NorthWest Copper Reports Positive Results from 2026 Exploration Program

TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- NorthWest Copper Corp. has announced the first results from its 2026 exploration program at the Kwanika project, a 100% owned property in British Columbia. The program, expected to total approximately 12,000 metres in about 40 holes, aims to upgrade and expand mineral resources in the North Pit Extension Zone and the Western Zone.

The initial results from four holes, drilled along a section at the southern end of the North Pit Extension Zone, have been encouraging. Hole K-26-303, which intersected 41.7 metres grading 1.13% copper equivalent (CuEq) at a shallow depth, stands out. This intersection, correlated to unit 10, supports the company's strategy of improving geological and grade continuity by drilling towards the west.

The cross-section 6156400 N (Figure 2) shows the drill results, with mineralized intersections listed in Table 1. The holes were designed to improve confidence in the mineralization by reducing drill hole spacing to approximately 50 metres, test up-dip and down-dip extensions, and evaluate whether drilling toward the west improves geological and grade continuity.

Hole K-26-304, drilled with NQ core and sampled on 2-metre intervals from half sawn core, intersected a grey late porphyritic dyke after 39 metres of overburden. The hole then encountered a grey and pink weakly mineralized monzodiorite between 43 and 70 metres (Comp 4) followed by a weakly mineralized green propylitic altered dyke crosscut by planer quartz-anhydrite veins associated with pyrite and magnetite (Comp 5). The hole intersected 16 metres of near-surface copper dominant low-grade mineralization, extending the mineralization.

Hole K-26-312, drilled with NQ core and sampled on 2-metre intervals, intersected pink and green propylitic altered monzodiorite and at 53 metres green propylitic altered andesite, including a no core recovery between 66 and 69 metres. At 76 metres, the hole encountered pink potassic altered monzonite to 84 metres, green diorite to 92 metres, and orange and green monzodiorite to 110 metres. A pink weakly mineralized potassic altered monzonite was intersected between 110 and 117 metres (Comp 6) followed by an unmineralized brown andesite to 120 metres. Low-grade mineralization in beige potassic altered monzonite containing irregular quartz veins was intersected between 120 and 141 metres, followed by unmineralized monzodiorite interval to 145 metres, then back into mineralized potassic altered monzonite to the end of the hole (Comp 7).

Hole K-26-340, drilled with NQ core and sampled on 2-metre intervals, intersected fractured green propylitic altered monzonite crosscut by thick white quartz veins. A major fault is encountered between 78 and 85 metres followed by alternating intervals of fractured green and orange propylitic altered monzonite and a related tectonic breccia. Between 164 and 176 metres, green and orange monzodiorite is intersected, followed by a tectonic breccia hosting low-grade copper-gold mineralization to 196 metres (Comp 8). Mineralization continues in beige potassic altered monzonite porphyry crosscut by quartz-tourmaline veins to 218 metres (Comp 8) and then an orange and green monzodiorite interval to 292 metres, including weak gold mineralization between 242 and 258 metres (Comp 9). A late dyke crosscuts this unit between 292 and 301 metres with mineralized beige potassic altered monzonite encountered thereafter to the end of the hole at 324 metres (Comp 10). The hole did not intersect Unit 10, suggesting a fault termination immediately to the west of it. The hole, however, confirms deep low-grade gold dominant mineralization under Unit 10 by returning a 47 metre intersection.

Overall, the drilling on Section 6156400 N is consistent with east dipping mineralized trends, supporting the drilling of the deposit with moderately dipping holes towards the west.