Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2026) - Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) (OTCQX: KCCFF) ("Kutcho Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce drilling has commenced at its feasibility stage, high-grade copper-zinc development project (the "Project") located in Northwest British Columbia.
Vince Sorace, President & CEO of Kutcho Copper stated: "Our 2026 drill program is underway, with 2 drill rigs designed to test the Hamburger, Gap and Esso West targets. This program represents the first comprehensive exploration drill program testing multiple new targets on the Kutcho project in over 15 years. Updates and drill results will be reported as they become available".
The 2026 Drill Program:
The prospective, near-planar Kutcho time horizon extends for over 12km along strike, and includes the Hamburger, Gap and Esso West targets. These are untested ZTEM conductivity highs near to the known mineralization - supported by geology, magnetic and seismic data to 850-metre depth.
The Hamburger target covers an area of 2.8km2 - more than double that of the defined mineral resource at the Main deposit.
The Gap target covers an area of 1.3km2 at the confluence of two important conductivity trends.
The Esso West target is a high priority drill target covering an area of 1,900m strike by 500m down dip (an area 4 times larger than the Esso Deposit).
Figure 1: Plan view of geologically contrained ZTEM conductivity high within the Kutcho Time Horizon that encompasses the known resource lenses and new near resource targets.
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Soil Sampling and Field Mapping
The 2026 exploration program also incudes soil sampling and field mapping on targets that require further investigation before developing drill targets.
Qualified Persons
The technical or scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Andrew Sharp, P.Eng BC (Lic. No. 47907), FAusIMM, Chief Operating Officer for Kutcho Copper, who serves as a qualified person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101.
Notes
Regional and Near Resource Exploration Targets are considered early-stage exploration targets which do not contain any mineral resources as defined by NI 43-101. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource for the targets disclosed. It is uncertain whether further exploration will result in these targets being delineated as a mineral resource.
ZTEM is an acronym referring to the Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic technique which is a geophysical technique utilizing natural earth currents to image the subsurface three-dimensional distribution of apparent resistivity to depths exceeding one kilometer.
VTEM is an acronym referring the "Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic" technique and is useful for detecting and discriminating between moderate to excellent conductors.
Electrical Conductivity may indicate the presence of mineralization of economic interest, but also a range of other possibilities, including electrically conductive mudstones, alteration and mineralization such as pyrite.