GSP Completes First Stage of 2026 Drilling at Alwin; Commences First Modern Drill Test of Mer Porphyry Copper Target
GSP Completes First Stage of 2026 Drilling at Alwin; Commences
First Modern Drill Test of Mer Porphyry Copper Target
News Release - Vancouver, British Columbia – July 8, 2026: GSP Resource Corp. (TSX-
V:GSPR / FSE:0YD / OTC:GSRCF) (the “Company” or “GSP”) announces that approximately
1,150 metres of drilling across four drill holes have now been completed at the Alwin high- grade
gold target of the 2026 drilling program. Core from the initial four holes is currently being split and
logged prior to shipment to ALS Analytical Labs in Kamloops, BC.
These four holes are step-out drill holes from the discovery of high-grade gold values drilled in late
2024 in step- out hole AM -24-06 that yielded 5.04 grams -per-tonne (g/t) Gold (Au) and 1.01%
Copper (Cu) over 7.90 metres (m); including 22.93 g/t Au and 1.82% Cu over 1.64 m 1.
Observations of the core have identified several quartz -chlorite-sericite, and chalcopyrite -pyrite
(±bornite) mineralized zones in each of the drill holes having similar visual characteristic s to those
drilled in 2024.
Side by Side of Current 2026 Core Drilled and 2024 High Grade Core at Alwin
Image 1: Chalcopyrite-pyrite-muscovite mineralized zone within Alwin drill hole AM-26-03
1 See GSP Resource Corp. news release dated January 16, 2025
Image 2: Chalcopyrite-pyrite-muscovite mineralized zone within Alwin drill hole AM -24-06 that
returned 22.93 g/t Au and 1.82% Cu (157.36-159.00m).1
Image 3: Diamond drilling at Alwin Mine Project (June 19, 2026)
Drill moving to Mer Porphyry Copper target
The drill has now moved to the Mer claims where first drilling operations have commenced . Two
first pass drill holes of approximately 250 metres each are planned as the initial Mer target test, with
the potential to increase the program with positive results. The Mer drill targets were defined through
compilation of historic drilling data, and recently advanced by follow-up rock and grid soil sampling
as part of the first phase of 2026 drilling. Follow-up soil and rock sampling at Mer targeted the area
of historic drilling and defined an approximately 175 x 120 metre copper anomaly that is open to the
northwest. Rock sampling at the historic Mer showing yielded 12 samples returning between 0.14
and 1.02% Cu, and averaging 0.4% Cu; in addition to TerraSpec® analysis yielding par agonitic
muscovite and magnesium -iron chlorite compositions suggesting a higher -temperature proximal
porphyry environment (please see news release dated November 26, 2025, for soils and rocks; and
December 16, 2025 for TerraSpec® results).
The Mer Property comprises 185 hectares in the Kamloops Mining Division, located approximately
1.5 km NW of GSP’s Alwin Mine Project and is surrounded by Teck Resource s’ Highland Valley
Copper claim group directly west and south of the Highland Valley Copper Mine’s active operations2
(Figure 1). The Mer Property hosts a copper exploration target zone located NW of the Company’s
Alwin Mine high-grade copper-silver-gold target zone.
The Company's drill permit for the Mer Property provides for an initial year-one diamond drilling
program, followed by permitting sufficient surface disturbance to support anticipated expansion
diamond drilling within the following four years of the permit. The Property is well -accessed via
existing logging roads that traverse the proposed drilling area where prior logging activities and
excavator trenching have exposed a zone of copper mineralization at surface (Figure 2).
About the Mer Claims:
The Mer Claims were the subject of intensive exploration by the Cleveland Mi ning & Smelting Co.
Ltd. between the years 1965 and 1971. During that time exploration within the current Mer and
surrounding claims now held by Teck Resources comprised geochemical and IP/resistivity
geophysical surveys, geologic mapping, bulldozer trenching, completion of sixteen percussion drill
holes totalling 610 metres (m), and a single 150 m diamond drill hole targeting the Mer showing.
Percussion and diamond drilling were reported to define a 70 x 120 metre northeast -trending
porphyry copper-molybdenum zone characterized by disseminated chalcocite, chalcopyrite, bornite
and molybdenite mineralization and associated biotite and sparse potassic alteration.
At the Mer showing, historical percussion drill holes 1, 3, 15, and 16, forming a 70 x 40 m diamond
pattern in plan, returned values of 9 m averaging 0.47% copper (Cu); 30 m averaging 0.53% Cu;
15 m averaging 0.50% Cu; and 21 m averaging 0.51% Cu 3 respectively, commencing at
downhole depths ranging from 6 to 18 m.
A single diamond drill hole was centred on the percussion drill holes and intersected a zone of
chalcocite mineralization within biotite and potassic altered granodiorite intrusive rocks averaging
0.29% Cu over 24 m from a downhole depth of 9 m. The zone of mineralization remains open to
the north and west.
No significant exploration has been reported within this project since the initial work programs
ending in the early 1970s. Given the presence of drill -confirmed porphyry copper -molybdenum
mineralization, a location six kilometres west of the Valley Pit at Teck Resources Limited’s Highland
2 Mineralization present within Teck Resources Highland Valley Operations is not necessarily indicative of GSP
Resource Corp. properties.
3 All drill holes are assumed to be vertical, and the true width of mineralization is unknown.
Valley Copper Operations, and its position within the Chataway and Guichon granodiorite phases of
the Guichon Batholith, the Mer Project is a high priority for follow-up exploration.
Figure 1: Mer and Alwin Mine Claims – Highland Valley Copper Camp
Figure 2: Mer Proposed Drilling Oblique View Looking North
Qualified Person: The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been
reviewed and approved by Kristopher J. Raffle, P.Geo. (B.C.), principal and consultant of APEX
Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, AB, a consultant to the Company and a “qualified person” as defined
in National Instrument 43 -101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects . Mineralization
hosted on nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization that may be hosted on the
Alwin or Mer properties.
About GSP Resource Corp.
GSP Resource Corp. is a mineral exploration & development company focused on projects located
in southwestern British Columbia. The Company owns 100% interest and title to the Alwin Mine
Copper-Gold-Silver Property, and the Mer Property, in the Kamloops Mining Division, as well as a
100% interest and title to the Olivine Mountain Property in the Similkameen Mining Division.
For more information, please contact:
Simon Dyakowski, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Tel: +1 (604) 619-7469
Email: [email protected]
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Forward-Looking Information
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which may include, without limitation, the potential drilling of the Mer and Alwin Properties and the expected timelines,
other statements relating to the technical, financial and business prospects of the Company, its projects and other matters.
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Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed
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which the Company will operate in the future, including the price of metals, the ability to achieve its goals, that general
business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner, that financing will be available if and
when needed and on reasonable terms. Such forward -looking information reflects the Company’s views with respect to
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