Bell Copper Back Drilling at the Big Sandy Porphyry Copper Project
March 17, 2021
News Release
Bell Copper Corporation - TSX.V Symbol: BCU
Bell Copper Back Drilling at the Big Sandy Porphyry Copper Project
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Bell Copper Corporation (TSX-V: BCU) (“Bell Copper” or the “Company”) reports
that on March 11, 2021, the Company mobilized personnel and equipment and drilling has now
recommenced on the 100% owned Big Sandy porphyry copper project, a large, truncated porphyry
copper-molybdenum prospect located in northwestern Arizona, approximately 30 kilometers from the
Company’s Perseverance Project.
The first core drillhole at Big Sandy (BS-1) drilled deep into a new porphyry copper system (see January
12, 2021 news). The Company believes this newly discovered porphyry system is the target they have
been pursuing, the truncated top of the Diam ond Joe Peak, located approximately 13 km to the west -
southwest of the Big Sandy claim block. Zircon crystals from BS -1 core and the Diamond Joe porphyry
yielded overlapping (i.e. statistically indistinguishable) ages of 74.2±1.0 and 74.9±1.2 million years ,
supporting the Company’s concept that the two porphyries are faulted parts of the same Laramide-age
system.
After the completion of drill hole BS-1, the Company conducted 2 borehole studies in BS-1 along with an
extensive field work program. The location of drillhole BS-2 was determined based on the totality of the
information derived from these studies.
Tim Marsh, Bell’s President and CEO, and a Qualified Person as defined by NI43 -101, said, ”After the
success of drillhole BS -1, Bell is excited to be back on the ground, drilling the next hole into Arizona’s
newest copper porphyry. We look forward to delivering new value to our shareholders through th e drill
bit.”
Bell Copper began exploring the Big Sandy area in 2009, after geologic success in discovering what was
believed to be the faulted top of the Wheeler Wash porphyry copper -molybdenum system, 30
kilometers to the north at the Company’s Perseverance project. Extrapolation southward along the
controlling Hualapai Fault suggested that the known Laramide -age Diamond Joe porphyry copper
system would also have a faulted-off top, lying east of Diamond Joe out in the Big Sandy Valley.
About Bell Copper
Bell Copper is a mineral exploration company focused on the identification, exploration and discovery of
large copper deposits located in Arizona. Bell Copper is exploring its 100% owned Big Sandy Porphyry
Copper Project and the Perseverance Porphyry Copper Project which is under a Joint Venture - Earn In.
Big Sandy Porphyry Copper Project
Qualified Person
The technical content of this release has been reviewed and approved by Timothy Marsh, PhD, PEng.,
the Company’s CEO and President. No mineral resource has yet been identified on the Big Sandy
Project. There is no certainty that the present exploration effort will result in the identification of a
mineral resource or that any mineral resource that might be discovered will prove to be economically
recoverable.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
Bell Copper Corporation
"Timothy Marsh"
Timothy Marsh, President, CEO & Director
For further information please contact the Company
Tel: 1 800 418 8250
Email: [email protected]
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management based on the business and markets in which Bell Copper operates, are inherently subject to significant
operational, economic, and competitive uncertainties, risks and contingencies. There can be no assurance that such statements
will prove to be accurate and actual results, and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include actual
exploration results, interpretation of metallurgical characteristics of the mineralization, changes in project parameters as plans
continue to be refined, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, mar ket
or business conditions , uninsured risks, regulatory changes, delays or inability to receive required approvals, and other
exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulator s,
including those described in the Company’s most recently filed MD&A. The Company does not undertake to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable law.