Gold Hart Copper Provides Drilling Update on Tolita Gold-Copper-Moly-Silver Asset in Vicuña Chile with Drill Rig Currently at 700m Progressing Towards 1,100m
Gold Hart Copper Provides
Drilling Update on Tolita
Gold-Copper-Moly-Silver
Asset in Vicuña Chile with
Drill Rig Currently at 700m
Progressing Towards 1,100m
January 22, 2026 7:48 AM EST | Source: Gold Hart Copper Corp.
Also Announces Plans to Add RC Rig to Target Shallower Higher Grade Opportunities at Tolita
Including at High Grade Trench with 52g/t Gold Equivalent Including 3.99% Copper;
Also Announces Significant 330% Expansion of Nessa Copper-Gold-Silver Complex Land
Position West of Kinross' La Coipa Gold Mine to 13,500 Hectares (135 Square Kilometers)
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 22, 2026) - Gold Hart Copper Corp. (TSXV: HART)
(the "Company", "Gold Hart", or "HART") is pleased to provide an update on the drilling currently
underway at the Company's flagship Tolita gold copper molybdenum silver asset in the emerging
Vicuña Copper-Gold District of Chile.
The drill has reached a depth of approximately 700m and from a geological perspective, Gold
Hart's preliminary interpretation is that the hole remains within the mineralized system of interest.
The drill core has already been logged up to approximately 650m. Importantly, the core continues
to display encouraging characteristics, with multiple intervals showing strong hydrothermal
alterations and mineralization consistent with a fertile porphyry-style environment.
Gold Hart geologists have observed multiple generations of veinlets and stockworks with varying
intensities over intervals up to several hundred meters, banded veinlets with thicknesses of
several cm, and locally chalcopyrite and bornite mineralization has been recognized in several of
these veinlets.
Such observations support further deepening of the hole. Therefore, Gold Hart's current objective
is to continue advancing the drill until it appears the drill exits the system, or until the drill rig
reaches its maximum depth capacity which is currently anticipated to be 1,100m to 1,200m.
Gold Hart recently hosted a site visit which included tours of the Tolita & Nessa assets. Gold Hart
board and advisory board members including the honourable John R. Baird, Mark Kucher, and
Aleta Shiff were also in attendance. In this 360-degree immersive video — which allows you to
interactively toggle views — Gold Hart co-founder Jonathan Warner explains the diamond drilling
process
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Tolita - Flagship Gold Copper Moly Silver Porphyry Target in Vicuña District - Diamond Drilling
Program
Gold Hart geologists — including senior geologists Professor Dr. Jose Frutos, Enrique Viteri,
Jonathan Warner, and Rodrigo Diaz Tillería — carefully designed a 10-hole drill plan in order to
optimally test Tolita as a potential gold-copper-molybdenum-silver porphyry target. As prior
announced, Gold Hart first attempted to drill target #1 known as DDHTOL01 in March of 2025, but
after difficulties were encountered under tight time constraints, the team instead elected to drill
DDHTOL02 and DDHTOL05. These holes were approximately 600m each and encountered
approximately 360m and 230m of gold, copper, and moly porphyry mineralization, respectively.
Now, Gold Hart is back to target #1 DDHTOL01 with a more powerful drill rig capable of reaching
1,100-1,200m.
Consequently, there await at least another seven highly attractive diamond drill targets identified
across the asset area. These targets are supported by a combination of geophysical
characteristics, including chargeability and conductivity, strong geological and structural controls
as well as coincident geochemical anomalies.
Tolita is a very large target, with an original 2.5km geophysical anomaly recently expanded by
76% to 4.5km.The Tolita gold soil sample geochemical surface halo (an approximation of gold on
surface above 0.1g/t) alone is nearly 28Ha and the Tolita property is 3,476Ha equal to
approximately 34.8km.
Furthermore, as recently confirmed in a follow-up geophysical survey, the Tolita geophysical
anomaly expands in both size and intensity at depth, which could translate into an enlarging
system at depth. Per the third party geophysicist who conducted the survey, "The vertical extent
of the steeply dipping conductor that is likely related to a fault is better defined on the two new
deep lines (2600N and 452200E). This surprised me, as I had expected resolution similar to the
first lines. This would indicate to me, that the probable structure extends very deeply and has a
strong contrast in resistivity with the host rock. Because it is conductive, it should act as good
conduit for hydrothermal water flow, which should be good news for mineralization. There is
confirmation that the alteration system extends to greater depth and may increase in intensity at
depth as it is more conductive. Hopefully, the copper and gold grades would increase
correspondingly as well."
