Royal Road Minerals Announces Scout Drilling Results from the Lalla Aziza Copper Project, Kingdom of Morocco
Royal Road Minerals Announces Scout Drilling
Results from the Lalla Aziza Copper Project,
Kingdom of Morocco
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2025) - Royal Road Minerals Limited (
TSXV: RYR
) ("
Royal
Road
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce results from its initial scout drilling program at the
Lalla Aziza copper project in Morocco.
Lalla Aziza is an underground copper-mine located in Morocco's Western High Atlas, approximately 90
kilometers southwest of Marrakesh. Lalla Aziza is owned and operated by Moroccan mining company,
Carbomine SARL
("Carbomine"
). In December 2024, Royal Road entered into an Option Agreement
(the
"Agreement"
) with Carbomine, which provides the Company with an option to acquire 100% of the
Lalla Aziza Mining License. Summary terms of the Agreement are provided below.
The Lalla Aziza mine area is located close to the southwestern extent of Carbomine's license area,
along a regionally extensive, southeast-dipping shear zone which continues for a distance of 4
kilometers diagonally across the license area (see Figure 1). Copper at Lalla Aziza is mined from
chalcopyrite ore, hosted in dolomite vein-stockworks and hydrothermal breccia. Dolomite and copper
mineralization is emplaced proximal to and within fault-related fold-hinges which plunge shallowly along
and in the hanging-wall to the shear zone towards the northeast. Where mapped, mineralized structures
can exceed 20 meters in thickness, but underground mining is limited to locally higher-grade intervals,
where hand-picked ore averages in excess of 3% copper.
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Royal Road has completed geological mapping, underground and surface rock-chip, channel and soil
geochemical sampling across the Lalla Aziza license area (see Figures 1 and 2 and press release April
2, 2025). The Company has now completed a 15-hole, 1000-meter reverse circulation scout-drilling
campaign at the project. This is the first exploration drilling to be conducted at Lalla Aziza. Drilling is
aimed principally at testing bulk copper grades across the extent of the shear/fold zone, including the
higher-grade underground intervals, in order to;
a
.
Assess potential for a "starter"-style open-pit mine; and
b
.
Test for the along-strike, down-plunge continuity of copper mineralization
Significant drilling results include the following (see Table 1):
RC25LA002
From 32 to 51 meters
19 meters at 1.1% copper
RC25LA004
From 12 to 17 meters
17 meters at 1.3% copper
RC25LA005
From 18 to 35 meters
17 meters at 1.1% copper
(EOH)
RC25LA007
From 0 to 31 meters
31 meters at 0.7% copper
RC25LA009
From 18 to 37 meters
19 meters at 1.0% copper
RC25LA010
From 26 to 47 meters
21 meters at 1.0% copper
RC25LA012
From 51 to 63 meters
12 meters at 0.7% copper
(Not true width and the company does not have sufficient information to determine the true widths of the
drill hole intersections)
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TABLE 1:
DRILL RESULTS LALLA AZIZA
COPPER
GOLD
HOLE ID
E
N
Z(m)
DIP
AZIM
DEPTH
FROM
TO
LENGTH
(m)*
%
(g/t)
RC25LA001
531667
3434774
1506
-50
330
57
22
38
16
0.6
RC25LA002
531667
3434773
1506
-90
330
64
32
51
19
1.1
RC25LA003
531607
3434732
1495
-50
335
25
19
25
6
0.8
RC25LA004
531607
3434731
1495
-70
335
88
25
42
17
1.3
RC25LA005
531583
3434710
1489
-50
335
35
18
35
17
1.1
RC25LA006
531583
3434709
1489
-90
335
67
35
38
3
0.4
RC25LA007
531533
3434693
1487
-50
335
49
0
31
31
0.7
RC25LA008
531533
3434692
1487
-90
335
79
0
2
2
0.3
19
33
14
0.4
41
44
3
0.4
50
52
2
0.6
70
74
4
0.2
RC25LA009
531636
3434751
1492
-50
335
67
18
37
19
1.0
RC25LA010
531636
3434750
1492
-90
335
67
26
47
21
1.0
RC25LA011
531656
3434714
1489
-50
335
73
11
16
5
0.3
0.3
33
39
6
0.5
55
57
2
0.2
RC25LA012
531692
3434719
1488
-50
335
85
51
63
12
0.7
RC25LA013
531609
3434679
1484
-65
335
79
47
53
6
0.4
RC25LA014
531546
3434677
1485
-50
335
73
25
47
22
0.2
RC25LA015
531453
3434589
1470
-50
335
88
NO SIGNIFICANT INTERSECTIONS
*NOT TRUE WIDTH
These initial scout drilling results at Lalla Aziza have confirmed that economically significant copper
grades continue across the width of the shear/fold zone and that the mineralized structure is likely to
plunge and continue below-surface towards the northeast (see Figure 3). Grades and thicknesses are
considered significant enough to support potential for an open-pit starter at Lalla Aziza, assuming
additional recoverable resources exist along and adjacent to the shear zone. Further work at Lalla Aziza
will be focused on mapping and geophysics in order to define drill objectives at depth and to the
northeast of the current drill grid. The gold potential of the footwall will also be better constrained.
