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Metal Energy Receives Multi-Year Drill Permit for District-Scale Highland Valley Copper Project, On Strike with Canada's Largest Copper Mine
Highlights Multi-year permit secured. Metal Energy has received a multi-year area-based (M...
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Metal Energy Receives Multi-Year Drill Permit for District-Scale Highland Valley Copper Project, On Strike with Canada's Largest Copper MineHighlightsMulti-year permit secured. Metal Energy has received a multi-year area-based (MYAB) Mines Act drill permit for its 100%-owned Highland Valley Copper Project, authorizing up to 50 drill sites, 11.7 kilometres of new exploration trail, and 80 line-kilometres of geophysical surveying over a multi-year horizon.On strike with and straddling the trend of Canada's largest copper mine. The 240 km² Project sits in the southern Guichon Creek batholith, the same intrusive complex that hosts Teck's Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine, Canada's largest copper mine, directly on trend with and partially enveloping the camp's producing porphyry systems.Backed by a deep historical dataset. More than 55,000 metres of historical drilling across 402 holes underpins two priority mineralized zones: the copper-silver-molybdenum Zone 1, traced over 1,200 metres and open at depth, and the gold-enriched copper-gold-silver-molybdenum-rhenium Zone 2.Targeting work advancing. A 1,000-sample soil geochemical survey has been completed, complementing AMT and magnetic surveys that are defining porphyry-style structures ahead of drilling.A camp on the move. Neighbouring Getty Copper, under new leadership, recently drilled 342 metres of 0.50% copper (including 108 metres of 0.70% copper), and Teck Resources is advancing its Highland Valley Mine Life Extension to 2046, the largest critical minerals investment in British Columbia's history.More to come. An expanded exploration plan is being formulated, with further details to follow. Focus remains on NIV. The Highland Valley project becomes Metal Energy's second permitted, drill-ready copper asset, alongside the NIV copper-gold porphyry project in the Toodoggone District, British Columbia. The first-ever drill program at NIV, with 6,000 metres planned, is now underway, and the project remains the near-term focus for the Company and its technical team.Figure 1: CLICK HERE to View Metal Energy's Highland Valley Project MapToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 13, 2026) - Metal Energy Corp. (TSXV: MERG) (OTCQB: MEEEF) (the "Company" or "Metal Energy") is pleased to announce that it has received a multi-year area-based (MYAB) Mines Act drilling permit for its Highland Valley Copper Proje...