36.0 g/t silver, 0.6 g/t gold, and 0.3% copper from 37 meters. True widths are not yet known.

“We are extremely pleased with the way Hanash North has developed,” said Dr Tim Coughlin, President and CEO of Royal Road Minerals. “From a single historic drill hole reporting just 0.9 meters at 3.3% zinc, our team has systematically advanced Hanash North into a new, shallow polymetallic skarn discovery extending for more than 350 meters and remaining open along strike and down plunge. The widths, grades and near-surface nature of the mineralization are particularly encouraging. Ground geophysics is underway and further RC and diamond drilling will test extensions of the system and its potential repetition at depth.”

Ground geophysical surveys are currently underway at Hanash North to define the extent and geometry of the mineralized system, with further reverse circulation and diamond drilling planned to test extensions, structural repetitions at depth, and geological controls.

Read the full announcement: Royal Road Minerals Expands Near Surface Zinc-Silver Polymetallic Discovery at Hanash North; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia