Ootsa Lake Formation

Surge Copper Commences 2023 Exploration Program

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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Vancouver, British Columbia, July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG ) (OTCQX: SRGXF ) (Frankfurt: G6D2 ) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced its 2023 field exploration program which is anticipated to run during the summer months of 2023 and include both diamond drilling at the Berg deposit and surface exploration at multiple target areas throughout the Berg-Ootsa district.

Key Points: 
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG ) (OTCQX: SRGXF ) (Frankfurt: G6D2 ) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced its 2023 field exploration program which is anticipated to run during the summer months of 2023 and include both diamond drilling at the Berg deposit and surface exploration at multiple target areas throughout the Berg-Ootsa district.
  • Drilling at Berg will primarily be focused on expanding certain higher-grade zones within the deposit into volumes which lack adequate drill density.
  • The 2023 sampling has significantly expanded and defined the anomaly which is now 1.5 kilometres long by around 300 metres wide and contains both elevated copper and molybdenum.
  • East Sibola Target showing 2023 and earlier copper-in-soil values on available induced polarization chargeability coverage.

Surge Copper Provides Berg Area Reconnaissance Exploration Results, a Round-Up of the 2022 Exploration Program and Announces 2023 Initial Exploration Plans

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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The Sylvia Target contains known porphyry copper style mineralization associated with a one kilometre long intrusion within a mostly covered area.

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  • The Sylvia Target contains known porphyry copper style mineralization associated with a one kilometre long intrusion within a mostly covered area.
  • In 2022 Surge conducted 6 IP lines over the target along with soil and rock sampling, mapping, and drilled 2 holes.
  • The sample returned 4.3 g/t gold, 4,150 g/t silver, and 2.99% copper and highlights a key area for follow-up work in 2023.
  • The Company is currently planning a 2023 exploration program at Ootsa and Berg with further details to be announced prior to the commencement of the program.

Surge Copper Confirms Large New Zinc-Silver-Gold-Lead Discovery at Ootsa Intersecting 138 metres of greater than 1% Zinc + Lead Mineralization with 8.1 g/t Silver

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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Results from this drilling include hole S22-319 which intersected a large zone of zinc-silver breccia style mineralization returning 138 metres grading 0.94% zinc, 8.1 g/t silver, 0.07 g/t gold from 98 metres downhole, including 36 metres grading 1.49% zinc, 14 g/t silver, 0.14 g/t gold and 0.11% copper.

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  • Results from this drilling include hole S22-319 which intersected a large zone of zinc-silver breccia style mineralization returning 138 metres grading 0.94% zinc, 8.1 g/t silver, 0.07 g/t gold from 98 metres downhole, including 36 metres grading 1.49% zinc, 14 g/t silver, 0.14 g/t gold and 0.11% copper.
  • The hole returned 14 metres grading 0.97% copper, 26.3 g/t silver, 0.3% zinc, and 0.15 g/t gold from 102 metres depth, underlain by 148 metres grading 0.46% zinc, 0.23% lead, and 9.4 g/t silver.
  • Hole S22-323 intersected 113.2 metres grading 0.82% zinc, 0.10% lead, 9.3 g/t silver, and 0.09 g/t gold from 92.8 metres depth including a higher grade zone 30 metres wide grading 1.37% zinc, 0.16% copper, 0.15% lead, 19.9 g/t silver, and 0.17 g/t gold.
  • Hole S22-335 intersected 104 metres grading 0.73% zinc, 0.10% copper, 8.7 g/t silver, and 0.17 g/t gold from 156 metres depth, including 50 metres grading 1.02% zinc, 8.4 g/t silver, and 0.26 g/t gold.

Surge Copper Identifies New Copper-Gold Porphyry Potential 300 metres Northeast of the East Seel Deposit Intersecting 100 metres grading 0.42% CuEq

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Monday, January 9, 2023
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These results open a new exploration target for near-surface copper-gold porphyry mineralization similar to the East Seel deposit.

Key Points: 
  • These results open a new exploration target for near-surface copper-gold porphyry mineralization similar to the East Seel deposit.
  • This style of mineralization is analogous to the East Seel deposit, located 300 meters to the southwest, and opens up exploration potential for a second East Seel style mineralized intrusive in the area, or could be a down-dropped fault offset portion of the main East Seel deposit.
  • Hole S22-328, drilled 100 metres east of S22-330, encountered weak copper-gold mineralization from 6.35 metres depth, returning 101.65 metres grading 0.13% copper and 0.09 g/t gold.
  • Combined holes S22-330 and 228 open up exploration potential for near-surface porphyry mineralization in the area.

Surge Copper Commences PEA on Berg Project

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG ) (OTCQX: SRGXF ) (Frankfurt: G6D2 ) (Surge or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a Preliminary Economic Assessment (the PEA) on the Berg Project located in central British Columbia.

