Sterling Metals Corp. (TSXV: SAG, OTCQB: SAGGF) (“Sterling” or the “Company”) is pleased to report assay results from drill hole SC-26-13 at the MEPS Zone (“MEPS”), part of the Company’s ongoing 20,000m drill program at the Soo Copper Project (“Soo Copper” or the “Project”), near Batchewana Bay, Ontario. Drilled approximately 140 metres east of SC-26-10 (reported in a press release on July 29, 2026) the hole intersected 445.0m grading 0.40% copper equivalent (“CuEq”) (0.24% Cu, 172 ppm Mo, 0.05 g/t Au, 2.09 g/t Ag), including 203.10m grading 0.51% CuEq (0.38% Cu, 43.4 ppm Mo, 0.09 g/t Au, 2.99 g/t Ag) and higher-grade intervals of 16.25m grading 2.31% CuEq (1.90% Cu, 127.6 ppm Mo, 0.226 g/t Au, 12.09 g/t Ag) and 9.50m grading 2.34% CuEq (1.29% Cu, 63.6 ppm Mo, 0.88 g/t Au, 20.72 g/t Ag).
Highlights:
- Strong near-surface mineralization of 203.10m grading 0.51% CuEq from 40.9m downhole within a longer interval of 445.0m of 0.40% CuEq starting from 22m depth.
- Returned 9.50m grading 2.34% CuEq from 74m depth and 16.25m grading 2.31% CuEq from 176m depth associated with GFP porphyry sills.
- The hole continued to intersect additional copper and molybdenum mineralization farther downhole in association with a strong quartz hydrothermal breccia with a copper interval intercepting 7.5m of 1.48% CuEq from 459m downhole.
Jeremy Niemi, P.Geo., Senior Vice President, Exploration and Evaluation, commented, “SC-26-13 is an outstanding result that combines nearly 450 metres of continuous mineralization with significant higher-grade copper intervals associated with GFP porphyry sills. The hole extends to the east, high grade copper mineralization intersected in hole SC-26-10 and strengthens our interpretation that this higher-grade mineralization is horizontally continuous and predictable.
We are particularly encouraged by the intensity and diversity of the mineralization in SC-26-13. High-grade chalcopyrite-bornite quartz ribbon veins, copper-magnetite veins and a newly recognized chalcopyrite rich quartz breccia. This all points to a large and robust copper rich hydrothermal system at MEPS, the extent of which we are only beginning to realize as we continue to drill.”
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