Getty Copper Expands Drill Program to Over 20,000 Metres Following Strong Getty South Results
Recently completed financing brings cash to approximately $20 million to accelerate exploration.
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Getty Copper (GTCDF) has initiated fall drilling and expanded its Getty Project program to more than 20,000 metres in British Columbia. Two rigs are operating at Getty South, replacing a previously planned 4,000–6,000-metre follow-up program with a larger campaign. Spring 2026 drilling returned 46 metres grading 1.47% copper within 150 metres grading 0.71% copper.
A recently completed $15 million flow-through financing brings cash to approximately $20 million. Getty aims to advance towards a mineral resource estimate in 2027 and test other priority exploration targets. No current mineral resource or mineral reserve estimate has been established for the project.
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Positive
- Major pointCompleted $15 million flow-through financing brings cash to approximately $20 million. 34% of market cap
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Drilling program expanded to more than 20,000 metres from the previously planned 4,000–6,000 metres.
- Minor pointSpring 2026 drilling returned 46 metres at 1.47% copper within 150 metres at 0.71% copper.
- Minor pointTwo drill rigs are operating at Getty South for the fall program.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Getty aims to advance towards a mineral resource estimate in 2027.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Expanded drilling plans include testing other priority exploration targets in the Highland Valley District.
Negative
- Minor pointGetty Project has no current mineral resource or mineral reserve estimate.
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Highlights:
- Two drill rigs operating at Getty South, following up on recently reported high grade results including 46 metres grading
1.47% copper within 150 metres grading0.71% copper - Expanded drill program targeting over 20,000 metres at Getty South and other priority targets
- Recently closed
$15 million flow-through financing brings Company's cash position to approximately$20 million to accelerate exploration
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 13, 2026) - Getty Copper Inc. (TSXV: GTC) (OTCQX: GTCDF) ("Getty" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has initiated its fall drilling program at the Getty Project, located in British Columbia's Highland Valley Copper District. Two drill rigs are currently operating at Getty South.
Building on results from its spring 2026 drilling campaign, Getty has expanded its previously planned 4,000-6,000-metre follow-up program to include more than 20,000 metres of drilling. The expanded program will initially focus on following up copper mineralization at Getty South, where drilling returned 46 metres grading
The goal of this drill program is to advance towards a mineral resource estimate on the Project in 2027, and to test top priority targets from its large exploration pipeline in the Highland Valley District (see Figure 1 below, and news release dated August 26, 2026).
The expansion of the program follows the Company's recently completed
"We look forward to finding more high grade copper mineralization at Getty South with this expanded program. Scaling up also gives us the bandwidth to begin to test our strong pipeline of newly defined exploration targets.
With approximately
Figure 1: Location Map showing Getty Project targets1.
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Technical Disclosure
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Roy Greig, Ph.D., P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Mineralization at nearby or adjacent properties, including the Highland Valley Copper Mine, is not necessarily indicative of mineralization at the Getty Project. Reported drill intervals referenced in this news release are downhole lengths; readers should refer to the Company's September 14, 2026 news release for detailed assay, QA/QC and true-width disclosure. No current mineral resource or mineral reserve estimate has been established for the Getty Project.
About Getty Copper Inc.
Getty Copper Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on southern British Columbia, Canada. The Company's portfolio comprises the
Contact Information
For more information or to join our mailing list, please contact:
Ryan O'Regan
Chief Executive Officer
Getty Copper Inc.
Email: investorrelations@gettycopper.com
Phone: +1 604 931-3231
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Getty's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur.
Forward-looking statements in this document include, among others, statements relating to expectations regarding: the Company's strategic plans and objectives; the timing, scope, commencement and results of planned exploration and drilling programs, including the timing and receipt of assay results and completion of QA/QC review; the interpretation of historical exploration and geophysical data and the prospectivity of geophysical anomalies and exploration targets; the identification, continuity and distribution of higher-grade mineralization; the completion or updating of geological models and the interpretation of the geometry and structural controls of mineralization; the potential preparation of a mineral resource estimate; the potential for district-scale mineralization; the advancement, development and potential economic viability of the Getty Project; and the Company's outlook, including expectations for exploration results and project advancement.
Forward-looking information and 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 information or statements, including, among others: negative operating cash flow and dependence on third parties, uncertainty of additional financing, no current mineral reserves or mineral resources, uncertainties associated with historical estimates, and risks relating to the Company's ability to complete sufficient work to support future mineral resource estimates, including the risk that a mineral resource estimate may not be completed in 2027 or at all, 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; the occurrence of a force majeure; 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 information or implied by forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and 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 or information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or reissue forward-looking information as a result of new information or events except as required by applicable securities laws.
1 Grade and tonnage listed for HVC deposits are Proven plus Probable Reserves from Teck's NI 43-101 Technical Report on Highland Valley Copper Operations, effective July 1, 2025.
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FAQ
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How large is Getty Copper's expanded drilling program?
Getty Copper has expanded its program to more than 20,000 metres, compared with the previously planned 4,000–6,000-metre follow-up program. Two rigs are operating at Getty South, where the initial focus is following up copper mineralization.
Are Getty Copper's reported drill intervals true widths?
The reported intervals are downhole lengths, not stated true widths. Detailed assay, quality-control and true-width disclosures are available in Getty Copper's September 14, 2026 announcement.