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Hercules Metals Provides Positive Update on its 2025 Drilling Campaign
2025 drilling validating new 3D geological model; more drill rigs added to the property Toronto,...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Hercules Metals Provides Positive Update on its 2025 Drilling Campaign2025 drilling validating new 3D geological model; more drill rigs added to the propertyToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 23, 2025) - Hercules Metals Corp. (TSXV: BIG) (OTCQB: BADEF) (FSE: C0X) (\"Hercules\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an update on drilling from its 2025 field season at its Hercules Property in western Idaho (the \"Property\"). The Company reports that initial drill holes from the 2025 drilling campaign are validating the breakthrough 3D geological model announced in April 2025, and as a result, the Company has elected to ramp up production from three (3) to five (5) drill rigs.HighlightsTwo drill holes, (25-02 and 25-03), have been completed, and five are currently in progress (25-04, 25-05, 25-06, 25-07, and 25-08). 25-03 tested a gap in the block model, at a favourable orientation to cross-cut the mineralization, while 25-02 completed a 220-metre step-out to the northeast of 24-12. So far, over 3,000 metres have been drilled in 2025.Importantly, northwest-oriented drilling is validating the 3D geological model developed by the technical team over the winter - now defining a shell of copper-molybdenum (\"Cu-Mo\") mineralization around a central porphyry intrusion (the \"Leviathan Target\").Five drill rigs (four core and one Reverse Circulation (\"RC\") are now testing the system across 2.2 kilometres of strike. This increase, from three drill rigs at the outset of the 2025 campaign, accelerates production and reduces the all-in cost per metre.RC pre-collars are now being used to efficiently advance through the cover sequence. Shortly after securing the RC contract early in the season, the Company elected to halt core drilling of hole 25-01 and reinitiate drilling with the RC rig on an adjacent pad (25-07), improving overall efficiency.Approximately 1.3 kilometres of known strike are now being better defined, with a renewed focus on the dominant structural control identified in the Cu-Mo block model, highlighting strong grade potential around the contacts of the porphyry intrusion.A series of step-out drill holes are also targeting along strike extensions, where chargeability and magnetic data highlight compelling growth potential under cover (Figures 2 and 3).Ongoing targeting continues to support potential for ...