{"id":8394,"date":"2026-05-13T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:03:39","slug":"super-copper-finalizes-maiden-drill-targets-at-cordillera-cobre-as-q2-drilling-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/announcement\/super-copper-finalizes-maiden-drill-targets-at-cordillera-cobre-as-q2-drilling-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Copper Finalizes Maiden Drill Targets at Cordillera Cobre as Q2 Drilling Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0; background-color: #ffffff !important; color: #1a1a1a !important;\">\n\n  <!-- Title Block -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #faf7f4 !important; border-left: 5px solid #b5451b; padding: 28px 28px 22px 28px;\">\n    <h1 style=\"font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.35; margin: 0 0 12px 0; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-weight: 700;\">\n      Super Copper Finalizes Targeting for Maiden Drill Program at Cordillera Cobre Project, Chile\n    <\/h1>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #666666 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;\">\n      Eight diamond drill pad locations planned across the IP-defined corridor; Phase 1 program of up to 5,000 metres to test priority targets\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Dateline -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #ffffff !important; padding: 20px 28px 8px 28px;\">\n    <p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n      <strong>VANCOUVER, BC, May 13, 2026 \/CNW\/<\/strong> &mdash;\n      <strong style=\"color: #b5451b !important;\">SUPER COPPER CORP.<\/strong>\n      <span style=\"color: #555555 !important;\">(CSE: CUPR) (OTCQB: CUPPF) (FSE: N60)<\/span>\n      (&ldquo;Super Copper&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) is pleased to announce that it has finalized drill targeting for the maiden diamond drill program at its Cordillera Cobre copper project, located in Chile&rsquo;s Atacama Region. Eight (8) drill pad locations have been formally approved by the Company&rsquo;s technical team and Chilean operating group, completing the geological design phase of the Phase 1 program at the El Alto target.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Highlights -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #ffffff !important; padding: 20px 28px;\">\n    <h2 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #b5451b !important; margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b5451b; padding-bottom: 6px;\">Highlights<\/h2>\n    <ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 0; list-style: none;\">\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span><strong>Eight (8) drill pads<\/strong> designed to test priority targets at El Alto, with pad coordinates and elevations finalized for inclusion in permitting and contractor scopes.<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span><strong>Pad array spans approximately 1.5 km east-west and 1.1 km north-south<\/strong>, with collar elevations ranging from approximately 1,400 m to 1,600 m above sea level, a footprint designed to test the IP chargeability anomaly along strike and at depth.<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span><strong>Targets selected<\/strong> through integration of surface geochemistry, ground magnetics, induced polarization (IP) chargeability, and 3D magnetic vector inversion (MVI), providing convergent geophysical and geochemical support for each collar location.<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span><strong>Drill collars positioned to test the 800m+ corridor of chargeability<\/strong> defined in the IP survey, which remains open at depth below the survey&rsquo;s ~400 m vertical resolution.<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span><strong>Program scoped at approximately 5,000 metres<\/strong> across 8&ndash;10 holes, targeting commencement in Q2 2026, subject to receipt of the DIA environmental approval currently in preparation for filing with Chile&rsquo;s Servicio de Evaluaci&oacute;n Ambiental (SEA).<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span><strong>Contractor selection process advancing in parallel<\/strong>, with diamond drilling RFQs issued and evaluation underway.<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Drill Pad Locations -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #faf7f4 !important; padding: 20px 28px; border-top: 1px solid #e8e0d8;\">\n    <h2 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #b5451b !important; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b5451b; padding-bottom: 6px;\">Drill Pad Locations<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0;\">\n      The finalized drill pad array at El Alto comprises eight (8) collar locations. Final hole azimuths, dips, and planned depths are being finalized by the Company&rsquo;s geological team and will be disclosed prior to spud, alongside drill contractor selection.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- CEO Quote -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #1a1a1a !important; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 0; border-left: 5px solid #b5451b;\">\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.75; color: #f5f5f5 !important; font-style: italic; margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-family: Georgia, serif;\">\n      &ldquo;Finalizing the drill pad array is the last major geological gate before we put steel in the ground at El Alto. Each of these eight collars sits at the intersection of multiple datasets, surface copper grades, magnetic signature, IP chargeability, and our 3D MVI inversion. We&rsquo;ve designed the program to test the corridor along strike and at depth, where the geophysics tells us the system is open. With permitting, contractor evaluation, and now targeting all advancing in parallel, we remain on track for a Q2 2026 spud.&rdquo;\n    <\/p>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; color: #b5451b !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">\n      &mdash; Zachary Dolesky, CEO, Super Copper Corp.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- About El Alto -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #ffffff !important; padding: 20px 28px; border-top: 1px solid #e8e0d8;\">\n    <h2 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #b5451b !important; margin: 0 0 12px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b5451b; padding-bottom: 6px;\">About the El Alto Target<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">\n      El Alto is the inaugural drill target at the Company&rsquo;s Cordillera Cobre project, advanced through a systematic exploration program completed during 2025. The target was prioritized following:\n    <\/p>\n    <ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 0; list-style: none;\">\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span>Phase 1 surface sampling including a <strong>7.13% Cu grab sample<\/strong> (see news release dated March 19, 2026);<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span>Ground magnetics identifying a discrete magnetic high consistent with <strong>iron-oxide copper-gold (IOCG) style alteration<\/strong>;<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span>Induced polarization (IP) survey defining an <strong>800+ metre chargeability corridor<\/strong> open at depth (see news release dated April 9, 2026); and<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n        <span style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-size: 18px; margin-right: 10px; flex-shrink: 0;\">&#9656;<\/span>\n        <span>3D magnetic vector inversion (MVI) geoscience integration confirming a <strong>coincident magnetic body at drill-testable depths<\/strong> (see news release May 5, 2026).