EXPLORETECH PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
ExploreTech integrates drilling, IP/magnetics, geochemistry, structural data, satellite imagery, and field observations into a unified 3D geological framework. The system generates thousands of subsurface model scenarios, evaluates probability, and optimizes drill plans for the highest-priority copper-gold targets. The technology has been successfully applied on multiple porphyry systems.
ExploreTech will collaborate with Copper Quest's team on their portfolio of projects, with the Kitimat Copper-Gold Project being processed first.
ExploreTech will:
Conduct AI-driven reprocessing and inversion of historical geophysical datasets
Generate geological simulations to resolve concealed intrusive centers, alteration, and mineralization
Produce probability-ranked target clusters
Recommend optimized drillhole placement, orientations, and depths
Integrate Copper Quest's 2025 soil and rock geochemical data
Provide a fully integrated drill targeting package for the Kitimat Project
The technology is ideally suited for covered porphyry systems such as Kitimat, where limited outcrop and shallow till cover obscure significant subsurface features.
KITIMAT WORK PROGRAM SUMMARY
Copper Quest engaged Hardline Exploration to complete a reconnaissance field program at Kitimat in November 2025, collecting soil and rock samples, documenting structural and lithological observations, and assessing access routes.
Field Highlights
24 soil samples collected along two soil lines (assays pending)
Eight rock samples collected from outcrop and historical working exposures (assays pending)
Bedrock consists of quartz monzonite
Strong silicification
5–10% disseminated fine-grained pyrite
Traces of chalcopyrite
Local molybdenum
Orange-rusty weathering, consistent with sulphide-rich alteration
Access roads on the claims are intact
Historical logging/exploration roads provide excellent future drill access
These observations are indicative of the presence of a large altered intrusive system consistent with a productive porphyry environment.
HISTORICAL DRILLING: CONFIRMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT CU-AU SYSTEM
Exploration at Kitimat dates to the late 1960s. The most significant work was completed by Decade Resources Ltd. in 2010, which drilled 16 diamond holes totaling 4,437.5 m at the Jeannette Cu-Au Zone.
Notable Drill Intervals (2010)
Hole J-7: 117.07 m @ 1.03 g/t Au and 0.54% Cu (from 1.52 m to 118.60 m)
Hole J-1: 103.65 m @ 1.00 g/t Au and 0.55% Cu (from 9.15 m to 112.80 m)
Hole J-2: 107.01 m @ 0.80 g/t Au and 0.45% Cu (from 6.10 m to 113.11 m)
Hole J-8: 112.20 m @ 0.41 g/t Au and 0.33% Cu (from 11.89 m to 124.09 m)(Kruchkowski, E., 2010, BC Assessment Report #31807)
Interpretation
Long, continuous, near-surface copper-gold intervals
Mineralization remains open at depth
Geological indicators suggest the system extends laterally beyond the drilled area
Vectoring from 2010 drilling trends northeast toward a concealed porphyry center
No systematic follow-up drilling has been completed in 15 years
Copper Quest believes these results represent a strong opportunity for discovery within a larger, buried hydrothermal system.
2010 Drilling, Collar Location Data:
Hole ID
Easting
Northing
Elevation
Depth (m)
Dip
Azimuth
J-7
517657.0
6001864.5
366
167.38
