Vizsla drills 435 metres of 0.49% CuEq at Poplar Project, B.C.

Vizsla Copper Corp. [VCU-TSXV, VCUFF-OTCQB, 97E0-Frankfurt] has announced initial drill results from its ongoing spring drill program at the Thira porphyry discovery at its Poplar project, located in central British Columbia.

The 44,200-hectare Poplar project covers Mesozoic-aged arc-related volcanic, sedimentary and intrusive rocks considered prospective for porphyry-related copper and gold mineralization. The company has focused on the Thira target, which is centred approximately 10 kilometres south of the porphyry-related Poplar copper-gold deposit (historic mineral resources of 152.3 million tonnes at 0.32% copper, 0.09 g/t gold indicated and 139.3 million tonnes at 0.29% copper and 0.07 g/t gold inferred).

Vizsla Copper has the option to earn a 100% interest in the Poplar project via a series of expenditure commitments and annual cash payments until 2027.

In its latest press release, Vizsla said hole TH26-151 intersected the longest interval of continuous porphyry-related copper-molybdenum mineralization drilled to date at the Thira discovery. It said results from drill hole TH26-151 build on results from 2025 and demonstrate that mineralization extends for at least 800 metres east-west and at least 700 metres north-south where it remains open. Drilling highlights include 675 metres of 0.49% copper equivalent (CuEq) (0.26% copper, 0.015% molybdenum, 1.06 g/t silver and 0.04 g/t gold, above a 0.10% copper cutoff grade) from 31.8 metres down hole, including 435 metres of 0.49% copper equivalent (0.31% copper, 0.22% molybdenum, 1.24 g/t silver and 0.04 g/t gold, above a 0.20% cut off grade) from 198 metres down hole.

“The long interval of continuous porphyry-related mineralization in TH26-151 is encouraging as it opens up a large area to the north of the discovery drill holes completed in 2025,’’ said Steve Blower, Vizsla’s Vice-President, Exploration. “Thira is shaping up to be a large, near surface zone of copper mineralization with strong continuity,’’ he said.

Vizsla Copper shares advanced on the news, rising 3.54% or $0.04 to $1.17 in early trading, Monday, The shares trade in a 52-week range of $2.68 and 50 cents.

The ongoing, spring 2026 drill program at the Poplar project consists of up to 8,000 metres of drilling across three key target area, Thira Discovery, Camp Lake and Copper Pond. Two core rigs are currently advancing drill holes at the Thira Discovery with drill holes designed to investigate the lateral and vertical extents of porphyry-related copper molybdenum mineralization. Drill holes TH26-148 and TH26-151 were the first two holes drilled at the Thira Discovery.

Vizsla recently said its board of directors has has approved the 2026 exploration and development budget for the Palmer VMS Project in Southeast Alaska.

A total approved budget of $19.2 million will fund a 10,000-metre diamond drill program utilizing two drill rigs targeting areas for high grade expansion and high potential for new discovery, the company said in a press release.