Half-year Results

Rome Resources (AIM: RMR), today announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2025 (the "Reporting Period"). These results will shortly be made available on the Company's website at www.romeresources.com.

Paul Barrett, CEO of the Company, commented:

"The Reporting Period built on the success of 2024 with the post-reverse takeover ("RTO") exploration campaign, a bold programme of delineation drilling at the Mont Agoma and the Kalayi prospects, located at Rome Resources' acreage in the eastern DRC. At the reporting date, a total of 5,143 metres have been drilled in this campaign, resulting in the board of directors of Rome Resources (the "Board" or the "Directors") concluding that the Company has sufficient data to undertake a Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate on both prospects.

Management looks forward to the next phase of work, including further stepout drilling at the newly discovered Mont Agoma East tin zone, drilling deeper in both Mont Agoma's main zone and Kalayi as well as further quantifying the upside in what we view as already impressive copper intercepts in Mont Agoma. Tin, copper, zinc and silver are all heavily represented in the Mont Agoma discovery and are expected to form an integral part of the mineral resource going forward."

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Introduction

Rome Resources hit the ground running upon admission to trading on AIM with its drilling programme at the Mont Agoma and Kalayi tin prospects in the eastern DRC, leading to the drilling of fully cored drillholes of 6,895 metres in total as at the date of this announcement. Highlights in this campaign have been tin intercepts of up 12.5 metres at 1.06 per cent. tin combined with exceptional copper grades of up to 20 per cent. copper in Mont Agoma. Follow-up drilling in early 2025 was enabled as a result of the strategic investment by Stanvic Mining SARL and as of the reporting date of 30 June 2025, the Company was in the final stages of this drilling campaign, which subsequently completed in August 2025.

Operations

Up to four helicopter-portable drill rigs have been operating on-site since August 2024. Drilling operations were undertaken at both the Kalayi and Mont Agoma prospects. With the exception of a brief period in the second quarter of 2025, when the security situation necessitated the need to temporarily shutdown operations both for us and the neighbouring Alphamin Resources mine facility, drilling has continued, supported by BAC Helicopters. Sample preparation was undertaken on-site and samples dispatched to ALS Johannesburg for analysis.

In addition, further geochemical soil sampling was undertaken to identify future exploration targets stepping out from both Kalayi and Mont Agoma.

Outlook

The results of the Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate, due by mid-October, will create the platform for the next phase of exploration and delineation. It is anticipated that, in the coming 6 months, that drilling will be undertaken on a number of targets:

• Kalayi - deeper tin intercepts and stepout drilling to the north and south of Kalayi along with an extension to the tin-in-soil anomaly; and
• Mont Agoma - southeast plunge of Mont Agoma East tin zone, deeper intercepts in the main zone and offset drilling on tin and copper soil anomalies to the north of the current limit of drilling.

Management intends to keep up the momentum of exploration through to 2026 and develop the project into a compelling tin and copper play for the coming decades.

Paul Barrett

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

for the 6 Months Ended 30 June 2025

CONTINU I N G O P E R A T I ONS

Loss p e r s h are from continuing operations in p e n ce p e r s h ar e :

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Capital and reserves attributable to equity holders of the Company:

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the Period Ended 30 June 2025

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparation

These unaudited consolidated interim financial statements ("interim financial statements") for the six months ended 30 June 2025 have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the AIM Rules for Companies (the "AIM Rules"). As permitted, the Group has chosen not to adopt IAS 34 'Interim Financial Statements' in preparing this interim financial information. The interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024, which have been prepared in accordance with international accounting standards in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to Companies reporting under IFRS.

The current Group was formed through a reverse takeover ("RTO") acquisition by the Company of Rome Resources Ltd and its subsidiaries on 26th July 2024. The interim financial statements of Rome Resources Plc are unaudited financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2025.

Comparatives

The accounting resulting from the RTO acquisition causes the comparative amounts to be restated. As a result, the comparatives consist of the six months ended 30 June 2024 compiled from the accounting records of the accounting acquirer (Rome Resources Ltd), which were not previously published, and the audited 15-month period to December 2024, as presented in the audited annual financial statements.

Comparatives are presented as a continuation of the accounting acquirer using the legal parent's equity structure. The reverse acquisition reserve at 30 June 2024 differs from that reported at the RTO date in the 2024 annual financial statements due to movements in the accounting acquirer's share capital and premium between 1 January 2024 and the RTO date, and other presentation reclassifications.

The accounting policies applied in preparing these financial statements are consistent with those applied in the previous annual financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2024.

Going concern

Given the nature of the Company's operations (namely early-stage exploration and evaluation) it is anticipated that the Company will need to raise additional capital in the near future to further develop its existing portfolio of assets beyond the recently completed drilling campaign and resource definition works. The timing and quantum of any further fundraise will be dependent upon, amongst other factors, the results of the recently completed drilling.

Given the level of support for the RTO acquisition and the accompanying placing, the subsequent placing in December 2024, the initial drilling results achieved, the supply / demand outlook for tin and the proximity of the Group's assets to nearby significant tin mining assets, the Directors are confident that the Group will be able to raise further funds to continue to develop the Group's assets and build-up their value in the future. As such these results have been prepared on a going concern basis.

SHARE CAPITAL

Called up, allotted, issued and fully paid share capital

On 30 March 2025 12,661,324 Ordinary shares were issued to a supplier in lieu of certain fees and interest totalling £32,286. The shares were issued at a price of 0.255 pence per share.

Share options & warrants in issue

Share options

• As part of the RTO transaction, certain options issued by Rome Resources Ltd were replaced with options in the Company. Exercise prices and expiry dates were unchanged, with the number of replacement options being based on the existing options adjusted by the RTO exchange ratio.

Share warrants

• As part of the RTO transaction, certain warrants issued by Rome Resources Ltd were replaced with warrants in the Company. Exercise prices and expiry dates were unchanged, with the number of replacement warrants being based on the existing options adjusted by the RTO exchange ratio.
• TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

Exploration and Evaluation assets relate to two properties situated in the Walikale District of the North Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, namely Exploration permits PEPM 13274 and PR 15130, collectively known as the Bisie North Project Bisie North, principally a tin exploration project with secondary copper, zinc and silver, is situated only 8km along geological strike from the Alphamin Bisie project, the highest grade tin mine in the world. Tin and copper soil anomalies were identified by the Company on two NW-SE trending topographic ridges both situated within the Company's licence area. An initial drilling programme in 2023 identified several high-grade tin intercepts on both the Mont Agoma the Kalayi prospects, with significant intercepts of copper and zinc also encountered in several Mont Agoma drillholes. Further drilling was undertaken during 2024 and has continued into 2025 on both licences.

• results of exploration work to date;
• the market for the underlying resources;
• comparative valuations of similar assets as they are announced to the stock market;

While there is no confirmed resource on the licences as yet, given the stage of the evaluation process, there are strong indications of one based on the drilling results to date.

EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING DATE

There have been no events subsequent to the period end which require adjustment of or disclosure in the financial statements or notes thereto.