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  • October 9, 2026

ALTO METALS BEGINS 3,500M DRILL PROGRAM AT SANDSTONE

Testing Targets at Vanguard, Ladybird, Bull Oak, and Lightning Prospects

Alto Metals Limited (ASX:AME) has commenced a 3,500m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at its Sandstone Gold Project in Western Australia. The program focuses on extensional targets at the Vanguard, Ladybird, and Bull Oak gold deposits, and includes first-pass drilling at the Lightning prospect.

Key highlights:

• The RC drilling will test extensional targets outside the currently defined resources at Vanguard, Ladybird, and Bull Oak.

• The first-pass drilling at Lightning will explore a coherent gold anomaly (927 ppb) revealed by recent soil sampling.

• The Sandstone Gold Project spans over 740km² and contains an open-pit resource of 17.6Mt @ 1.5 g/t gold for 832,000 oz, with a total unconstrained MRE of 23.5Mt @ 1.4 g/t gold for 1.05Moz.

Alto’s Managing Director & CEO, Matthew Bowles, said

We are pleased to have a rig back on site and drilling underway at our Sandstone Gold Project. This program is designed to test extensional targets outside the current resources at our Vanguard, Ladybird and Bull Oak gold deposits, and also includes first-pass drilling at the new Lightning prospect. We continue to focus on advancing our Sandstone Gold Project and look forward to updating shareholders on the results of this drilling program when they are received.

Read the full announcement.

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