29 July 2025

HOT ROCKS INVESTMENTS PLC

(the \"Company\")

Investment in First Development Resources plc (“FDR”)

The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce that the Company has invested £50,000 in to FDR for 749,625 ordinary shares at 6.67p per share and 749,625 warrants exercisable at 10p.

FDR is a UK based, Australian focused exploration company with mineral interests in Western Australia and Australia's Northern Territory, its shares being admitted to trading on AIM today.

The Company holds equity and / or warrant positions in the following entities:

Cel AI plc

D3 Energy

Electrum Discovery Corp

Elephant Oil Corp

Endor Group Limited t/a Universe Payments

First Development Resources plc

Hamak Gold Limited

Laiva Gold Inc

Mafula Energy Limited

Mendell Helium plc

Minergy Limited

Mosi Copper Limited

New Horizon Oil & Gas Limited

Orcadian Energy Plc

Oscillate plc

Phoenix Digital Assets plc

Pilar Gold Inc

Rift Resources Limited

Supernova Digital Assets plc

Supernova Metals Corp

Tap Global Group plc

The Smarter Web Company Plc

Trigon Metals Inc

Tucano Gold Inc

Unicorn Mineral Resources plc

WeShop Holdings Limited

The Company has reduced its holding in Cel Ai to 25,000,000 shares and reduced its holding in Hamak Gold Limited to 3,750,000 shares. The Company also retains 12,500,000 warrants in Hamak Gold Limited.

The Directors continue to look at opportunities to diversify and add value for shareholders.

For further details please contact:

Hot Rocks Investments plc

Gavin Burnell Tel: 0207 2644 546

Optiva Securities Limited

Vishal Balasingham Tel: 0203 981 4174