Star Copper (CSE:STCU) has begun drill pad construction across multiple high-priority satellite targets at the Star Project in Canada, in preparation for a fully funded 2026 exploration program.
The 15,000m drilling program will target the Star North, Copper Creek, Star East, and Star West targets. Each drill pad location has been strategically selected based on integrated geological, geochemical, and geophysical datasets, including coincident chargeability anomalies and copper-gold soil geochemistry.
Star Copper says the program will systematically drill tests across multiple targets, follow-up on mineralisation to test nested porphyry models, and improve access to structurally complex zones.
At Copper Creek, drilling will follow-up on prior mineralisation and vector toward the source of copper-gold enrichment. The company says Copper Creek is the most advanced target behind Star Main, which gives it confidence early in the season to test the existence of a nested porphyry model at Star.
Drill pads are being constructed at Star North to expand on previous drilling and test a large, well-defined geophysical and geochemical footprint, supporting step-out drilling to evaluate scale and continuity.
At Star East, first-pass drilling will be conducted at this untested target, characterised by a 1km by 1km coincident anomaly analogous to Star Main. The target holds a geophysical signature similar to Star Main but is covered with little exposure at surface.
Meanwhile at Star West, the target is centred around outcropping on the slope and extensive soil sampling showing elevated copper in gold with another coincidental geophysical high.
CEO Darryl Jones says the construction effectively heralds the launch of the “largest and most coordinated exploration effort in the project’s history”.
“The heightened degree of coordinated infrastructure development allows us to systematically test a pipeline of targets that all exhibit key characteristics of Star Main-style mineralisation,” Jones says.
“Importantly, it positions us to move quickly to follow-up on results in real time and fully evaluate the district-scale potential of the Star Project as we advance toward a maiden resource.”
Star Copper is a Canadian mineral explorer focused on the discovery and development of copper-gold systems in British Columbia, Canada.
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