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Surge Copper Advances Berg Toward Pre-Feasibility with Successful 2025 Drilling and Data Validation Program
Vancouver, British Columbia, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV:  ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Surge Copper Advances Berg Toward Pre-Feasibility with Successful 2025 Drilling and Data Validation Program\nVancouver, British Columbia, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQB: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pleased to report results from its 2025 multidisciplinary drilling and field program at the 100%-owned Berg Project in central British Columbia. The program was designed to advance Berg toward completion of a Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) planned for H1-2026 (see November 19, 2025 press release), and was successfully executed with a focus on resource category conversion, validation of historic drilling through modern QA/QC procedures, acid rock drainage characterization, and geotechnical investigations for planned mine infrastructure. Highlights In 2025, Surge completed a focused multidisciplinary program to support a planned 2026 mineral resource update and PFS at Berg Four infill drill holes targeting the outer margins of the deposit successfully intersected continuous porphyry-style mineralization and are expected to support conversion of Inferred resources to Measured and Indicated Categories Historic core re-assaying has identified a meaningful silver component in the northwest portion of the Berg deposit, where multiple holes now return long intervals with elevated silver grades Combined with 2025 infill drilling, these results increase copper-equivalent values in an area targeted for resource category conversion and may positively impact future resource estimates Seventeen historic core holes were resampled using modern analytical methods and QA/QC protocols, materially increasing confidence in the historical dataset and enabling their use in future resource classification Dedicated acid rock drainage and geotechnical drilling programs were successfully completed providing critical environmental and engineering data required for mine design and permitting Leif Nilsson, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The 2025 drill program at Berg delivered the critical technical data required to advance the project toward pre-feasibility, including information to support resource category upgrades, geotechnical design, and environmental geochemistry studies, putting us well on track to complete the PFS on schedule. I ...