Business
Amarc and Freeport Launch 2025 Aurora and Joy Copper-Gold District Drilling, Consolidate Additional District Potential
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2025 /Amarc Resources Ltd. ("Amarc" or the "Company") (TSXV:AHR)(OTCQB:AXREF) is pleased to announce that it and Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. ("Freeport") recently commenced an approved ...
About this update from Freeport-mcmoran, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2025 / Amarc Resources Ltd. ("Amarc" or the "Company") (TSXV:AHR)(OTCQB:AXREF) is pleased to announce that it and Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. ("Freeport") recently commenced an approved $10 M 2025 exploration program, which includes substantial drilling at the JOY District (or "JOY" or the "District") in north-central British Columbia ("BC") (see Amarc release May 29, 2025). Drilling will be focused at the new, high grade, gold-rich porphyry copper-gold-silver ("Cu-Au-Ag") AuRORA Deposit, the PINE Deposit and the Twins and Canyon Discoveries as well as other drill-ready Cu-Au Deposit Targets across the District (see Amarc releases January 17 and 21, and February 28, 2025). Amarc continues to manage the exploration programs which are being 100% funded by Freeport.","length":906,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""We are very excited to be back out on the ground working with Freeport to advance the high grade, near surface AuRORA Cu-Au-Ag Deposit Discovery announced earlier this year that remains open to expansion, and to continue to drill test other discoveries and numerous deposit targets across the JOY District," said Diane Nicolson, Amarc President and CEO. "Amarc believes that the JOY District has the potential to deliver further major copper-gold discoveries. The focus of the Canadian and BC (and international) governments on critical mineral strategies designed to power the green and digital economy[1] presents a clear opportunity and impetus for the efficient and responsible advancement of projects like JOY."","length":737,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"JOY District ExpansionAmarc also announces the expansion of the JOY District strategic land package that will now also include the Brenda Property, a portion of the PIL Property and three additional mineral claims staked by Amarc (Figure 1).","length":242,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Figure 1 - Large-Scale Mineral System Trends Occur at JOY that Host the AuRORA Deposit Discovery, PINE Deposit, Canyon Discovery, Twins & Other Sulphide Systems","length":164,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Brenda PropertyFurther to Amarc's February 11, 2025 release announcing a mineral property opti...