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ABN: 32 072 871 133

Central Iron Ore Ltd.

Suite 1 Level 2, 49-51 York Street, Sydney 2000 Australia

Tel. 61 2 9397 7555

NEWS RELEASE Symbol: CIO-TSXV

22 November, 2022 For Immediate Dissemination

South Darlot Gold Project: Commencement of RC Drilling Programme

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (Marketwire – 22 November 2022), Central Iron Ore

Ltd. (CIO – TSX.V) (“CIO” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce they have commenced an

RC drilling programme at the South Darlot Gold Project.

RC Drilling

The RC drill programme targets two of the prospects located on M37/631 including Endeavour

and Mermaid. A total of 15 holes for approximately 900 metres has been designed to test for

extensions to the west and down dip of the existing mineralisation at Endeavour. The Endeavour

deposit has an indicated and inferred mineral resource of 7,430 tonnes at 43.0 g/t Au for 10,220

ounces with a 160 g/t Au top cut at a $AUD 3,000 gold price (as per NI43 -101 Independent

Technical Report: South Darlot Project Western Australia prepared by Andrew Bewsher MAIG

28/9/2022 and reported in TSXV announcement: 28/9/2022).

A total of 15 shallow RC holes have been designed targeting short scale gold mineralisation at

the Mermaid prospect. The holes attempt to locate gold mineralisation along strike of PBERB002

which intersected 3 metres @ 13.03 g/t Au and up dip of WDRC011 which intersected 11 metres

at 3.32 g/t Au. Other significant mineralised intercepts at Mermaid include WDRC0099 which

intersected 5 metres @ 344.4 g/t Au.

Mining Studies

Once the RC drilling programme is completed, CIO intend to commission a suite of studies

required to meet Western Australia Department of Mining Industry Regulation and Safety

(DMIRS) requirements to commence open pit mining at Endeavour. These studies include waste

rock characterisation, a hydrogeological and geotechnical assessment. A metallurgical test work

programme will also be implemented at the completion of the RC drilling programme.

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Figure 1 Long section of the Endeavour deposit showing pierce points of the November 2022 RC Drilling Programme

Figure 2 Long section of the Mermaid deposit showing pierce points of the November 2022 RC Drilling Programme

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CENTRAL IRON ORE LIMITED

SOUTH DARLOT GOLD PROJECT (Western Australia)

The Company’s South Darlot Gold Project area is located approximately 320km northwest of

Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and includes:

• The British King Mine which is 100% beneficially owned by the Company and which is

National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI43-101”) compliant.

The British King Mine is 5km southwest of Red 5 Limited’s Darlot Mine. The British King Mine is

currently in care and maintenance.

• A number of tenem ents which are subject to a joint venture with subsidiaries of Red 5

Limited (“Red 5”), details of which are set out below, in which CIO has earned a 70% interest.

Figure 3 Locality map of the South Darlot project

RED 5 JV Project (Formerly Barrick Joint Venture Project)

The tenements set out in the table below (“Red 5 JV Tenements”) are the subject of a joint venture

between a fully owned subsidiary of the Company and subsidiaries of Red 5 Limited (“Red 5 JV”)

and are situated southwest of Red 5’s Darlot gold mine and are contiguous with CIO’s current

holdings in the area. The Red 5 JV Tenements are detailed below.

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Table 1: List of South Darlot tenements

Project Tenement Status Area (ha)

Barrick JV M37/421 Granted 381

Barrick JV M37/552 Granted 200

Barrick JV M37/631 Granted 776

Barrick JV M37/632 Granted 595

Barrick JV M37/709 Granted 98

Barrick JV M37/1045 Granted 90

QUALIFIED PERSON

Mr Andrew Bewsher who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has

compiled the information within this report relating to soil geochemical distributions. Mr Bewsher

has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and t ype of deposit under

consideration and to the activity currently being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as

defined in NI 43-101.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

CENTRAL IRON ORE LTD.

“Brett Hodgins”

____________________________

Brett Hodgins, President/CEO

For further information, please contact:

www.centralironorelimited.com

Investor and Media Inquiries:

Direct: +61 2 9397 7555

Email:[email protected]

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies

of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION

IN THE UNITED STATES.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

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This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Although the

Company believes that such information is reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to

be correct. Forward -looking information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend,

estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company

cautions investors that any forward -looking information provided by the Company is not a guarantee of future results

or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking information as a result of

various factors, including, but not limited to, the state of t he financial markets for the Company’s equity securities, the

state of the market for iron ore or other minerals that may be produced generally, recent market volatility; variations in

the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be lo cated, the Company's ability to obtain any

necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its activities, to raise the necessary capital or to be fully able

to implement its business strategies and other risks associated with the exploration an d development of mineral

properties. The reader is referred to the Company's disclosure documents for a more complete discussion of such risk

factors and their potential effects, copies of which may be accessed through the Company’s page on SEDAR at

www.sedar.com