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CopperCorp Samples 31.0m at 1.48% Cu & 0.83 g/t Au at Jukes Prospect, Significant Scale Potential Identified

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2024) - CopperCorp Resources Inc. (TSXV: CPER) (OTCQB: CPCPF) ("CopperCorp" or the "Company") is pleased to provide results of channel and rock chip sampling at the Jukes Cu-Au prospect, Razorback license in western Tasmania, Australia. Channel sampling in an early 20th Century mine adit by CPER, with intersections of up to 9.0m @ 2.92% Cu, 1.79 g/t Au and 10.17 g/t Ag, confirm historically reported high-grade Cu-Au mineralization at the prospect.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Assay results received from sampling of historical underground adits have confirmed high-grade copper-gold potential at the Jukes prospect, including significant intervals:

Mineralized Zone

Interval (m)*

Cu (%)

Au (g/t)

Ag (g/t)

From (m)

J3West Zone

31.0

1.48

0.83

5.21

8

including

9.0

2.92

1.79

10.17

8

J3East Zone

26.0

0.65

0.67

2.60

72

 

  • *Intervals are along-channel sample widths. True widths are not known at this time.

  • Results from 14 outcrop rock chip samples taken along the interpreted strike of the underground sampled mineralization include individual assays up to 46.6% Cu and 9.54g/t Au.

  • Modelling of magnetic data suggests a magnetic pipe feature associated with the Jukes Cu-Au system extends up to 700m along strike and up to 1,400m below surface, indicating potential for the mineralization system to have significant scale. The magnetic pipe is untested by drilling.

  • Mineralization and alteration styles identified at Jukes, as well as the copper and gold mineral tenor are consistent with the large Mt Lyell Cu-Au system (311Mt @ 0.97% Cu and 0.31g/t Au) located 10km to the north of Jukes. The gold:copper ratio at Jukes is typically 3-4 times that of the Mt Lyell orebodies.

  • Environmental surveys completed and initial drill program permitting approvals received.

Stephen Swatton, President and CEO of CopperCorp, commented: "The Jukes prospect is a compelling high-grade copper-gold drill target close to surface and approximately 10km south and along trend from the famous historical Mt Lyell Cu-Au mining camp. The Mt Lyell mine licenses are currently the subject of a feasibility study by Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. who report that resources of at least 1 million tonnes copper and 1 million ounces gold are still present at the site.

CopperCorp's high grade, near surface mineralization at the Jukes no.3 adit, combined with a geophysical magnetic feature that extends to about 1,400 metres below surface has developed into a convincing target that has not been drill tested since a limited program undertaken some 40 years ago. The Mt Lyell camp is interpreted as a cluster of deposits (Figures 1 and 2) with porphyry/epithermal style affinities at the upper levels of an IOCG system. Jukes is interpreted by CPER as a probable deeper extension of the same rock suite. In addition to Jukes, at least 6 other nearby prospects (Figure 3) on 100% held ground are being investigated by CopperCorp geologists. This 25km long belt is interpreted to represent a southern extension of the prolific Mt Lyell mine copper-gold system. New interpretation by CopperCorp indicates that previous drilling at Jukes only tested the southern edge of mineralization at Jukes.