Metal Energy to Drill Two Open Copper Zones at Highland Valley Adjacent to Canada's Largest Copper Mine

Metal Energy Corp. (TSXV: MERG, OTCQB: MEEEF) announced on November 5, 2026, that it is launching a drill program targeting two open copper zones at its Highland Valley Copper Project in south-central British Columbia, located immediately adjacent to Teck's Highland Valley Copper Operations, Canada's largest copper producer.

The project hosts two distinct mineralized zones: Zone 1, a copper-silver-molybdenum system extending over roughly 1,200 metres of strike and open at depth, and Zone 2, a higher-grade copper-gold-silver-molybdenum-rhenium zone with notable gold enrichment. Metal Energy holds 240 square kilometres within the same intrusive complex as the adjacent Teck mine, and secured a multi-year area-based Mines Act drilling permit for the project in July 2026.

Separately, American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD) disclosed a new gold zone discovery 800 metres from historical mine areas at its Madison Copper-Gold Project in Montana, adding another junior mining development to the week's news flow in North American copper and gold exploration.