Mr. Paul Harbidge reports

FARADAY COPPER DISCOVERS NEW MINERALIZED BRECCIA 800 METERS SOUTHEAST OF THE EXISTING MINERAL RESOURCE

Faraday Copper Corp. has released the results from the first two reconnaissance drill holes of its phase III program at the Copper Creek project, located in Arizona, United States. The holes intersected a newly identified breccia at the Area 51 target (Starship), which has the potential to increase the open-pit mineral resource estimate (MRE). The company also provides gold program results from the Copper Prince breccia.

Paul Harbidge, president and chief executive officer, commented: "It's exciting to start the phase III drill program with a new discovery that supports the district-scale exploration upside at Copper Creek. The new Starship discovery is interpreted to be related to a different mineralized system that is distinct from the Copper Creek MRE. Our geophysical and spectral data demonstrates that the Starship breccia displays similar characteristics to other known mineralized breccias at Copper Creek and suggests it is located at the top of a larger hydrothermal system that is open both laterally and at depth. Follow-up drilling during the phase III program will target the lateral extension and deeper parts of this breccia complex."

Highlights:

• Intersected 72.01 metres at 0.37 per cent copper, 0.02 gram per tonne gold and 1.35 g/t silver from 50.24 m, including 25.06 m at 0.78 per cent copper, 0.03 g/t gold and 1.49 g/t silver from 50.24 m in drill hole FCD-23-042 at the previously undrilled Starship breccia.
• Drill hole FCD-23-042 also intersected 225.52 m of hydrothermal breccia from 57 m which contains the following additional mineralized intersections: 9.43 m at 0.47 per cent copper, 0.08 g/t gold and 1.91 g/t silver from 175.57 m and 11.45 m at 0.26 per cent copper, 0.03 g/t gold and 1.28 g/t silver from 249.89 m.
• Drill hole FCD-23-041 intersected 29.86 m at 0.26 per cent copper, 0.08 g/t gold and 2.10 g/t silver from 185.29 m, including 13.94 m at 0.42 per cent copper, 0.13 g/t gold and 2.29 g/t silver from 185.29 m. This intersection is contained within a 102.13-metre-long breccia intersection from 131.12 m.
• The new Starship discovery has the potential to increase the open-pit mineral resource and the mineralization remains open laterally and at depth. Sulphide mineralogy and trace element geochemistry, together with geophysical evidence, suggest that the drill holes intercepted a shallow part of the mineral system, which includes a near-surface supergene enrichment zone.

Area 51 was identified as highly prospective by integrating airborne versatile time-domain electromagnetic (VTEM) data and short-wave infrared spectral data together with geological mapping and sampling. It is a broad southwest-northeast-trending zone, approximately 800 m southeast of the Copper Creek mineral resource. More than 15 breccia occurrences along with southwest-trending vein zones and widespread sericite alteration are documented over an area of approximately 1,000 m by 400 m between the historical Bunker Hill mine and east of the Starship breccia. The latter is part of the eastern breccia trend which hosts the Copper Creek mineral resource. This breccia trend is interpreted to follow the hangingwall of the northwest-trending Holy Joe thrust fault, which brought Proterozoic metamorphic rocks in contact with younger sedimentary rock units to the east of Area 51. This fault is also thought to have controlled the emplacement of the Paleocene Glory Hole volcanics and Copper Creek granodiorite which host the mineralization at Copper Creek.

The airborne VTEM data for Area 51 highlight an area of conductivity which is potentially sulphide-bearing. Known mineralized breccias at Mammoth and Childs Aldwinkle are associated with areas of elevated conductivity crosscutting more resistive surrounding rocks.

Drill hole FCD-23-042 was collared south of the Starship breccia outcrop and drilled to the north-northwest. The mineralization occurs as chalcopyrite and chalcocite cement within a hydrothermal breccia, which also includes pyrite and quartz. The hole intersected over 225 m of hydrothermal breccia with several mineralized intervals. The mineralization and alteration suggest that the intersection is in the upper part of the mineralized system and remains open laterally and at depth.

Drill hole FCD-23-041 was collared approximately 125 m to the northeast from drill hole FCD-23-042 and was drilled to the west-northwest. The mineralization is similar to hole FCD-23-042 and occurs as chalcopyrite and chalcocite cement within hydrothermal breccia. It intersected over 100 m of hydrothermal breccia.

Gold program update

The company is continuing the reassaying of historical material for potential inclusion of gold in future mineral resource updates. Several historical drill holes from Copper Prince have been analyzed for gold and results are shown herein. In addition to gold assays, samples were reanalyzed for copper and molybdenum and the results validate historical analysis. The company continues to advance the reassay program with current focus on the Keel underground zone.

Next steps

Phase III drilling continues and is focused on three objectives:

• Reconnaissance drilling on new targets;
• Expanding the MRE;
• Better delineating high-grade mineralized zones.

As part of the phase III program, three drill holes have been completed in Area 51 and the results for two holes have been released to date. Additional holes are currently being designed to test the lateral and depth extent of this new mineralization. Three holes were drilled in the Bald area and two holes near the Copper Prince area and the assay results will be released as they are received, analyzed and confirmed by the company.

Sampling methodology, chain of custody, quality assurance and quality control

All sampling was conducted under the supervision of the company's geologists and the chain of custody from Copper Creek to the independent sample preparation facility, ALS Laboratories in Tucson, Ariz., was continuously monitored. The samples were taken as one-half core, over two m core length. Samples were crushed, pulverized and sample pulps were analyzed using industry-standard analytical methods, including a four-acid inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry multielement package and an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy method for high-grade copper samples. Gold was analyzed on a 30-gram aliquot by fire assay with an ICP-AES finish. A certified reference sample was inserted every 20th sample. Coarse blanks were inserted every 20th sample. Approximately 5 per cent of the core samples were cut into one-fourth core and submitted as field duplicates. For the gold program, samples were taken from archived pulverized rock material (pulps). Pulps were reblended and analyzed using the same methods as detailed above. A certified reference sample was inserted every 15th to 20th sample, whereas blanks were inserted every 10th sample. On top of internal QA/QC protocol, additional blanks, reference materials and duplicates were inserted by the analytical laboratory according to its procedure. Data verification of the analytical results included a statistical analysis of the standards and blanks that must pass certain parameters for acceptance to ensure accurate and verifiable results.

Qualified person

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Faraday's vice-president, exploration, Dr. Thomas Bissig, PGeo, who is a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About Faraday Copper Corp.

Faraday Copper is a Canadian exploration company focused on advancing its flagship copper project in Arizona, U.S. The Copper Creek project is one of the largest undeveloped copper projects in North America with open-pit and bulk underground mining potential. The company is well financed to deliver on its key milestones and benefits from a management team and board of directors with senior mining company experience and expertise. Faraday trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol FDY.

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