<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Qualified Person -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #faf7f4 !important; padding: 20px 28px; border-top: 1px solid #e8e0d8;\">\n    <h2 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #b5451b !important; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b5451b; padding-bottom: 6px;\">Qualified Person<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0;\">\n      All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by, or approved by <strong>Michael Dufresne, M.Sc., P.Geol., P.Geo.<\/strong> Mr. Dufresne is an independent qualified person (QP) for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 &ndash; Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- About Super Copper -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #ffffff !important; padding: 20px 28px; border-top: 1px solid #e8e0d8;\">\n    <h2 style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #b5451b !important; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b5451b; padding-bottom: 6px;\">About Super Copper Corp.<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; color: #1a1a1a !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">\n      Super Copper is a mining exploration company focused on acquiring, advancing and consolidating global copper assets from early discovery through late-stage development. The company is currently advancing its copper projects in Atacama, Chile, a region with world-class infrastructure and the presence of global majors. By operating a single, integrated technical team and a milestone-driven acquisition strategy, Super Copper aims to build a portfolio of scalable projects capable of supplying the world&rsquo;s accelerating demand for copper.\n    <\/p>\n    <p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercopper.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #b5451b !important; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;\">www.supercopper.com<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Exchange Notice -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #f0ebe5 !important; padding: 14px 28px; border-top: 1px solid #d8cfc6;\">\n    <p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555555 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; font-style: italic;\">\n      The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed this press release and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Forward-Looking Statements -->\n  <div style=\"background-color: #faf7f4 !important; padding: 20px 28px; border-top: 1px solid #e8e0d8;\">\n    <h2 style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #555555 !important; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7; color: #555555 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">\n      This news release contains &ldquo;forward-looking information&rdquo; within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding: the Company&rsquo;s maiden Phase 1 diamond drill program at El Alto, including the planned scope of approximately 5,000 metres across 8&ndash;10 holes, anticipated commencement in Q2 2026, and the finalized drill pad locations; the expected receipt and timing of the DIA environmental approval from Chile&rsquo;s Servicio de Evaluaci&oacute;n Ambiental (SEA); the selection and engagement of a drilling contractor; the disclosure of final hole azimuths, dips, and planned depths prior to spud; the interpretation that coincident surface geochemistry, magnetic, IP chargeability, and 3D MVI anomalies may reflect IOCG-style mineralization; the potential for copper-gold mineralization at depth within the geophysical anomalies, including below the resolved extent of the IP survey; the potential scale, extent, and continuity of the El Alto target along strike and at depth; and the Company&rsquo;s plans for further exploration at the Cordillera Cobre Project.\n    <\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7; color: #555555 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">\n      Forward-looking information is based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections as well as beliefs and assumptions made by the Company&rsquo;s management. Such information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including but not limited to: geophysical anomalies may not correspond to copper sulphide mineralization; geological, geophysical, and geochemical interpretations may prove incorrect upon further investigation or drilling; the coincidence of surface geochemistry, magnetic, chargeability, and MVI anomalies does not guarantee the presence of economic mineralization; drill targeting may be revised based on further technical work or operational considerations; the DIA environmental approval may be delayed, modified, or not granted on the timelines anticipated; drilling contractors may not be available on acceptable commercial terms or within the anticipated timeframe; the Company may not obtain the financing required to carry out planned exploration and drilling; there may be regulatory, permitting, community, surface access, or other delays; commodity prices and market conditions may change adversely; and general business, economic, and market conditions may deteriorate.\n    <\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7; color: #555555 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0;\">\n      There can be no assurance that any forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div style=\"background-color: #faf7f4 !important; padding: 14px 28px; border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px; border-top: 1px solid #e8e0d8;\">\n    <p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.6; color: #888888 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;\">\n      Past performance is not indicative of future results. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions. NIA has received US$50,000 cash from CUPR for a six-month marketing contract and previously received US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract. This communication is for informational and educational purposes only.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Copper Finalizes Targeting for Maiden Drill Program at Cordillera Cobre Project, Chile Eight diamond drill pad locations planned across the IP-defined corridor; Phase 1 program of up to 5,000 metres to test priority targets VANCOUVER, BC, May 13, 2026 \/CNW\/ &mdash; SUPER COPPER CORP. 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