Mr. Vince Sorace reports

KUTCHO COPPER COMMENCES 2026 DRILL PROGRAM

Drilling has commenced at Kutcho Copper Corp.'s feasibility-stage, high-grade copper-zinc development project located in northwestern British Columbia.

Vince Sorace, president and chief executive officer of Kutcho Copper, stated: "Our 2026 drill program is under way, with two drill rigs designed to test the Hamburger, Gap and Esso West targets. This program represents the first comprehensive exploration drill program testing multiple new targets on the Kutcho project in over 15 years. Updates and drill results will be reported as they become available."

The 2026 drill program:

• The prospective, near-planar Kutcho time horizon extends for over 12 kilometres along strike, and includes the Hamburger, Gap and Esso West targets. These are untested ZTEM conductivity highs near to the known mineralization -- supported by geology, magnetic and seismic data to 850-metre depth.
• The Hamburger target covers an area of 2.8 square kilometres -- more than double that of the defined mineral resource at the Main deposit.
• The Gap target covers an area of 1.3 square kilometres at the confluence of two important conductivity trends.
• The Esso West target is a high-priority drill target covering an area of 1,900-metre strike by 500-metre downdip (an area four times larger than the Esso deposit).

Soil sampling and field mapping

The 2026 exploration program also includes soil sampling and field mapping on targets that require further investigation before developing drill targets.

Qualified persons

The technical or scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Andrew Sharp, PEng British Columbia (licence No. 47907), FAusIMM, chief operating officer for Kutcho Copper, who serves as a qualified person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101.

About Kutcho Copper Corp.

Kutcho Copper is a Canadian resource development company focused on expanding and developing the Kutcho high-grade copper-zinc project in Northern British Columbia. Committed to social responsibility and the highest environmental standards, the company recently completed a feasibility study on the Kutcho project and is advancing permitting with the objective of getting to a positive construction decision.

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