Amarc Announces Commencement Of 2026 Aurora & Joy Copper-Gold District Drilling

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Amarc Announces Commencement Of 2026 Aurora & Joy Copper-Gold District Drilling VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 2, 2026 / Amarc Resources Ltd. ("Amarc" or the "Company") (TSXV:AHR)(OTCQB:AXREF)(FSE:AQ5) is pleased to announce that AuRORA Minerals Ltd. ("AML"), the joint venture company in which Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. ("Freeport") and Amarc hold 60% and 40% interests, respectively, recently commenced the 2026 field program at the JOY Copper-Gold District ("JOY" or the "District") in north-central British Columbia ("BC"). The program will be fully funded by Freeport through AML and includes work on the JOY District and adjacent tenures held under option by AML (see Amarc May 27, 2026 release). Amarc is the primary contractor managing AML's exploration programs at JOY."The 2026 field season has officially begun with a drill focused program designed to continue to unlock the world class potential of the JOY District," said Diane Nicolson, Amarc President and CEO. "Like our investors, our team continues to look forward to further exploration of AuRORA, a deposit with a strong gold and copper endowment that remains open to expansion. Importantly, the JOY District is also host to the significant TWINS and CANYON copper-gold porphyry discoveries, the PINE and Brenda Deposits and a high potential pipeline of deposit targets that we have yet to fully explore. Amarc believes we have just scratched the surface of the potential of this extensive copper-gold district, and that the high grade near surface, AuRORA Deposit discovery stands to be the key to the development of the entire Toodoggone region."The 2026 JOY District program includes:Continued focus on the gold-rich AuRORA Porphyry Copper-Gold-Silver ("Cu-Au-Ag") Deposit ("AuRORA"):Step out drilling to continue to assess the extent and tenure of the AuRORA Deposit. Drilling in 2025 expanded the deposit over an area measuring 1.4 km by 0.8 km, which remains open to expansion (see Figure 1 and Amarc release May 27, 2026). Promising mineralization was also intersected in holes JP25114 and JP25120, located 550 m south and 350 m to the north, respectively, of the current known extent of AuRORA that remains open to expansion. These two holes may indicate substantial further expansion of the AuRORA Deposit, or highlight the broader potential of the 4 km2 Northwest Gossan ("NWG") mineral s...

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