Torr Metals Confirms Large, Structurally Controlled Copper-Gold System at Bertha with Strong Vectoring Toward Untested Northeast Target
Torr Metals Confirms Large, Structurally
Controlled Copper-Gold System at Bertha with
Strong Vectoring Toward Untested Northeast
Target
Edmonton, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - January 21, 2026) - Torr Metals Inc. (TSXV: TMET) ("
Torr"
or the
"
Company
") is pleased to report results from its Phase I 2,733 metre (m) drill program at the Bertha
Target within the Company's 332 km² Kolos Copper-Gold Project in south-central British Columbia.
The
program successfully confirmed the presence of a large, structurally-controlled hydrothermal
copper-gold-silver system and, importantly, defined coherent geological and geophysical
vectors toward a high-priority, untested copper-gold target to the northeast
(Figure 1, Figure 2).
Drilling delineated broad zones of anomalous copper mineralization spatially associated with
hydrothermal magnetite, brecciation, and strong northwest-striking and north-south trending structural
controls (Figure 1, Figure 2).
These zones are flanked by 68 discrete native copper occurrences
that locally define higher-grade intervals (Table 2) and are closely associated with hydrothermal
magnetite-epidote veining,
collectively defining a laterally extensive hydrothermal-copper system
spanning greater than 350 m in strike and 580 m vertical depth
(Figure 2).
Notably, the deepest hole drilled toward the northeast (25-KO-07) intersected the first structurally
controlled gold mineralization reported from the Bertha area, returning 0.24 g/t Au over 3 metres (337-
340 m). The appearance of gold at depth, together with increasing pyrite content and supergene
overprinting of phyllic alteration toward the northeast, is interpreted to define a coherent geochemical
and mineralogical vector toward a more proximal, gold-bearing magmatic-hydrothermal porphyry source
in that direction, where it remains open and is coincident with a broad, northeast-trending, untested
induced polarization (IP) chargeability anomaly identified at approximately 250 metres depth (Figure 1,
Figure 2).
"The 2025 drill program did exactly what it was designed to do as the inaugural test of a previously
untested, large-scale porphyry system," said Malcolm Dorsey, President and CEO of Torr Metals. "In
systems of this type, it is uncommon for initial drilling to directly intersect the sulphide-bearing core, and
our results are consistent with expectations for early-stage porphyry exploration on a brand new target.
The structural controls, system geometry, and style of supergene alteration and copper mineralization
encountered to date continue to support an alkalic porphyry model analogous to an early-stage New
Afton-style system prior to discovery of its core. While drilling has not yet intersected the source intrusion,
the program has confirmed significant scale to the peripheral hydrothermal copper system and
established coherent vectors that all strengthen toward the northeast; including increasing alteration
intensity and gold content, brecciation and veining, improved structural architecture, and a buried
chargeability anomaly. Taken together, these factors are interpreted to indicate increasing proximity to a
more proximal and potentially sulphide-rich portion of the porphyry system relative to the areas drilled to
date. These results materially reduce geological uncertainty and define a new, untested northeast-
trending chargeability target, which will be further refined through planned IP expansion in spring 2026
prior to fully funded Phase II drill targeting."
Figure 1. Plan view of the 2025 total magnetic intensity ground magnetic survey with selected rock grab
samples and coincident chargeability and resistivity anomalies outlining 2025 drilling and priority
northeast (NE) target for 2026 at Bertha; chargeability section shown below.
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Highlights:
Large Hydrothermal Copper System Confirmed and Open to the Northeast:
2025 drilling
delineated a laterally extensive, supergene-altered hydrothermal copper system characterized by
pervasive hematite alteration, hydrothermal magnetite, and broad, repeatable copper anomalism
concentrated along a northwest-striking picrite boundary (Figure 2, Table 1). This anomalism,
interpreted to reflect hydrothermal introduction and/or remobilization of copper, is consistently
expressed across drill holes 1-7 and is further supported by the intersection of discrete native
copper occurrences (Table 2) encountered in every drill hole. Importantly, the system remains open
to the northeast along a structurally linked and untested trend, where a broad induced polarization
(IP) chargeability anomaly has been identified at approximately 250 m depth at the limits of the
2025 IP geophysical grid (Figure 1, Figure 2).
Structural Framework Defines Primary and Secondary Mineralizing Pathways:
Drilling has
demonstrated that copper mineralization and hydrothermal brecciation along the northwest-striking
corridor are localized along picrite redox boundaries and are interpreted to represent a secondary
or leakage pathway. Subsequent interpretation has identified a northeast-trending structure,
coincident with a steepening, parallel picrite boundary, which is interpreted as a primary
mineralizing corridor potentially linked to a deeper porphyry source (Figure 1, Figure 2).
