Sumatra Copper & Gold plc provided the drilling update under the strategic alliance with PT Merdeka Copper Gold (Merdeka), whereby Merdeka covers the cost of the program and will be compensated with shares in the Company. Since February 2018, 17 diamond core holes for 5,028m have been completed. The most significant intersections to date includes RDD18542: 0.7m at 7.21g/t Au & 29.9g/t Ag from 189.7m (true width 0.7m) and RDD18550: 0.9m at 14.7g/t Au & 11.8g/t Ag from 291.0m (true width 0.5m). In the 3 holes completed to date testing for extensions to the Belinau underground mine, the expected structures are all present. Although the quartz textures appear for epithermal-style mineralisation, the veins in the two holes drilled directly beneath the mine (RDD18544 and RDD18548) were weakly mineralised (<1.0m at <1g/t Au). However, the most easterly drill hole (RDD18550) intersected 0.9m at 14.7g/t Au & 11.8g/t Ag (true width 0.5m). This high grade intersection does not appear to correspond with the main vein currently being mined at Belinau but is believed to be a separate structure subparallel to the main vein possibly plunging to the east. These parallel structures are observed at multiple levels within the mine and will be part of the ongoing drilling program when an underground diamond rig arrives during this quarter. An Exploration Target of 70,000 to 140,000 tonnes at grades of 7.5 to 11g/t Au for 15,000 to 50,000 oz Au has been estimated for three areas targeted in the underground drilling program at Belinau. The grades and tonnages are based on the grade control model within the existing mine. The grade control tonnes and grade from Levels 9 to 12 (35 vertical metres) with a 370m strike length totalled 36,000t at 11.2g/t Au and 25.1g/t Ag. A second grade control area from Levels 6 to 12 (100 vertical metres) totalled 65,000t at 12g/t Au and 60.6g/t Au. These grades and tonnage per area were applied to the area of proposed drilling below. The target tonnage was assigned a range from 50-100% of these volumes. The first Exploration Target is below Level 12 around hole RDD18550 and assigned tonnage and grade range of 25,000 to 50,000t at 7.5 to 11g/t Au. The potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Target is conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource. Assay results from 8 holes completed at the Buluh and Berenai mines have been received. The Berenai and Buluh deposits are hosted by subparallel structures typified by 5 to 15m wide argillic-altered and breccia zones with quartz veins typically developed along the footwall. The recent drilling results suggest that the Buluh structure zone does not persist to depth at Buluh North. At Berenai, drilling has confirmed that the main host mineralised structures persist 250m below the open pit at Buluh South and Berenai North with hole RDD18542 intersecting 0.7m at 7.21g/t Au & 29.9g/t Ag from 189.7m (true width 0.7m).