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Copper Quest Exploration: Drilling Commences on the Rip Copper-Molybdenum Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Quest Exploration Inc. (CSE: CQX; OTCQB: IMIMF; FRA: 3MX) (“Copper Quest” or the
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Quest Exploration Inc. (CSE: CQX; OTCQB: IMIMF; FRA: 3MX) (“Copper Quest” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the Rip Copper-Molybdenum Project (the “Project” or “RIP”) for drilling a minimum of 2,000 meters. The RIP Project is in the Stikine region of British Columbia, situated approximately 33 km northeast of Imperial Metals Corporation’s past producing Huckleberry copper-molybdenum (“Cu-Mo”) mine and Surge Copper’s advanced stage Ox/Seal/Berg projects, and 30 km southeast of Vizsla Copper Corp’s Poplar copper-gold Project. Imperial Metals Corporation is exploring Huckleberry and its surrounding claims for additional Cu-Mo resources. Highlights of the Rip Copper-Molybdenum Project: First phase drill testing at Rip has confirmed that largely covered geophysical targets define a multi-phase Cu-Mo mineralized porphyry system. Zones of anomalous Cu-Mo mineralization are hosted in porphyritic intrusions and associated vein stockwork. Drill Intersection highlights include (*Table 1): 0.102% CuEq over 126.6 m* in drill hole RP24-001 from 21.4 m Including 0.268% CuEq over 24.6 m* from 21.4 m 0.112% CuEq over 114.3 m* in drill hole RP24-002 from 33.6 m The northern, approximately 1 X 1 kilometre (“km”), annular geophysical anomalies remain largely untested, while the southern anomaly of similar size has yet to be drill tested. Most assays from the 2024 drill campaign are anomalous in Cu-Mo and the presence of intense quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration and strongly developed vein sets resembling D veins indicates the presence of a significant porphyry system that has only been partially tested. The Rip represents an opportunity for the Company to drill an untested but known multi-phase Cu-Mo porphyry system in the Bulkley Valley that is one of BC’s most prospective areas for porphyry exploration and discovery. Brian Thurston, CEO of Copper Quest, stated, “Copper Quest is excited to see drilling at RIP that will fulfill the terms for our acquisition of a 60% interest in this high-potential asset. Phase One drilling in 2024 demonstrated that a blind, multi-phase Cu-Mo mineralized porphyry system is responsible for at least one of the two compelling geophysical ‘bullseye’ targets outlined on the property. While the 2024 program successf...