Aeonian Resources Corp. has completed its inaugural five-hole diamond drilling program at the Jake Target within the Koocanusa Copper Project in southeastern British Columbia, returning spot assay values including up to 607 parts per million copper and 77.7 grams per tonne silver.

The 1,229-metre program, which included four follow-up holes totalling 954 metres completed in June, provided the first subsurface geological information from the project. While the drilling did not identify significant economic copper-silver intercepts at the locations tested, the assay data confirmed the continuation at depth of prospective Revett-equivalent host rocks.

Across the five-hole program comprising 944 core samples, 71 samples returned greater than 50 ppm copper, with 39 samples exceeding 100 ppm copper. Hole KOO26-01 returned 607 ppm copper over 0.50 metres from 115.50 metres downhole, alongside a separate interval yielding 77.7 g/t silver and 6.11 g/t mercury over 0.69 metres. Hole KOO26-02 intersected 558 ppm copper over 0.52 metres and 30.6 g/t silver over 0.82 metres.

The complete dataset indicates that localized anomalous metal values, bleaching, disseminated sulphides, quartz veining and hydrothermal alteration are distributed across a broad vertical extent. The company determined that structural architecture and hydrothermal fluid pathways act as key controls on mineralization, showing that faults and fracture networks serve as conduits focusing mineralizing fluids into favorable host rocks.

Aeonian will now transition from initial calibration drilling to regional exploration, utilizing the Jake Target as a geological reference point to refine targeting across its approximately 360 square kilometre land package. Strategic investor Michael Gentile holds a 19.55 percent ownership interest in the company following a private placement that closed in December 2025.

Read the full announcement: Aeonian Reports Final Drill Results from Jake Target and Advances District-Scale Copper Exploration Model at Koocanusa