VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Purecore Metals Inc. (CSE: PURE) (FSE: J8Y) ("Purecore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of a comprehensive data compilation program, representing the second phase of the Company's 2026 exploration program at the Bankier Property ("Bankier", "Project" or the "Property").
The Company holds a 100% interest in Bankier, an early-stage exploration project characterized by prospective alteration signatures and multi-element Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) anomalies in copper, molybdenum, gold, zinc, silver, lead, and uranium.
The data compilation program includes:
Digitizing historical rock, soil, MMI, and geophysical datasets to create interpretive maps and exploration vectoring tools
Establishing an efficient data management system and project-wide repository to facilitate data access, interpretation, and sharing
Identifying gaps in historical exploration to help prioritize targets and guide future exploration programs
Peter Berdusco, President and CEO of Purecore, commented: "We are pleased to be advancing into the second phase of our 2026 exploration program at Bankier. By integrating historical and modern datasets through a multi-disciplinary approach, we believe we can systematically evaluate the property while maximizing the value of existing information. As our understanding of the property's geological setting continues to evolve, this work will help refine exploration targets and support the planning of future exploration programs."
About Bankier
Bankier is located in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia, approximately 22 kilometres west of Peachland and near the historical Brenda Mine, a past-producing copper–molybdenum mine now in remediation. The property is underlain by a structurally complex intrusive system characterized by granodiorite and granite lithologies, cut by numerous alaskite dykes that are locally associated with alteration and mineralization.
Exploration work to date has identified three reported MINFILE showings on the property, including the Glad, Bankier, and HP showings. Historical and recent geochemical and geophysical programs, including airborne magnetics, Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) soil sampling, and rock sampling, have outlined multiple multi-element geochemical anomalies in copper, molybdenum, gold, zinc, silver, lead, and uranium.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Ali Wasiliew, P.Geo., an independent Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.