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Copper Quest Exploration Expands its Kitimat Copper Gold Project on the Strength of the AI Generated Porphyry Target
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Quest Exploration Inc. (CSE: CQX; OTCQB: IMIMF; FRA: 3MX) (“Copper Quest” or the “Company
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Quest Exploration Inc. (CSE: CQX; OTCQB: IMIMF; FRA: 3MX) (“Copper Quest” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has made application with the Province of British Columbia to acquire an additional 3,847.41 hectares of claims contiguous to its Kitimat Project increasing the Project size by 130%. The new land package now consists of 6,801.41 hectares encompassing the newly staked historic Bowbyes target area, as well as providing a generous land position surrounding the large AI generated buried conductive body measuring approximately 1.5 km by 1.5 km in lateral extent (see press release dated March 5, 2026). The anomaly demonstrates strong vertical continuity to at least 1 km depth (the maximum limit of the analysis) and begins at just 50 meters below surface, concealed beneath sedimentary cover. The conductor is situated within a pronounced magnetic gradient/dipole corridor, with a spatial relationship suggestive of an intrusive contact or alteration boundary and lies in proximity to documented volcanic-hosted sulphide mineralization. Brian Thurston, CEO of Copper Quest, stated, “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. The historical mineralization drilled nearby delivered near-surface copper-gold intercepts of over 100 meters grading more than 0.5% Cu and 1g/t Au which remain open. The size and location of this anomaly correspond with our geologic interpretation that those previously drilled copper-gold intercepts may well represent the outer expression of a much larger porphyry system, perhaps of the AI generated anomaly now observed.” The Kitimat Project now hosts two target areas of mineralization, the Jeannette Cu-Au and the Bowbyes Cu-Mo target areas. Based on geology as well as styles of mineralization, alteration, and structure, the Jeannette target is classified as a low-level intermediate to low-sulfidation epithermal Cu-Au occurrence peripheral to a porphyry Cu-Au Zone. These same observations in the Bowbyes target suggests this area be classified as low grade disseminated to vein hosted Cu-Mo occurrences associated with a porphyry Cu-Au Zone. The Jeannette target hosts signi...