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IDEX Metals Receives Exploration Plan Approval for the Freeze Project and Engages Scout Drilling LLC for 2025 Drill Program
(TheNewswire) Vancouver, B.C. – June 24, 2025 – IDEX Metals Corp. (" ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"IDEX Metals Receives Exploration Plan Approval for the Freeze Project and Engages Scout Drilling LLC for 2025 Drill Program\n\n\n (TheNewswire)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Vancouver, B.C. – June 24,\n2025\n \n\n – IDEX Metals Corp. (\"\n \n\n IDEX\n \n\n \" or the\n\"\n \n\n Company\n \n\n \") (\n \n\n TSXV:\nIDEX\n \n\n ) is pleased to announce two significant\nmilestones as it advances its flagship Freeze Project, a copper-gold\nporphyry system located in the emerging Idaho Copper Belt. The Idaho\nDepartment of Lands has approved the Company’s\n \n\n Phase I E\n \n\n xploration\n \n\n P\n \n\n lan\n \n\n for the\nHornet Block, and IDEX has engaged Scout Drilling LLC (\"Scout\nDrilling\"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Scout Discoveries Corp.,\nto execute its fully funded 2025 diamond drill program.\n \n\n\n\n Key Highlights\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Drill Permit Approval:\n \n\n The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) has formally approved\nIDEX’s Phase I\n \n\n Ex\n \n\n ploration\n \n\n Pl\n \n\n an\nfor the Hornet Block, part of the Freeze Project, enabling the Company\nto commence drilling at the high-priority Kismet Target.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Scout Drilling Engaged:\n \n\n IDEX has engaged Idaho-based Scout Drilling, a subsidiary of\nScout Discoveries Corp., to lead the upcoming fully funded 2,500 metre\ndiamond drill program beginning Q3 2025. Scout owns its own drill\nfleet and brings significant experience operating in the Idaho Copper\nBelt.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Ongoing Exploration\nPlanning:\n \n\n IDEX plans to\ndrill up to 2,500 metres at the Kismet and CM targets, as well as, to\ncomplete a large-scale MT geophysical survey, property wide mapping,\nand a 5,000 sample geochemical survey. Further details on the Phase I\nexploration program, including broader 2025 field plans, will be\nprovided in an upcoming news release.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Additional Permits Nearing\nCompletion:\n \n\n The Company’s application on\nUnited States Forest Service (USFS) land is in the final stages of\nreview, with permit approval anticipated by late summer.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Exploration Plan\n \n\n Approved on\n \n\n Idaho\n \n\n State Land\n \n\n\n\n\n\n The 28,432-acre Hornet\nBlock, part of IDEX’s 100%-owned Freeze Project, is now fully\npermitted for\n \n\n drilling\n \n\n under its\n \n\n Phase I\n \n\n Expl...