Kingfisher Announces Extensive Exploration Program at HWY 37 Project
Kingfisher Announces Extensive Exploration Program at HWY 37 Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 11, 2025 – Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSX -V: KFR) (FSE: 970)
(OTCQB: KGFMF) (“ Kingfisher” or the “ Company”) is pleased to announce an extensive exploration
program including 7,500 metres of diamond drilling at the HWY 37 Project. Field crews arrived on site last
week with camp construction underway and the first of two drills are expected to arrive in approximately
one week. The 849 km2 HWY 37 Project is located within the Golden Triangle, British Columbia.
Summary of 2025 Exploration Program
The 2025 program is focused on the discovery of porphyry copper – gold deposits and will include 7,500
metres of diamond drilling, a ~1 ,700-line kilometre airborne mobile magnetotelluric geophysical survey
(MMT), ~30 -line kilometres of ground based induced polarization geophysic s survey ( IP), 150 days of
geological mapping, geochemical sampling (>1,500 samples), and a LiDAR survey.
Dustin Perry, CEO, states “The 2025 drill program at HWY 37 is the culmination of two years of
consolidation, exploration, target generation , and a recently closed $10.9 million financing. The Hank -
Williams porphyry Cu -Au targets represent the most compelling early -stage porphyry targets I have
encountered in my career. The target area is host to a regionally significant mineral system with porphyry
mineralization at valley-bottom elevations (347 metres of 0.33% copper and 0.39 g/t gold) that have only
seen ~6,000 metres of historical drilling, and epithermal gold-silver mineralization up to 27.1 metres of 8.68
g/t gold up-slope at higher elevations . Except for Williams, historical exploration on this extensive mineral
system has previously focused on outlining shallow precious metal mineralization. This program marks a
turning point for the project where we will test multiple porphyry copper-gold targets as well as expanding
upon what has already been discovered at Williams.”
Table 1 and Figures 1 and 2 outline the proposed areas of work for 2025 and a detailed breakdown of the
largest ever exploration program on the extensive HWY 37 Project follows.
Target Drilling IP
Geophysics
Geological
Mapping
Geochemical
Sampling
MMT
Airborne
Survey
LiDAR
Hank-Williams-
Mary 7,500m ~30-line km X X
North More X X
Mess Creek X X
Hickman X X
Regional X X X X
Table 1: 2025 Exploration Program - HWY 37 Project
Figure 1: 2025 Proposed Work Areas at HWY 37 with District-Scale Gold Anomalies
Figure 2: 2025 Proposed Work Areas at HWY 37 with District-Scale Copper Anomalies
Diamond Drill Program
The 7,500 metres diamond drill program will be supported with two diamond drills focused within the Hank-
Williams area of the project (Figure 3). Additional targets may be tested beyond this area if additional high-
conviction drill targets are identified within the course of the field program.
The drill program will begin with one drill arriving on approximately Jun e 18, 2025, and the second drill
arriving approximately one week later.
Figure 3: Hank-Williams Proposed Drilling 2025
Summary of Porphyry Drill Targets
Williams Deposit
Initial drilling at Williams will test for extensions of mineralization both above and below the limits of historical
drilling as well as providing additional information on the orientation of the porphyry copper-gold system.
Historical drilling at Williams encountered regions with intense potassic alteration hosting significant higher-
grade intercepts including 190 m etres of 0.49% copper and 0.57 g/t gold. Despite excellent initial grades,
with limited historical drilling, the previous operator did not ful ly determine the orientation of the causative
porphyry intrusions.
The Company’s working hypothesis for the Williams porphyry copper-gold deposit is that historical drilling
only partially tested the structurally focused upper -levels of a broader porphyry system with potential for
broadening at depth within a more intrusive dominated domain.
The three initial planned drill holes range from 700 m etres to 900 m etres in length and are designed to
determine the scale and grade potential of the Williams porphyry system at depth prior to initiating a more
substantial step-out drill program.
Williams East
Drilling is planned east of the Williams Deposit to test a coincident chargeability and conductivity anomaly
that shares the same sub vertical characteristics observed at Williams. Three holes are planned in this area
ranging from 400-650 metres in length and drilled to the northwest and southeast. The furthest west hole
is designed to test the broad chargeability anomaly located at depth and centered on Hank Creek.
Additional Williams Area Drill Holes
Additional drill holes are proposed within the Williams area to the north east and south of the Williams
deposit. These holes are based on a combination of coincident IP geophysics, magnetics, copper-gold
geochemistry in soils and/or rocks, and the regional structural model developed by Kingfisher’s exploration
team.
Kaip
An initial 600 metre drill hole is proposed at the Kaip target , and it is designed to test for porphyry copper-
gold mineralization below a near surface epithermal gold-silver mineralized zone that returned 24.8 metres
of 5.6 g/t gold and 45.9 g/t silver as well 0.8 metres of 133 g/t gold and 263 g/t silver which contained visible
gold. Prospecting and mapping in 2024 discovered copper mineralization cropping out in the valley bottom
grading up to 0.23% copper. The initial drill hole will target an area over 300 m etres below the area tested
by historical drilling that focused on epithermal Au-Ag mineralization.
