Galileo Resources plc ("Galileo "or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has approved start-up of exploration on its' 100% held property in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt ("KCB") in western Botswana.

Colin Bird Chairman & CEO said: "We are pleased to announce the commencement of exploration activities on Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) tenures PL40/2018 and PL39/2018. Initial exploration will include Heli-EM and soil sampling surveys, which are routine exploration techniques within the KCB and have been responsible for the identification of multiple prospects that have become copper-silver mineral deposits for companies such as Discovery Metals, Cupric Canyon and MOD Resources."

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