Alteration Vectoring Toward a Hotter Potential Source to the Northeast:
The northeastern-
most drill hole (25-KO-06) intersected extensive hydrothermal brecciation from 14.0 to 80.17 m,
characterized by increasing dickite, chlorite, epidote, and carbonate alteration accompanied by
native copper, chalcocite, and magnetite (Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4). This alteration
assemblage, together with increasing pyrite content observed in Hole 25-KO-07 and 25-KO-08, is
interpreted to reflect progressively hotter and more acidic hydrothermal fluids characteristic of the
phyllic zone of a porphyry system, providing a strong vector toward a more proximal mineralizing
source to the northeast, where a buried chargeability anomaly is interpreted to represent a
potential porphyry-style core at depth.
Fully Funded Phase II Drill Program Planned:
Torr is fully financed to advance a Phase II drill
program of up to 6,000 metres, which will include follow-up drilling on the newly identified
northeast-trending structural and geophysical targets as well as expanded IP targeting across the
broader Bertha area to further evaluate the grade and scale potential of this hydrothermal copper
system.
Figure 2. 2025 inverted IP chargeability geophysical survey plan and cross-sectional views with 2025
drill sites. Section looking to the southwest.
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Figure 3. Select 2025 core photos. A. Native copper replacing mafic minerals in picrite. B. Native
copper in epidote-carbonate veins hosted in hematized andesite. C. Native copper along chlorite filled
fracture. D. Same as (B). E. Native copper in epidote-carbonate veins with hematite rims hosted in
hydrothermal breccia in proximity to Bertha exploration pit. F. Hydrothermal breccia with carbonate
cement ± dickite (teal clay mineral) ± epidote. G. Native copper replacing mafic minerals in picrite. H.
Native copper in epidote-carbonate veins hosted in hematized andesite.
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Table 1. Composite assays of broad Cu anomalism concentrated along a northwest-striking picrite
boundary.
Drill Hole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Cu (ppm)
Ag (g/t)
25-KO-01
47
183
136
173
0.27
25-KO-02
25
93
68
160
0.31
25-KO-03
15
135
120
149
0.1
25-KO-04
105
175
70
162
0.12
25-KO-06
145
243
98
170
0.11
25-KO-07
142
243
101
168
0.13
Table 2. Composite assays of select inaugural Bertha drill highlights of a total 68 native copper
occurrences and lenses. Of the 68 native copper occurrences intersected, 21 returned Cu values
exceeding 500 ppm, including 10 samples above 1000 ppm Cu.
Drill Hole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Cu (%)
Ag (g/t)
25-KO-02
304.91
306
1.09
0.14
0.2
25-KO-03
237
238.14
1.14
0.12
0.3
25-KO-04
258.92
261.13
2.21
0.11
0.23
25-KO-04
313.47
315.07
1.6
0.10
0.29
25-KO-04
379.9
380.35
0.45
0.17
0.99
25-KO-04
394.7
395
0.3
0.13
0.4
25-KO-07
323.63
324.12
0.49
0.14
0.33
25-KO-07
374.51
375.2
0.69
0.40
1.68
25-KO-08
288
290.1
2.1
0.24
0.9
25-KO-08
434.7
435.36
0.66
0.13
0.27
Geological Interpretation
Drilling to date has tested the upper to mid-levels of a large, structurally controlled hydrothermal copper
system, characteristic of the outer propylitic and phyllic domains of an alkalic porphyry environment
(Figure 4). This peripheral corridor is characterized by hematite alteration, hydrothermal magnetite, and
supergene copper mineralization localized along structurally prepared zones and favourable lithological
contacts. Accordingly, drilling is interpreted to have intersected the peripheral, redox-controlled fluid-
transport domain of the system; however, systematic changes in alteration, mineralization, and
geophysical responses indicate vectoring toward a potentially more proximal magmatic porphyry source
to the northeast.
Copper mineralization occurs predominantly as disseminated and vein-hosted native copper and
chalcocite within oxidized volcanic and intrusive host rocks, with higher-grade intervals localized within
magnetite-bearing veins, hydrothermal breccias, and along picrite redox boundaries. This style of
mineralization indicates long-lived and repeated copper precipitation events along structurally focused
fluid pathways within the propylitic and phyllic envelopes. Outside the intercept in 25-KO-07 gold values
remain weakly anomalous, which is considered significant, as gold is substantially less mobile than
copper under oxidizing hydrothermal-supergene conditions. The lack of meaningful gold enrichment
suggests that drilling has not yet intersected the sulphide-bearing magmatic source intrusion or the calc-
potassic to potassic mineralized core, where gold would be expected to be concentrated in an alkalic
porphyry system.
In the supergene zone, sericite-pyrite assemblages are unstable and are typically destroyed by
oxidation, resulting in the development of iron oxides and kaolin-group clays such as kaolinite and
dickite. These clays are interpreted as late weathering overprints developed within zones of intense
hydrothermal brecciation, such as those observed in Hole 25-KO-06. These breccia zones are
structurally focused and locally host Cu ± Ag mineralization, collectively defining permeable fluid
pathways interpreted to be connected to a deeper magmatic-hydrothermal source. In alkalic porphyry
systems, magnetite-rich alteration, hydrothermal breccia corridors, and late-stage Cu-Ag mineralization
commonly occur above or lateral to the potassic Cu-Au core.