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Royal Road has notified Carbomine of its intention to exercise its option to acquire the Lalla Aziza
Mining License subject to the terms of the Agreement as summarized below.
"Initial results at Lalla Aziza are encouraging, with strong indications that copper mineralization extends
at depth to the northeast. We look forward to commencing detailed mapping, geophysics and targeting
to define the project's full potential and optimize future drilling," said Tim Coughlin, President and CEO of
Royal Road. "Morocco continues to stand out as a geologically prospective and politically supportive
jurisdiction-critically positioned to contribute to the world's growing demand for secure and sustainable
supplies of copper and other strategic metals."
Summary terms of the Agreement are as follows:
Royal Road have paid to Carbomine the sum of USD$50,000 upon execution of an initial Letter of
Intent (superseded by the Agreement)
Royal Road have paid to Carbomine the sum of USD$200,000 upon execution of the Agreement
Royal Road has notified Carbomine of its intention to exercise the option to acquire 100% legal
and beneficial ownership of the Carbomine mining licence. Subject to completion of the exercise
of the option, to receipt of all relevant regulatory approvals in respect of the assignment or transfer
of the Mining Licence to Royal Road and the confirmation from the relevant regulatory authorities in
the form acceptable to Royal Road that it is the legal owner of the Mining Licence free from all
encumbrances Royal Road shall pay the sum of US$1,500,000 to Carbomine
Upon the anniversary of the date on which Royal Road is registered as the legal and beneficial
owner of the mining licence, RRM shall pay an annual fee of US$300,000 to Carbomine until the
drawdown of project finance for a Bankable Feasibility Study
Upon the completion of the first Bankable Feasibility Study on the mining license and the
drawdown of project finance for the purpose of such Bankable Feasibility Study, Royal Road shall
pay Carbomine the sum of USD$2,500,000
Upon commencement of commercial production from the mining license, Carbomine shall be
granted a net smelter return royalty of 2.5% in total (applicable to all mineral or metallic product
extracted and recovered from the mining license) in respect of production from the license
About Royal Road Minerals:
Royal Road Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company with its head office and
technical-operations center located in Jersey, Channel Islands. The Company is listed on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the ticker RYR, on the OTCQB under the ticker RRDMF and on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker RLU. The Company's mission is to apply expert skills and
innovative technologies to the process of discovering and developing copper and gold deposits of a
scale large enough to benefit future generations and modern enough to ensure minimum impact on
the environment and no net loss of biodiversity. The Company currently explores in the Kingdoms of
Saudi Arabia, Morocco and in Colombia. More information can be found on the Company's website
www.royalroadminerals.com
.
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.
The information in this news release was compiled, reviewed and verified by Dr. Tim Coughlin, BSc
(Geology), MSc (Exploration and Mining), PhD (Structural Geology), FAusIMM, President and CEO of
Royal Road Minerals Ltd and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101
Cautionary statement:
This news release contains certain statements that constitute forward-looking information and forward-
looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking
statements") describing the Company's future plans and the expectations of its management that a
stated result or condition will occur. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements
of the Company, or developments in the Company's business or in the mineral resources industry, to
differ materially from the anticipated results, performance, achievements or developments expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include all disclosure
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among other things, future economic conditions and courses of action, and assumptions related to
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Forward-looking statements of the Company contained in this news release, which may prove to be
incorrect, include, but are not limited to the Company's exploration plans.
The Company cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements,
which speak only on the date they are made. There is no guarantee that the anticipated benefits of the
Company's business plans or operations will be achieved. The risks and uncertainties that may affect
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Forward-looking statements included herein are based on the current plans, estimates, projections,
beliefs and opinions of the Company management and the Company does not undertake any
obligation to update forward-looking statements should assumptions related to these plans, estimates,
projections, beliefs and opinions change.
Quality Assurance and Quality Control:
Sample preparation and analyses are conducted according to standard industry procedures at
certified laboratories. Percussion-chip samples were sampled on 1m downhole intervals and passed
through a 75-25% drill-rig mounted splitter. The 75% sample was placed in rows and analyzed for
guidance on-site using a Vanta pXRF tool. The 25% sample was split 50-50% to produce analytical
and retention samples of between 1 to 3kg. Samples for analysis were bagged in the field and sent to
ALS Seville for analysis of gold by fire assay with an ICP-AES finish (method Au-ICP22) and
multielements by four acid digest ICP-MS (method ME-MS61). QAQC materials included CRMs,
blanks and duplicates inserted into sample batches on a ration of 1:10.
Soil samples were collected
30-60cm below the surface to avoid surficial contamination. Approximately 0.5kg was collected for
each sample. For each sample, soil thickness, horizon, surface type, sample collection depth, & field
sieve-mesh was recorded. QAQC materials included approximately 5% CRMs, 1% blanks and 1%
field duplicates. Infill soil samples were sent to ALS in Sevilla for drying, disaggregation and dry-
sieving to -180um. Samples were analyzed using the super-trace low level gold and multi-element
package (AuME-St43) with a 25g charge weight. Gold and multielement concentrations are
determined from the same solution via a combination of ICP-MS and ICP-AES
Contact
Jessica Martins
Royal Road Minerals Limited
+44 1534 887166
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