Kodiak Copper Exploration Results Point to More Discovery Potential

British Columbia-focused explorer Kodiak Copper Corp. has successfully expanded the mineralized area at the Gate Zone of its 147 km2 MPD copper-gold project (see Exhibit 1) and, through geophysics and geochemistry, expanded the potential for additional discoveries.

Based on the results from five drill holes released on September 29 (link below), the Gate Zone has delivered more notable copper and gold intercepts, as the team continues to increase the size of the mineralized footprint, which now extends to a kilometre in a north-south direction and to a depth of 900m.

Moreover, the company’s fully funded, 25,000m drill programme includes drill-testing priority anomalies northeast of Gate, where it has delineated a 400m-long, parallel mineralized trend, based upon soil geochemistry, at the nearby Prime Zone (see Exhibit 3).

Exhibit 1. A Plan Map View of Kodiak’s MPD Copper-Gold Project.

Source: Kodiak Copper Corp.

Drill highlights include an intersection from MPD-22-006 at the Gate Zone, which returned an intersection of 0.69% copper, 0.46 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, and 2.22 g/t silver over 117m, starting from 587m depth.

In addition, two holes intersected a new mineralized trend northeast of and adjacent to Gate, called the Prime Zone. Drilling identified porphyry-related alteration and copper-gold-silver mineralization over 200 metres in width, with 400m of strike and down to 550m in depth (see Exhibit 2).

Hole MPD-22-017 intersected 96m, starting at 764m depth, 0.28% copper, 0.14 g/t gold and 0.81 g/t silver (see Exhibits 2 and 3).

Exhibit 2. Weighted Assay Intervals for Holes MPD-22-006, MPD-22-008, MPD-22-005, MPD-22-013 and MPD-22-017.

Source: Kodiak Copper Corp.

The Significance

The company’s initial work in 2022 focused on infill drilling of a 170m gap at the Gate Zone, while investigating higher grade mineralization and the correlation with 3D IP responses down dip to the east.

When combined with the most recent results from holes MPD-22-013 and MPD-22-017 in the Prime Zone, the mineralized footprint now measures 200m wide (east-west), over 400m strike length (north-south) and has been drilled down to 550m depth. The drilling consistently returned significant copper-gold-silver intercepts, the company reported.

Drilling began in March, and a second drill rig was added in June.

Exhibit 3. Plan Map Showing All Kodiak Drilling and New 2022 Assay Results (Yellow Trace). The Background is Historic Copper-In Soil Data.

Source: Kodiak Copper Corp.

The previous 2021 drill program of 21,675m focused on extending the Gate Zone discovery by systematically evaluating the associated copper-in-soil anomaly of approximately one kilometre in length.

According to Kodiak, drilling consistently delivered significant-grade intercepts within broad envelopes of lower-grade mineralization. Over the year, the company has increased the Gate Zone’s strike length by almost eight times.

Following the Gate Zone discovery in 2020, ongoing drill programs in 2021 and 2022 have significantly expanded the size and depth of known mineralization at the Gate Zone to 1km of strike length, 350m width and 900m depth.

The new Prime Zone points to the further upsize potential of the multi-centric porphyry system at MPD.

The extension of the Gate Zone and delineation of the Prime Zone confirm that recent 3D IP surveys are effective for targeting host geology and discovering prospective porphyritic mineralization. The company says further work to extend both the Gate and Prime Zones is warranted.

We look forward to this next promising phase of work which should lead to more discoveries like Gate and Prime.

The MPD project is near several operating mines in the southern Quesnel Terrane, British Columbia’s copper-gold producing belt. It is near the towns of Merritt and Princeton, in the same neighbourhood as the Highland Valley and Copper Mountain copper mines. The project has year-round accessibility and excellent infrastructure nearby.

Next Steps

According to Kodiak, the 2022 drilling programme remains on schedule. As of September 26th, 33 holes for 21,300m have been completed.

The ongoing 2022 drilling is focussed on potential extensions to Gate and adjacent look-alike geophysical targets. Following drilling at Gate, drilling will test additional high-priority targets like Dillard.

To this end, a 3D IP geophysical survey is currently underway covering 9km2 and extending southward3from the Gate Zone to the Man and Dillard target areas.

The company has also completed soil geochemical surveys covering 7.5 km2 to follow-up on previously unknown kilometre-scale copper-gold anomalies and new prospects discovered in 2021. Analysis of this work remains pending.

The exploration program will continue evaluating additional copper-gold drill targets across the MPD property throughout the fall.

Exhibit 4. Example of Gate Zone Core from Hole MPD-22-006. Quartz Vein with Centerline of Chalcopyrite and Bornite in Hornblende-Phyric Diorite Host Rock from 696m.

Source: Kodiak Copper Corp.

Near-term catalysts include a new 3D IP geophysical survey (currently underway and expected to be completed next month), covering 9km2 and extending southward from the Gate Zone to the Man and Dillard target areas, budgeting 10 to 15 holes at Dillard alone.

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The full press release is available here.

Company Highlights

  • MPD is a 100% Kodiak-owned copper porphyry project in British Columbia and encompasses 147km2 in an established mining region.
  • Low-risk jurisdiction, high standards for environmental stewardship and community engagement.
  • Discovery of high-grade mineralization in 2020 at the Gate Zone.
  • Further drilling significantly expanded the Gate Zone to over 1km in length, 350m in width and 850m in depth to date, open in multiple directions.
  • MPD has all the hallmarks of an extensive, multi-centred porphyry system
  • Fully funded, 25,000-metre drill programme will further test the Gate Zone, and several other porphyry centres with similar discovery potential.
  • Experienced management:
    • John Robins’ Discovery Group backs Kodiak.
    • Founded by Chairman Chris Taylor (former President and CEO of Great Bear Resources which Kinross Gold acquired in 2022 for $1.8 billion).
    • Led by Claudia Tornquist (former GM at Rio Tinto and former VP Business Development at Sandstorm Gold).
  • Teck Resources owns 9.9% of Kodiak.

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