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Sterling Metals Intersects 235.5m at 0.42% Cu and 0.042 g/t Au including 32.75m at 1.31% Cu and 0.11 g/t Au and Discovers New Bornite-Covellite Zone
TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 16, 2026 / Sterling Metals Corp. (TSXV:SAG)(OTCQB:SAGGF...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sterling Metals Intersects 235.5m at 0.42% Cu and 0.042 g/t Au including 32.75m at 1.31% Cu and 0.11 g/t Au and Discovers New Bornite-Covellite ZoneTORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 16, 2026 / Sterling Metals Corp. (TSXV:SAG)(OTCQB:SAGGF) (\"Sterling\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report the remaining assay results from its expanded and completed 2025 drilling program at the Soo Copper Project (\"Soo Copper\" or the \"Project\") located near Batchewana Bay, Ontario. Results from five additional drill holes continued to expand the copper mineralized footprint, while further defining and extending the high-grade bornite zone discovered in September 2025, revealing a new bornite-covellite zone to the northwest (Figures 1 and 2).Highlights:Drillhole MEPS-25-20 returned 235.5m at 0.5% CuEq from a depth of 85.5m within a broader interval of 346.5m grading 0.39% CuEq from a depth of 1.5m, Including:56m at 1.0% CuEq from a depth of 194m32.75m at 1.5% CuEq from a depth of 194m11.35m at 2.01% CuEq from a depth of 198.65mHoles in this release highlight a transition to bornite-covellite mineralization with increasing gold grades hosted by stronger quartz veining in the northwest part of the MEPS Discovery area. Robust quartz veining containing bornite and covellite was discovered 120m from the core of the original discovery bornite zone, where the final 11.95m of MEPS-25-22 graded 1.51% CuEq ending at 364m downhole within a broader interval of 176.95m of 0.4% CuEq from 188m downhole.These results indicate that many of the final holes of the 2025 drill program tagged the edge of a newly identified, very high copper tenor style of quartz-sulphide veining and will be a primary focus for follow up drilling in 2026.The recent discovery of a Cu-Mo mineralized porphyry stock 1.5km away from MEPS, reported in the press release dated March 1, 2026, provides important evidence that a large porphyry intrusive complex does indeed underlie this central part of our license area. The focus of exploration is now on discovering the most mineralized upper part of this porphyry complex which may underlie the MEPS Discovery area.The MEPS Discovery area continues to demonstrate strong lateral continuity with multiple holes intersecting broad zones of copper mineralization across a growing footprint of the system but also important near-surface, high-gr...