Nova Minerals Limited announced assay results for gold and antimony from soil samples collected at the Stibium prospect have now been received and have identified high-grade resource targets within the previously identified 800m long by 400m wide zone at Stibium within the Company?s over 500km2 flagship Estelle Gold and Critical Minerals Project located in the Tintina Gold Belt in Alaska. Highlights: New drill-ready broad structurally controlled gold and antimony zones identified at Stibium through systematic ground exploration. US grant applications for antimony and critical minerals development progressing Assay results for soil and rock chip samples taken as part of the 2024 follow-up reconnaissance mapping and sampling program have now proven the Stibium prospect is an extensive gold and antimony rich zone with grades up to 141 g/t Au and 60.5% Sb (Announcements: 10 October 2023, and 5 and 11 December 2024).

180 soil samples collected to delineate the mineralized zone. 35 soil samples greater than 1 g/t Au with a high of 25.6 g/t Au. 10 soil samples greater than 0.1% Sb with a high of 2.8% Sb.

For soil samples, grades > 1 g/t Au and > 0.1% Sb are considered high-grade. Best rock sampling results for gold previously reported at Stibium include: 141.0 g/t Au, 64.7 g/t Au, 62.3 g/t Au, 42.8 g/t Au, 34.8 g/t Au, 29.1 g/t Au, 22.3 g/t Au. Best rock sampling results for antimony previously reported at Stibium include: 60.5% Sb, 56.7% Sb, 55.7% Sb, 54.8% Sb, 54.5% Sb, 46.2% Sb, 45.9% Sb, 43.3% Sb.

The Stibium gold-antimony occurrence is hosted in quartz diorite intrusive rocks and hornfels sedimentary rock over an approximately 800m long by 400m wide zone, and remains open.Results incoming on the remainder of the 2024 sampling, including further regional exploration from the broader RPM and Stoney areas.Nova Minerals, through our 100% owned subsidiary Alaska Range Resources LLC, is a member of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), and as an early mover is well advanced with the Dept of Defense (DoD) grant application process. Antimony is listed as a critical and strategic mineral to US economic and national security interests by the US Department of Interior. The European Union also has antimony on their critical materials list and both are 100% import reliant.

China, which produces ~54% of the worlds antimony, recently banned all exports of the critical mineral to the US. 2024 Exploration Mapping and Sampling Program Results: During the 2024 field season Nova?s Head of Exploration, Mr. Hans Hoffman, continued the surface exploration mapping and sampling program across the Estelle claim block with a particular focus on following up results at prospects identified in the 2023 season. 511 soil samples, 225 rock samples, and approximately 5 tons of bulk sample material were collected across the property.

As a result of that program, and reported to date: Assay results from soil and rock chip samples from the Styx prospect identified high-grade antimony (Sb) and gold in outcrop, with grades up to 54.1% Sb and 9.8 g/t Au (ASX Announcement: 22 November 2023). Assay results from soil and rock chip samples collected from the Muddy Creek prospect, with a high of 128.5 g/t Au, have extended the high-grade gold mineralization zone by a further 400m to 800m in length now. Muddy Creek is considered to be one of the most impressive gold anomalies on the claim block to date (ASX Announcement: 27 November 2024).

Assay results for antimony from rock samples collected at the Stibium prospect have identified an 800m long by 400m wide antimony rich zone with results of up to 56.7% Sb and 11 samples grading > 30% Sb (ASX Announcement: 5 December 2024). Assay results for gold from rock samples collected at the Stibium prospect show the previously identified 800m long by 400m wide zone is rich in both gold and antimony, with gold results of up to 141 g/t Au and seven samples greater than 20 g/t Au, and Assay results for gold and antimony from soil samples collected at the Stibium prospect have now been received and have identified high-grade resource targets within the previously identified 800m long by 400m wide zone, as reported in this announcement. Further results from the soil and rock chip samples taken from across the project area in 2024 will be reported once received and processed.