Kutcho Copper Outlines Esso West - Highest Priority Near Resource Drill Target for 2026 Exploration Program

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 30, 2026) - Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) (OTCQX: KCCFF) ("Kutcho Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to highlight the highest priority near resource drill target 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: "Esso West is our most exciting and highest priority drill target on the Kutcho Project. Delineated by new ZTEM and seismic surveys never conducted over the target area in the past, Esso West is a highly prospective geophysical and geologically constrained target area covering nearly 1 km2. The Esso West target on its own presents the potential for significant scale and value addition to the Kutcho project." "The nearby Esso deposit contains an Indicated resource of 2.6 mt at 4.4% CuEqR, and an Inferred resource of 2.1 mt at 2.15% CuEqR, representing approximately 50% of the value of the entire Kutcho project. The Esso West target exhibits similar characteristics in mineralization and grade as the Esso deposit, and has the potential to host multiple Esso style deposits. Our fully funded 2026 drill program planned to commence in June will include up to 7 drill holes into the Esso West target." Highest Priority Untested VMS Target Within 5 km of Defined Resources The prospective, near planar, Kutcho Time Horizon extends for over 12 km along strike and along with all known deposits at the Project, includes the Esso West target. Esso West is an untested ZTEM conductivity high near to the known mineralization. Seismic reflection surveys over the Esso West target revealed detailed subsurface geological features that positviely correlate to those at the Esso Deposit - allowing for high conviction drill targeting where conincident with ZTEM conductivity highs. The target is strongly supported by geology, magnetic, and seismic data that have been benchmarked against the high-grade Esso deposit. The Esso West VMS target covers an area nearly 1 km2 - an area over 4 times larger than the Esso Deposit. Figure 1: Plan view of the geologically contrained ZTEM conductivity high within the Kutcho Time Horizon that encompasses the known resource lenses and new near resource targets. Figure 2: Isometric view looking to the Southwest showing topography, the Kutcho Time Horizon wit...

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