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Porphyry systems in Chile, and in the Vicuña District specifically, can prove larger and richer as
they progress deeper. For example, in Chile, Atex Resources announced one of their most
significant drill holes ever (ATXD25C) which graded 2.72% copper equivalent, beginning at
1,558m and ending at a depth of 1,722m. In the Vicuña District, NGEX published "DPDH028, the
best hole drilled to date as Lunahuasi, which was drilled deeper and to the west of all previous
holes", which included multiple highly compelling intercept including the deepest 53.5m (1,219.5m
- 1,273.0m) grading 7.79% copper equivalent.
In summary, the Company remains extremely optimistic about this current drill hole DDHTOL01, in
addition to the future diamond drill targets as well.
HART - Gold Hart Copper - Tolita Drilling Update and Nessa 3.3X Expansion
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Gold Hart - Tolita High Grade Gold Copper Trench On Large IP Anomaly
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Gold Hart - Tolita 5600m Trenching High Grades on Surface
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Additional RC Drill Rig at Tolita to Target High Grade Trench Up to 52g/t Gold Equivalent with
3.99% Copper
In addition to Gold Hart's primary diamond drilling at Tolita, the Company is planning to add a
reverse circulation (RC) drill rig in order to target certain higher grade opportunities closer to
surface at Tolita. Specifically, Gold Hart intends to target its highest grade trench, which grades
8.61g/t gold equivalent over 10m, including 2m at 10.40g/t gold, 20g/t silver, and 2.88% copper,
and including grabs of 45.75g/t gold, 28g/t silver, and 3.99% copper (approximately 52g/t gold
equivalent).
Gold Hart recently opened up this high-grade trench with a bulldozer and exposed visible green
and turquoise staining typical of copper minerals malachite and chrysocolla. Interestingly, the
larger geophysical anomaly at Tolita appears to reach surface at or near this high-grade trench.
Gold Hart Vice President Rodrigo Díaz Tillería (P.Geo) commented, "Our focus remains the large-
scale porphyry potential of Tolita. But Tolita also offers the rare opportunity to target and
hopefully prove a high-grade shallower component of the asset. In the Vicuña District where 1g/t
gold on surface is rare, we have 52g/t gold and simply put we need to test it. RC drilling is
significantly faster and cheaper, does not require water to operate, and is well suited to the
characteristics of this target. Our current geological model assumes that this high-grade trench at
Tolita may only be a fraction of the size of the larger system, but we do believe it hosts potential
for generating higher grade intercepts close to surface and therefore potential to add high grade
ounces, thereby demonstrating another facet to the Tolita asset."
Nessa Gold Copper Silver Complex - 330% Expansion of Property
Gold Hart is very pleased to announce that the Company has expanded the Nessa gold copper
silver complex by approximately 3.3X from an initial property size of 4,100Ha up to a current land
position of 13,500Ha (135km).
As prior announced, Gold Hart completed a follow-on geochemical survey at Nessa to test certain
areas of interest. The Company hopes to receive assay results from this survey in the coming
week.
The Nessa Complex is just south of the massive Codelco El Salvador - Portrerillos copper mining
and smelting complex, one of the oldest copper smelting facilities in the country. Nessa is also
surrounded by major miners Newmont, Solaris, JX Nippon, and Anglo American, and sits just
northwest of Rio2's Fenix gold deposit and just west of Kinross' La Coipa gold mine.
As prior announced, while constructing new roads at the Nessa assets (Nessa, Ringo, Manto
Carolina), Gold Hart discovered additional historic mining pits with visible copper minerals on
surface, including malachite and chrysocolla. These pits and copper showings were not known to
the Company nor were they included in any prior documentation regarding the assets. Please visit
the Gold Hart Copper YouTube channel for footage of the new copper pits & showings at Nessa:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ax6fOStX72c.
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Gold Hart - Nessa Gold Copper Complex Expansion 3.3X
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Gold Hart - Nessa Expansion - High Grades on Surface
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Gold Hart - Nessa Expansion - Historic Mines
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Gold Hart - Nessa Expansion - Visible Copper Manto
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Gold Hart - Nessa - High Grades Copper Gold Surface
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Gold Hart - Nessa Expansion - Copper Chunks
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