C3 Metals Inc. has completed an 82.5-square-kilometre 3D-electrical geophysical survey at the 100% owned Bellas Gate project in Jamaica, identifying multiple deep-rooted chargeability anomalies across two northwest-southeast trending porphyry belts.

The 3D-induced polarization survey encompassed approximately 167 line-kilometres of receiver coverage and 158 line-kilometres of transmitter coverage across the Arthurs Seat and Bellas Gate blocks, achieving investigation depths of approximately 1,000 metres. Inversion of the data defined two well-developed chargeability anomalies paralleling the Connors and Camel Hill porphyry belts, with the strongest responses concentrated over the Provost, Kola and Lucky Valley prospects. At the Kola prospect, the survey confirmed a new, large chargeability anomaly.

Previous drilling across the project's porphyry belts returned significant copper and gold intersections, including 309.0 metres at 0.44% copper and 0.33 g/t gold at the Connors prospect, 207.8 metres at 0.43% copper and 0.20 g/t gold at Camel, and 280.7 metres at 0.37% copper and 0.21 g/t gold at Provost.

Following the survey, C3 Metals has designed an 11-hole diamond drill program totalling 10,800 metres to test high-priority geophysical targets. This represents a material increase in planned meterage compared with a previous drilling programme that planned nine holes over 2,750 metres. Drilling is anticipated to commence in October 2026 and conclude by April 2027, with the Provost prospect slated for deep testing beneath mineralization identified in past drilling.

The 13,020-hectare project is subject to an earn-in agreement entered into on February 11, 2025, with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation, a wholly-owned affiliate of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., whereby Freeport can earn up to a 75% interest by funding up to US$75 million in exploration and project-related expenditures.

“The Bellas Gate project hosts multiple high-level porphyries that remain open at depth. Numerous drill holes from previous programs ended in copper/gold mineralization. The potential of the high-grade cores of these known porphyries requires deeper drilling. Investing in this 3DIP Survey to obtain deeper penetrating, high-quality chargeability and conductivity data prior to deeper drilling enables us to more accurately plan and prioritize our drill holes. The 3DIP data allows us to rate and rank prospects by better defining which porphyries have favourable deep-rooted anomalies. The survey also generated several new prospects where there are strong 3DIP anomalies. We anticipate deep drilling will commence early in the fourth quarter of 2026.”

— Dan Symons, President and CEO

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