Copper Quest Expands its Kitimat Copper Gold Project on the Strength of the AI Generated Porphyry Target

Executive Summary

• Copper Quest applied to the Province of British Columbia for an additional 3,847.41 ha of claims, expanding the Kitimat Project by 130% to a total of 6,801.41 ha.
• The newly added Bowbyes target area surrounds a large AI‑generated buried conductive anomaly (≈1.5 km × 1.5 km) that shows strong vertical continuity to at least 1 km depth and is interpreted as a potential concealed intrusive porphyry center.
• Historical drill intercepts in the adjacent Jeannette Cu‑Au zone remain open, with multiple >100 m intervals grading >0.5% Cu and ≥1 g/t Au; these results support the prospectivity of both the Jeannette and Bowbyes targets.

Key Details

• Land Acquisition
• Application submitted to BC for an additional 3,847.41 ha of contiguous claims.
• Total Kitimat Project area now 6,801.41 ha, a 130 % increase.

• New land includes the historic Bowbyes target area and surrounds a large AI‑generated conductive body (≈1.5 km × 1.5 km lateral extent, depth continuity ≥1 km, starts at ~50 m below surface).

• AI‑Driven Targeting

• AI analysis identified the buried conductive anomaly as likely representing an intrusive contact or alteration boundary.

• Anomaly lies within a pronounced magnetic gradient/dipole corridor and near documented volcanic‑hosted sulphide mineralization.

• Historical Drill Results – Jeannette Cu‑Au Zone

• Hole J‑7: 117.07 m @ 0.54% Cu, 1.03 g/t Au (start depth 1.52 m)
• Hole J‑1: 103.65 m @ 0.55% Cu, 1.00 g/t Au (start depth 9.15 m)
• Hole J‑2: 107.01 m @ 0.45% Cu, 0.80 g/t Au (start depth 6.10 m)

• Hole J‑8: 112.20 m @ 0.33% Cu, 0.41 g/t Au (start depth 11.89 m)

• Geology – Bowbyes Target

• Upper Paleozoic volcanic/metavolcanic and volcaniclastic rocks intruded by diorite, quartz monzonite, granodiorite (Coast Plutonic Complex affinity).
• Cross‑cutting east‑northeast trending feldspar porphyry dykes and north‑northeast felsic/mafic dikes.

• Alteration: quartz‑sericite‑pyrite associated with porphyry dykes; sericite‑quartz bands parallel to volcaniclastic bedding.

• Mineralization – Bowbyes

• Localized magnetite‑pyrite‑chalcopyrite skarn zones and silicified veins (1–3 cm) with weak Au anomalies.
• Vein halos contain fine‑grained disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite.

• Southern shear zone hosts massive to semi‑massive sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite within a 30 cm wide S‑SSE trending shear.

• Strategic Partnership

• Ongoing partnership with ExploreTech (U.S.) to apply generative AI across the project portfolio; AI platform integrated historic drilling, airborne magnetics, VTEM conductivity, structural and lithological data, field observations, and geochemistry into a probabilistic 3‑D model.

• Option Grant

• Granted 200,000 stock options to a consultant (exercise price $0.15 per share, 5‑year term, immediate vesting, 4‑month hold period).

Notable Quotes

“The AI‑driven analysis at Kitimat allowed Copper Quest to observe the characteristics of a potential concealed intrusive porphyry center creating the opportunity to increase our land position accordingly.” – Brian Thurston, CEO

All technical information reviewed and approved by Brian G. Thurston, P.Geo., President & CEO (Qualified Person under NI 43‑101).