Upper Hank
The Upper Hank Target is upslope of the Pit Gold Deposit and includes intercepts grading up to 27.1 metres
of 8.68 g/t gold. The target at Upper Hank is centered on a lithocap containing vuggy silica and advanced
argillic minerals ( dickite, alunite, diaspore). IP chargeability outlines a sub vertical pipe like anomaly that
broadens at depth. The feature extends to surface and is represented by a ~500 x 600 metre breccia body
that is cored by a 100 x 75 m etre pyritic milled breccia. The Company’s hypothesis is that this represents
the top of a porphyry system.
An initial 800 metre drill hole is designed to cross the pyrite breccia body and enter the broad chargeability
anomaly at depth. The potential exists for intersecting high-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver mineralization
enroute to the porphyry target. Follow up drilling contingent on initial results will test lateral extent as well
as areas of favourable structural patterns which have the potential to focus hydrothermal ore forming fluids.
Lower Hank
The Lower Hank Target is located on trend and to the southwest of historical drill tests of epithermal gold-
silver mineralization. The nearby Lower Au Hank Deposit epithermal results include 43 metres of 3.13 g/t
gold and 31.7 g/t silver (DDH88-4), 64 metres of 1.97 g/t gold and 15 metres of 7.2 g/t gold (DDH89-4), and
342 metres of 0.33 g/t gold. Metal patterns in the Lower Hank Deposit plunge gently to the SW, interpreted
by the Company to reflect direction of fluid flow and high exploration potential. The initial planned hole is
designed to test a 700-metre gap in historical drilling where recent geological mapping has identified several
hallmarks of a porphyry system . Geological m apping in 2023 -24 identified large-scale zoned alteration
patterns cored by copper grades up to 0.37% at surface. The Lower Hank Porphyry Target is located below
these zoned alteration patterns, on the northern shoulder of a large chargeability anomaly and down plunge
of the projected fluid pathway.
Regional Surveys
Mobile Magneto Telluric (MMT) Airborne Geophysical Survey
A ~1,700-line kilometre MMT survey is planned to cover the Hank -Williams-Mary region as well as lateral
and on-strike continuations of this highly prospective trend. The survey will be completed at 200 metre line
spacing in order to provide high -resolution resistivity data across this trend that will aid in identifying
additional porphyry centers as well as assisting with drill targeting within these regions.
The Company is also considering extending the geophysical survey further to the west to cover the
Northmore, Mess Creek, and Hickman targets.
IP Geophysical Survey
Approximately 30-line kilometres of IP geophysics is planned within the Hank -Williams-Mary trend. The
survey is designed to further refine targets proximal to the area of drilling as well as extending coverage
northwest, southeast, and along strike of the mineralized trend to the northeast towards Mary and the ME
zone.
Geological Mapping
A geological mapping team led by Dr. Roy Greig and Dr. Stephanie Sykora will initially focus on the Hank-
Williams-Mary trend and extend coverage to the NE from the 2025 drill area. Additionally, Northmore, Mess
Creek, and Hickman will be assessed with the goal of refining drill targets for future drill programs.
Geochemical Survey
Geochemical sampling will be completed across a broad area in 2025. High priority soil sampling will begin
by infilling gaps in historical sampling between Hank-Williams and Mary-ME. Initial sampling will take place
northeast of Hank-Williams and south of Ball Creek to the cover a ~2.5 x 1.5-kilometre region and north of
Ball Creek where a ~1.5 x 0.6-kilometre area with no historical sampling.
Additional sampling will take place in the valley southeast of Hank Creek, along ridge and spurs within the
greater Hank-Williams-Mary trend, and at Mess Creek.
Rock sampling, prospecting, and collection of spectral data will take place alongside mapping across all
target areas.
LiDAR Survey
A high-resolution LiDAR survey is planned for approximately half of the HWY 37 Project focused on the
Hank-Williams-Mary area. The survey is being completed to provide structural data for 3D modelling,
providing accurate topography, and baseline surface disturbance data.
Qualified Person
Dustin Perry P.Geo., Kingfisher’s President and CEO, is the Company’s Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and has prepared the technical
information presented in this release.
Webinar
Kingfisher’s President and CEO, Dustin Perry, will be participating in a Webinar hosted by Adelaide Capital,
which is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 2:00 pm EDT.
Please click the following link to Register.
About Kingfisher Metals Corp.
Kingfisher Metals Corp. (https://kingfishermetals.com/) is a Canadian based exploration company focused
on copper-gold exploration in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia. Through outright purchases and option
earn in agreements (Orogen Royalties and Golden Ridge Resources) the Company has quickly
consolidated one of the largest land positions in the region at the contiguous 849 km 2 HWY 37 Project.
Kingfisher also owns (100%) two district-scale orogenic gold projects in British Columbia that total 641 km2.
The Company currently has 88,661,810 shares outstanding.
For further information, please contact:
Dustin Perry, P.Geo.
CEO and Director
Phone: +1 778 606 2507
E-Mail: [email protected]
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