Coast Copper Highlights its Sweeney Silver Project and Congratulates Surge Copper
Coast Copper Highlights its Sweeney Silver
Project and Congratulates Surge Copper
TSX.V: COCO
VANCOUVER, BC
,
March 2, 2026
/CNW/ -
Coast Copper Corp. ("Coast Copper" or the
"Company")
(TSXV: COCO) is pleased to highlight its Sweeney mineral claim holdings in the heart
of the Huckleberry mine camp in northwestern British Columbia ("
BC
"). The Sweeney project
includes the past-producing, road accessible high-grade silver Emerald mine (see Figure 1). Coast
Copper also wishes to congratulate its neighbor Surge Copper Corp. ("
Surge
") on the significant
announcement made on February 23, 2026, by the BC provincial government noting that Surge's
Berg
Project will receive BC Critical Minerals Office support as an advanced project
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.
Adam Travis, CEO, comments
: "I've enjoyed working on our Sweeney property in the heart of the
Huckleberry camp and collaborating with neighbors Surge and Imperial Metals Corporation. This
announcement underscores the importance of advancing critical minerals projects through modern
exploration and having strong partnerships with communities, governments and First Nations, values
which we also share. Historical mining of silver ("
Ag
"), copper ("
Cu
"), lead ("
Pb
") and zinc ("
Zn
") on
the Emerald Vein exploited only a small portion of a greater than 1-kilometer-long structure, while
subsequent drilling on the crosscutting Miya Vein confirmed similar polymetallic mineralization with
the addition of gold ("
Au
") values up to 7 grams per tonne ("
g/t
") Au in 2012 drilling. Our 2024 -
2025 work has identified additional strong targets, including areas newly exposed by glacial retreat.
In 2026, we are planning surface geological, geochemical, and geophysical programs which will be
funded from our existing treasury, including cash and marketable securities."
Sweeney Project (see Figure 1 and news release dated October 7, 2024)
The road accessible Sweeney project (1,492 hectares) is centrally located in the Huckleberry mine
camp and is 7 km north-northwest of the past producing Huckleberry mine, 3 km west of
Huckleberry Mines Ltd.'s Whiting Creek deposit and 8 km southeast of Surge's Berg deposit
2
.
Historical exploration was focused in and around the Emerald mine where mining occurred
intermittently between 1951 and 1968. Unclassified historical reserves were reported on the
Emerald Vein of 40,800 tonnes grading 355 grams per tonne ("
g/t
") Ag, 8.23% Pb, 9.49 % Zn and
1.13 g/t Au with ore zones noted open to depth (CIM Special Volume 37, page 186)
3,4
. No drilling
or underground exploration was completed on the property between 1971-2011. In 2012 a shallow
30 diamond drillhole program with an average drillhole length of 52 meters ("
m
") focused on the
Miya Vein. The Miya Vein is separate from and crosscuts the north-south trending Emerald Vein
trend at 300 degrees. The 2012 drill program covered 350 m of strike length and highlighted drill
results include
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:
Sweeney – Miya Vein 2012 Drilling Highlights
Drillhole I.D.
From
To
Length (m)*
Au (g/t)
Ag (g/t)
Cu%
Pb%
Zn%
M12 - 04
23.80
29.57
5.77
0.83
206.19
0.67
1.70
5.16
M12 - 12
69.90
72.18
2.28
3.06
158.04
0.60
3.09
6.63
including
69.90
70.59
0.69
7.03
222.05
1.35
4.30
12.70
M12 - 14
17.97
21.08
3.11
1.23
253.10
0.69
3.00
9.14
M12 - 15
24.44
29.86
5.42
0.83
163.53
0.40
0.97
5.26
including
24.44
25.70
1.26
3.44
612.00
1.13
3.60
7.52
M12 - 19
28.17
33.48
5.31
0.51
71.42
0.28
1.32
4.54
* There is insufficient geological information available to determine true widths of mineralization.
