Vancouver, British Columbia, April 16, 2026 – Vizsla Copper Corp. (TSXV: VCU, OTCQB: VCUFF, FRANKFURT: 97E0) (“Vizsla Copper” or the “Company”) is pleased to report that it has received an exploration permit for its 11,630 hectare, 100% controlled Copperview Project (the “Copperview Project”), central British Columbia.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Permit approval: A 5-year Multi-Year Area Based (MYAB) permit has been granted for planned drill programs at the Copperview Project, southern BC.
- Approved activities: The permit allows for drilling at multiple sites and as well as limited construction and modification of exploration access trails.
- Exploration to commence: Planning is underway for a drill program later in the year focused on evaluating the porphyry-related copper potential of the previously undrilled M5 target, central to the project area.
“The grant of this drill permit represents a key milestone for the company as we advance our pipeline of copper, and other critical mineral exploration projects,” commented Craig Parry, Executive Chairman and CEO of the Company. “The M5 target has been refined through systematic exploration programs over the last two years. We look forward to announcing more detailed drilling plans in due course, which we anticipate commencing this fall.”
“The Vizsla Copper exploration team is excited to evaluate the previously undrilled M5 target area with core drilling,” commented Steve Blower, VP Exploration. “It’s location, geology, and geophysical signatures warrant drill testing in this region known for economic copper-gold porphyry related deposits.”
Multi-Year Exploration Permit
The company has been notified by the BC Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals that it’s Notice of Work application for a 5-year MYAB permit under the BC Mines Act has been approved. The permit area is contained within the Company’s 11,630 hectare mineral tenure land position located near Princeton, BC.
Permitted activities include core drilling and limited construction of access trails under rigorous environmental conditions.
Copperview M5 Target
Drilling will focus on the recently defined M5 target, central to the Copperview Project (see June 11th, 2025, News Release, Figure 1). The till-concealed M5 target, largely defined on the basis of ground and airborne geophysical data, comprises a broadly northwest-southeast oriented >20 mv/v chargeability-high anomaly that spans 2.5 by 1.4 kilometers (Figure 1). The core of the chargeability-high anomaly is spatially associated with a strong conductivity-high (resistivity-low) anomaly observed in ground IP data as well as the recently compiled MobileMT1 survey (see November 2nd, 2023 News Release) and a marked break (magnetic-low anomaly) in north-trending regional-scale magnetic-high lineaments. The M5 target is along trend, 6.5 kilometers north of Kodiak Copper’s Gate discovery2 (Figure 1). Porphyry-related copper and gold mineralization at the Gate discovery is spatially associated with a strong chargeability-high coincident with a similar break in the regional-scale magnetic-high lineament (Figure 1).
Planning is underway for an inaugural drill program focused on the M5 target, anticipated to commence in the fall 2026. Details of the drill program will be announced prior to mobilization of crews and a drill rig.
Figure 1. Map of the Copperview Project showing the location of the M5 target in relation to a regional magnetic-high lineament and Kodiak Copper’s Gate discovery2. The untested M5 chargeability-high anomaly (250m depth slice) is shown with survey lines from 2024 and 2025.
About Vizsla Copper
Vizsla Copper is a critical-minerals focused exploration and development company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The Company is primarily focused on its Palmer VMS project in Southeast Alaska, and its Poplar and Woodjam porphyry-related projects in British Columbia.
All of the Company’s projects are well situated amongst significant infrastructure. The Company’s growth strategy is focused on the exploration and development of the properties within its portfolio in addition to value-accretive acquisitions. Vizsla Copper’s vision is to be a responsible copper explorer and developer in stable mining jurisdictions, and it is committed to socially responsible exploration and development, working safely, ethically, and with integrity.
Additional information about the Company is available on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and the Company’s website (www.vizslacopper.com).
Qualified Person and National Instrument 43-101 Disclosure
The Company’s disclosure of technical or scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Christopher Leslie, Ph.D., P.Geo., Technical Advisor for Vizsla Copper. Dr. Leslie is a Qualified Person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Project.
Some technical information contained in this release is historical in nature and has been compiled from public sources believed to be accurate. The technical information has not been verified by Vizsla Copper and may in some instances be unverifiable, and the Company encourages readers to exercise appropriate caution when evaluating this technical information. Investors are cautioned that mineralization on adjacent properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization at Copperview.
References
- Weicker, R. (2021), Report on geochemistry and geophysics activities 2021 on the Copperview North Property, Assessment Report Indexing System, Report 39955, https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris.
- Kodiak Copper October 22nd, 2020 News Release, kodiakcoppercorp.com
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Craig Parry, Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (604) 364-2215 | Email: info@vizslacopper.com