Key Points: 
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG ) (OTCQX: SRGXF ) (Frankfurt: G6D2 ) (Surge or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a Preliminary Economic Assessment (the PEA) on the Berg Project located in central British Columbia.
  • Significant effort has gone into conceptualizing Berg as an emerging Canadian critical metals project, and we are excited to be commencing this project study with our engineering consulting partners at Ausenco.
  • In addition to these trade-off studies, the PEA will be anchored by extensive metallurgical testwork completed on material from the Berg deposit by G&T Metallurgical Services Ltd. (now ALS Metallurgy).
  • Mineral Resource Estimate for the Berg Deposit at 0.2% CuEq Cut-off with Effective Date of March 9, 2021.

Surge Copper Completes 2022 District Scale Exploration Program and Announces Initial Drill Results Including 40 metres of 2.1% CuEq including 26 metres of 3.1% CuEq in Step Out Drilling at the Seel Breccia East Zone

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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The high grades encountered highlight the potential to build high-grade scalable tonnage in the area directly adjacent to known resource pit shells.

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  • The high grades encountered highlight the potential to build high-grade scalable tonnage in the area directly adjacent to known resource pit shells.
  • Holes S22-317 and 318 were drilled on the northeast side of the main Seel Breccia Zone and did not return significant intervals of mineralization.
  • Berg contains pit constrained 43-101 compliant resources of copper, molybdenum, and silver in the Measured and Indicated categories.
  • Combined, the adjacent Ootsa and Berg properties give Surge a dominant land position in the Ootsa-Huckleberry-Berg district and control over three advanced porphyry deposits.

Surge Copper Announces Successful Completion of Advanced Metallurgical Testwork Program at Seel Deposit

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) ("Surge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from its recently completed metallurgical testwork program focused on the Seel deposit, located on the Ootsa Property in central British Columbia.

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  • VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) ("Surge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from its recently completed metallurgical testwork program focused on the Seel deposit, located on the Ootsa Property in central British Columbia.
  • Surge engaged ALS Metallurgy Kamloops to complete the testwork program which ran from February 2022 to October 2022.
  • The Seel deposit forms the largest overall component of the recently updated mineral resources at Ootsa (see press release dated June 21, 2022).
  • The program builds on prior testwork programs completed between 2012 and 2014 that were focused on the East Seel zone, the West Seel zone, and the Ox deposit at Ootsa.

Surge Copper Receives Berg Exploration Permit, Mobilizes Drills to the Berg Property, and Provides Exploration Update

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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Figure 1 provides a regional map highlighting the large number of exploration targets across the district which are being advanced through reconnaissance exploration during 2022.

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  • Figure 1 provides a regional map highlighting the large number of exploration targets across the district which are being advanced through reconnaissance exploration during 2022.
  • Berg is a large, advanced-stage exploration project located 28 km northwest of the Ootsa deposits.
  • Berg contains pit constrained 43-101 compliant resources of copper, molybdenum, and silver in the Measured and Indicated categories.
  • Combined, the adjacent Ootsa and Berg properties give Surge a dominant land position in the Ootsa-Huckleberry-Berg district and control over three advanced porphyry deposits.

Exploration Update On GoldHaven's Promising Smoke Mountain Project in the Central British Columbia Porphyry-Epithermal Belt

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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The objective of this work is to expand the zones of known mineralizationand define new exploration occurrences on the property.

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  • The objective of this work is to expand the zones of known mineralizationand define new exploration occurrences on the property.
  • The historic Central BC porphyry-epithermal belt is re-emerging as an important copper-gold-silver jurisdictionas evidenced by increased staking activity and exploration drilling.
  • GoldHaven's exploration upside lies in the 2.5km long untested and under-explored alteration and mineralization trend currently being examined by our field team at Smoke Mountain.
  • GoldHaven is also making exploration progress at its Smoke Mountain property (Canada) which is strategically located in the Central British Columbia Porphyry-Epithermal Belt in close proximity to Surge Copper's Berg project, as well as its Pat's Pond project in Newfoundland's Central Newfoundland Gold Belt (Canada).

Surge Copper Commences 2022 Exploration Program Testing Multiple New Targets Across Ootsa-Berg District

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) ("Surge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of its 2022 exploration field program which will focus on testing a number of high-priority regional exploration targets across the Ootsa-Berg district.

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, BC, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) ("Surge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of its 2022 exploration field program which will focus on testing a number of high-priority regional exploration targets across the Ootsa-Berg district.
  • The prospectivity of this district is well established, and we have a large pipeline of compelling exploration targets with limited to no exploration history.
  • Dr. Shane Ebert, President and VP Exploration, commented: "Surge has assembled an impressive list of exploration targets across the Ootsa-Berg district and the 2022 exploration program is designed to evaluate and conduct initial drill testing on as many targets as possible.
  • The Company's exploration program has been divided into two phases, with the first phase being based out of the Ootsa exploration camp.