Next Steps
The Company is planning further surface programs in underexplored areas of the Sweeney property
on trends of known veins and structures as well as possible geophysical surveys to help identify
these structures.
Qualified Persons
The technical information contained in this news release has been prepared, reviewed, and
approved by Wade Barnes, P.Geo. (BC), Coast Copper's geological consultant and a Qualified
Person within the context of the Canadian Securities Administrators' NI 43-101; Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Coast Copper Corp.
Coast Copper's flagship projects are the Copper Kettle post-discovery Cu-Au-Mo project located in
the Island Copper Cluster on northern Vancouver Island, the former producing Cu-Au Empire mine
also located on northern Vancouver Island and the former producing Emerald and Virginia Silver
mines located near the Huckleberry mine and Smithers in northern BC. Coast Copper has an
additional 18 projects in BC that are available for acquisition, partnering or option that are
strategically located in seven advanced mining camps that include the Toodoggone, Golden Triangle,
Anyox, Goliath Resources (Golddigger), Babine, Bralorne and Sullivan, providing exposure and
leverage to millions of dollars being spent on neighboring properties. Coast Copper's strategy is to
optimize the value of each mineral property within our portfolio through a combination of prospect
generation and discovery-focused, high-impact exploration while minimizing share dilution through
active deal-making.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors:
"Adam Travis"
Adam Travis, Chief Executive Officer and Director
NR26-07
Cautionary Notes in News Release and/or Maps
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.
Source:
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026MCM0010-000179
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.
This news release may contain information about adjacent properties on which Coast Copper
has no right to explore or mine. Investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent
properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on the Company's properties.
3
.
BC Minfile Record Summary 093E 001
https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=093E++001
, Minfile Inventory Detailed Report,
BC Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/report.aspx?f=PDF&r=Inventory
_Detail.rpt&minfilno=093E++001.
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.
Historical information provided cannot be relied upon as the Company's QP as defined under NI
43-101 has not prepared nor verified the historical information. The stated resource is not NI
43-101 compliant, and a Qualified Person has not done sufficient work as per NI 43-101 to
classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource and Coast Copper Corp. is not
treating this historical estimate as current mineral resources. No additional work has been
completed on the Property to upgrade or verify the historical estimates as current mineral
resources or mineral reserves.
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.
2012 Technical Assessment Report for the Miya Property, Lowprofile Ventures Ltd. BC
Assessment Report 34241. Details of the historical drillcore sampling and assay methodology
can be found in the historical assessment report using this link:
https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris/Report/34241.pdf/
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.
https://surgecopper.com/site/assets/files/6232/berg-fig3.jpg
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.
https://imperialmetals.com/our-operations/huckleberry-mine/technical-report
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is
defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy
or accuracy of this release.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain information contained or incorporated by reference in this press release, including any
information
regarding the proposed Transaction, private placement, board and management
changes,
as to
our strategy, projects, plans or future financial or operating performance, constitutes
"forward-looking statements." All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are to be
considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a
number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Coast Copper, are
inherently subject to significant business, economic, geological and competitive uncertainties and
contingencies. Although Coast Copper believes the expectations expressed in such forward-
looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not a guarantee of
future performance. Known and unknown factors could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include but are not limited to:
fluctuations in market prices, exploration and exploitation successes, continued availability of
capital and financing, changes in national and local government legislation, taxation, controls,
regulations, expropriation or nationalization of property and general political, economic, market or
business conditions. Many of these uncertainties and contingencies can affect our actual results
and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-
looking statements made by, or on behalf of, us. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and, therefore, readers are advised to rely on
their own evaluation of such uncertainties. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press
release, or incorporated by reference, are qualified by these cautionary statements. We do not
assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Figure 1: Sweeney Property Location Map (CNW Group/Coast Copper Corp.)
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For further information:
For further information, please contact: Adam Travis, CEO, Coast Copper
Corp., 409 Granville Street, Suite 904, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1T2, Canada, P: 877-578-9563, E:
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