Alpha Copper Corp. announced that drill program mobilization to the Okeover project has commenced. Alpha has been advised the contractor has begun moving the drill rig and excavator to the project site to execute on its initial 2000-metre drilling campaign.

The Okeover (“Ok”) copper-molybdenum property encompasses 4,613 hectares (11,399 acres) located immediately north of the coastal City of Powell River, British Columbia. Since its discovery in 1965, Ok has been explored by several companies including Noranda Exploration, Asarco Exploration, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd., Duval International Corporation, Lumina Copper Corp, and Eastfield Resources Ltd. Alpha Copper is embarking on its initial 2000 metre diamond drill program which is designed to expand the North Lake Zone where a historic resource is targeted and represents just one of seven zones of mineralization on the property. As noted previously (July 13, 2022), in July 2007, the company of record received the results from the first four drill holes of a seven-hole program at the Okeover property.

The reported drill holes were designed to expand the understanding of the current resources of the North Lake Zone. Hole OK-07-04, drilled near the western boundary of the North Lake Zone, intersected an aggregate intercept of 76 metres grading 0.34% copper, and 0.020% MoS2 including an intercept of 19 metres grading 0.42% copper, and 0.020% MoS2. Hole OK-07-04 was drilled adjacent to and beneath a hole completed in 1972 with much of the mineralized interval including the higher-grade section, occurring beneath the 1972 hole, which bottomed at a depth of 97 metres.

Hole OK-07-02, drilled 350 metres to the east of the area corresponding to the North Lake resource, intersected 23 metres grading 0.24% copper and 0.031% MoS2 at the bottom of the hole, thereby establishing that mineralization is very much open-ended to the east and suggesting that the North Lake Zone may be considerably larger than the previous 2006 estimate. In addition, molybdenum grades appear to be increasing to the east. Drilling to-date has always been shallow in nature and ended in mineralization.

Alpha Copper aims to test the mineralization at-depth with the intent to extend the mineralized target body data as part of its efforts towards the completion of a National Instrument (N.I.) 43-101 technical report planned for 2023.