Nine additional holes reinforce continuity of the oxide system and support a refined structural model guiding perimeter drilling
VANCOUVER, BC, July 8, 2026 /CNW/ - Edge Copper Corporation (TSXV: EDCU) ("Edge Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results from nine additional diamond drill holes completed as part of its ongoing drill program at the Company's 100%-owned Zonia Copper Project ("Zonia" or the "Project") in Arizona.
The holes reported today were drilled primarily as infill within the current mineral resource area and returned broad intervals of copper mineralization that reinforce continuity of the oxide system and support the Company's objective of increasing confidence in the current resource model. These results bring the total number of holes reported from the current program to 20.
As the infill program advances, Edge Copper is shifting the balance of drilling toward systematic testing of the deposit extents. Current and planned holes are progressing around the perimeter of the mineralized system to establish hanging-wall and footwall contacts from surface to depth and to test continuity along strike, up dip and down dip. The mineralized footprint remains open to the north, south, east and west with drilling yet to define its full extent.
Drill Hole Highlights
ZND0027 returned 697 ft grading 0.28% CuT from 191 ft, including 170 ft grading 0.47% CuT and 180 ft grading 0.37% CuT.
ZND0049 returned 544 ft grading 0.27% CuT from surface, including 199 ft grading 0.40% CuT.
ZND0023 returned 369 ft grading 0.22% CuT from surface, including 30 ft grading 0.30% CuT.
ZND0024 returned 304 ft grading 0.21% CuT from 436 ft, including 90 ft grading 0.28% CuT and 40 ft grading 0.33% CuT.
ZND0018 returned 78 ft grading 0.40% CuT from surface
"These infill results continue to reinforce the grade and continuity of the known oxide system and support our objective of increasing confidence in the resource," said Gil Clausen, Chair and CEO of Edge Copper. "Just as important, the drilling, core data and mapping have given us a much clearer structural framework. We are now moving the rigs systematically around the deposit perimeter to define the hanging wall and footwall from surface to depth and to test the system along strike, up dip and down dip. The deposit remains incompletely drill-defined in every direction, and this next phase is designed to determine its limits in a disciplined way."
"As the perimeter data are incorporated into our model, we will be able to target the remaining infill more efficiently and establish the drilling required for future resource expansion and mine-planning analysis. That is the transition now underway at Zonia."