Vizsla Copper Receives Drilling Permit FOR the Copperview Project, South-Central BC
VIZSLA COPPER RECEIVES DRILLING
PERMIT FOR THE COPPERVIEW PROJECT,
SOUTH-CENTRAL BC
VANCOUVER, BC
,
April 16, 2026
/CNW/ - Vizsla Copper Corp. (TSXV: VCU) (OTCQB: VCUFF)
(FRANKFURT: 97E0) ("
Vizsla Copper
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to report that it has received
an exploration permit for its 11,630 hectare, 100% controlled Copperview Project (the "
Copperview
Project
"), central British Columbia.
HIGHLIGHTS
Permit approval:
A 5-year Multi-Year Area Based (MYAB) permit has been granted for
planned drill programs at the Copperview Project, southern BC.
Approved activities:
The permit allows for drilling at multiple sites and as well as limited
construction and modification of exploration access trails.
Exploration to commence:
Planning is underway for a drill program later in the year focused
on evaluating the porphyry-related copper potential of the previously undrilled M5 target, central
to the project area.
"
The grant of this drill permit represents a key milestone for the Company as we advance our
pipeline of copper, and other critical mineral exploration projects
," commented Craig Parry,
Executive Chairman and CEO of the Company. "
The M5 target has been refined through systematic
exploration programs over the last two years. We look forward to announcing more detailed drilling
plans in due course, which we anticipate commencing this fall
."
"
The Vizsla Copper exploration team is excited to evaluate the previously undrilled M5 target area
with core drilling
," commented Steve Blower, VP Exploration. "
It's location, geology, and
geophysical signatures warrant drill testing in this region known for economic copper-gold
porphyry related deposits
."
Multi-Year Exploration Permit
The Company has been notified by the BC Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals that it's Notice of
Work application for a 5-year MYAB permit under the BC Mines Act has been approved. The permit
area is contained within the Company's 11,630 hectare mineral tenure land position located near
Princeton, British Columbia.
Permitted activities include core drilling and limited construction of access trails under rigorous
environmental conditions.
Copperview M5 Target
Drilling will focus on the recently defined M5 target, central to the Copperview Project (see June
11
th
, 2025, News Release, Figure 1). The till-concealed M5 target, largely defined on the basis of
ground and airborne geophysical data, comprises a broadly northwest-southeast oriented >20 mv/v
chargeability-high anomaly that spans 2.5 by 1.4 kilometers (Figure 1). The core of the chargeability-
high anomaly is spatially associated with a strong conductivity-high (resistivity-low) anomaly
observed in ground IP data as well as the recently compiled MobileMT
1
survey (see November 2
nd
,
2023, News Release) and a marked break (magnetic-low anomaly) in north-trending regional-scale
magnetic-high lineaments. The M5 target is along trend, 6.5 kilometers north of Kodiak Copper's
Gate discovery
2
(Figure 1). Porphyry-related copper and gold mineralization at the Gate discovery is
spatially associated with a strong chargeability-high coincident with a similar break in the regional-
scale magnetic-high lineament (Figure 1).
Planning is underway for an inaugural drill program focused on the M5 target, anticipated to
commence in the fall 2026. Details of the drill program will be announced prior to mobilization of
crews and a drill rig.
Figure 1. Map of the Copperview Project showing the location of the M5 target in relation to a
regional magnetic-high lineament and Kodiak Copper’s Gate discovery2. The untested M5
chargeability-high anomaly (250m depth slice) is shown with survey lines from 2024 and 2025. (CNW
Group/Vizsla Copper Corp.)
Figure 1. Map of the Copperview Project showing the location of the M5 target in relation to a
regional magnetic-high lineament and Kodiak Copper's Gate discovery
2
. The untested M5
chargeability-high anomaly (250m depth slice) is shown with survey lines from 2024 and 2025.
About Vizsla Copper
Vizsla Copper is a critical-minerals focused exploration and development company headquartered in
Vancouver, Canada. The Company is primarily focused on its Palmer VMS project in Southeast
Alaska, and its Poplar and Woodjam porphyry-related projects in British Columbia.
All of the Company's projects are well situated amongst significant infrastructure. The Company's
growth strategy is focused on the exploration and development of the properties within its portfolio in
addition to value-accretive acquisitions. Vizsla Copper's vision is to be a responsible copper explorer
and developer in stable mining jurisdictions, and it is committed to socially responsible exploration
and development, working safely, ethically, and with integrity.
Additional information about the Company is available on SEDAR+ (
www.sedarplus.ca
) and the
Company's website (
www.vizslacopper.com
).
Qualified Person and National Instrument 43-101 Disclosure
The Company's disclosure of technical or scientific information in this press release has been
reviewed and approved by Christopher Leslie, Ph.D., P.Geo., Technical Advisor for Vizsla Copper.
Dr. Leslie is a Qualified Person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Project
.
Some technical information contained in this release is historical in nature and has been compiled
from public sources believed to be accurate. The technical information has not been verified by
Vizsla Copper and may in some instances be unverifiable, and the Company encourages readers to
exercise appropriate caution when evaluating this technical information. Investors are cautioned that
mineralization on adjacent properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization at Copperview.
References
1.
Weicker, R. (2021), Report on geochemistry and geophysics activities 2021 on the Copperview North Property, Assessment Report Indexing System, Report 39955,
https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris
2.
Kodiak Copper October 22nd, 2020 News Release, kodiakcoppercorp.com
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the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
The information contained herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information"
within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking
statements"). "Forward-looking statements" includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to
the activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in
the future, including, without limitation, planned exploration activities. Generally, but not always,
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is
expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or
the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain
actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved"
or the negative connotation thereof. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among
others, statements relating to the Company's exploration plans, the results from work performed to
date; the magnitude or quality of mineral deposits; the anticipated advancement of the Company's
mineral properties, including but not limited to the drilling program and the analysis and results
referenced herein, including the timing, scope and execution thereof; exploration and development,
expenditures, costs and timing of the development of new deposits; underground exploration
potential; costs and timing of future exploration; exploration prospects of mineral properties; the
realization of the expected economics of mineral properties; future growth potential of mineral
properties; and future plans, projections, objectives, estimates and forecasts and the timing related
thereto.
Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions, including among others, that
the results of planned exploration activities are as anticipated, the anticipated cost of planned
exploration activities, 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, that
third party contractors, equipment and supplies and governmental and other approvals required to
conduct the Company's planned exploration activities will be available on reasonable terms and in a
timely manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward-looking
statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that
such assumptions will prove to be accurate.
Forward-looking statements also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other
factors, which may cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from any
projections of future events or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements,
including, among others: negative operating cash flow and dependence on third party financing,
uncertainty of additional financing, no known mineral reserves or resources, the limited operating
history of the Company, the influence of a large shareholder, aboriginal title and consultation issues,
reliance on key management and other personnel, actual results of exploration activities being
different than anticipated, changes in exploration programs based upon results, availability of third
party contractors, availability of equipment and supplies, failure of equipment to operate as
anticipated; accidents, effects of weather and other natural phenomena and other risks associated
with the mineral exploration industry, environmental risks, changes in laws and regulations,
community relations and delays in obtaining governmental or other approvals.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements or implied by forward-
looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated,
estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be
accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated
or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or reissue forward-looking statements as a result
of new information or events except as required by applicable securities laws.
SOURCE Vizsla Copper Corp.
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