To further refine alteration zoning and vectoring within the system, TerraSpec shortwave infrared (SWIR)
spectroscopy is being used to objectively identify alteration mineralogy and distinguish supergene from
hypogene alteration phases. TerraSpec analysis is currently being conducted on Hole 25-KO-08, with
additional analyses planned for Holes 25-KO-06 and 25-KO-07, to better constrain phyllic and propylitic
alteration intensity and support vectoring toward higher-temperature, more proximal portions of the
system.
The observed northeastward increase in chlorite-epidote intensity and kaolin clay alteration (including
dickite), together with an untested northeast-trending chargeability anomaly at depth, is interpreted to
provide a vector toward a hotter, more proximal magmatic-hydrothermal center (Figure 1, Figure 4). This
target is considered a high-priority focus for follow-up geophysical extension and drill testing aimed at
evaluating the potential for a buried alkalic porphyry Cu-Au core.
Figure 4. Schematic alteration zonation at the Bertha Zone with locations of drill holes 1-8. Modified from
Byrne et al. 2017
1
.
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Next Steps
Torr plans to extend the induced polarization (IP) survey to the northeast in 2026 to better define the
geometry, depth extent, and intensity of the untested northeast-trending chargeability anomaly, with a
focus on determining whether the anomaly strengthens or develops greater vertical continuity towards the
surface. Follow-up drilling will target areas where increased chargeability coincides with magnetic
anomalies, structural intersections, and the picrite contact, as these features are interpreted to represent
key vectors toward a potential sulphide-bearing porphyry core and higher copper-gold potential.
Extending the IP survey will also allow Torr to evaluate the along-strike shift in the picrite contact, which
appears to mirror the northeast trend of the untested chargeability anomaly. This orientation is
significant, as a northeast trend represents the predominant structural orientation of the New Afton ore
body
2
, and its coincidence with evolving chargeability, hydrothermal magnetite, and brecciation,
identified through secondary porosity resistivity signatures, will be a primary focus of follow-up drilling.
1
Byrne, K., Lesage, G, Gleeson, S.A. and Lee, R.G. (2017): Large-scale sodic-calcic alteration around porphyry copper systems: examples from the
Highland Valley Copper district, Guichon batholith, south-central British Columbia; in Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2016, Geoscience BC,
Report 2017-1, p. 213-222.
2
Information and comparisons disclosed is not necessarily indicative of precious or base metal endowment or assays on the Kolos Project.
Quality Assurance and Control
The analytical work reported on herein was performed by ALS Global ("ALS"), Kamloops, Canada. ALS
is an ISO-IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 accredited geoanalytical laboratory and is independent
of Torr Metals Inc. and the QP. Drill core samples were subject to crushing at a minimum of 70% passing
2 mm, followed by pulverizing of a 250-gram split to 85% passing 75 microns. Base and precious metals
were determined via four-acid digestion 48 element ICP-MS geochemistry and 30-gram gold fire assay.
Torr Metals Inc. follows industry standard procedures for the work carried out on the Kolos Project, with a
quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program. Blank, duplicate, and standard samples were
inserted into the sample sequence sent to the laboratory for analysis. Torr Metals Inc. detected no
significant QA/QC issues during review of the data. Torr Metals Inc. is not aware of any drilling, sampling,
recovery, or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the data referred to
herein.
Qualified Person
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael Dufresne,
M.Sc., P.Geol., P.Geo., a consultant to the Company who is a non independent qualified person defined
under National Instrument 43-101.
About Torr Metals
Torr Metals, headquartered in Edmonton, AB, is focused on unlocking new copper and gold discovery
potential within proven, highly accessible mining districts across Canada, areas with both established
infrastructure and a growing need for near-term feed. Torr's 100%-owned, district-scale assets are
strategically located for cost-effective, year-round exploration and development. The 275 km² Kolos
Copper-Gold Project and strategically option 57 km
2
Bertha Property, situated in southern British
Columbia's prolific Quesnel Terrane, lies just 30 km southeast of the Highland Valley Copper Mine,
Canada's largest open-pit copper operation, and 40 km south of the city of Kamloops directly along
Highway 5. In northern Ontario, the 261 km² Filion Gold Project covers a virtually unexplored greenstone
belt with high-grade orogenic gold potential. It sits just off the Trans-Canada Highway 11, approximately
42 km from Kapuskasing and 202 km by road from the Timmins mining camp, home to world-class
operations like Hollinger, McIntyre, and Dome. To learn more, visit Torr Metals online or view company
documents via SEDAR+ at
www.sedarplus.ca
.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Torr Metals Inc.
"Malcolm Dorsey"
Malcolm Dorsey
President, CEO and Director
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