Initial holes provide greater understanding of mineralization at underexplored target on the Thorn property in Northern BC.

Brixton Metals Corp. Sept. 17 reported that its inaugural drilling at Cirque has cut broad zones of porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralization at this early-staged exploration target about 3,000 meters northeast of the large body of porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum mineralization being outlined at Camp Creek on the company's Thorn project in Northern British Columbia.

Brixton Metals Corp.

Lying in B.C.'s northwestern corner, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Juneau, Alaska, the 1,137-square-mile (2,945 square kilometers) Thorn project covers 16 large-scale copper- and gold-enriched exploration targets. So far, Brixton's drilling at Thorn has focused largely on Camp Creek, a 1,500- by 2,000-meter exploration target where drills have cut nearly a mile (more than 1,500 meters) of porphyry copper-gold mineralization.

Highlights from drilling at Camp Creek since 2021 include:

• 976.5 meters averaging 0.22% copper, 0.07 grams per metric ton gold, 2.06 g/t silver, and 154.4 ppm molybdenum in hole THN21-183.

• 821.3 meters averaging 0.24% copper, 0.1 g/t gold, 2.44 g/t silver, and 174.3 ppm molybdenum in hole THN21-184.

• 967.7 meters averaging 0.25% copper, 0.09 g/t gold, 2.39 g/t silver, and 186 ppm molybdenum in hole THN22-201.

• 779.7 meters averaging 0.23% copper, 0.05 g/t gold, 2.46 g/t silver, and 234.7 ppm molybdenum in hole THN22-221.

• 1,562.4 meters averaging 0.19% copper, 0.05 g/t gold, 2.81 g/t silver, and 189 ppm molybdenum in hole THN23-261, which included an 855-meter subsection averaging 0.29% copper, 0.06 g/t gold, 2.44 g/t silver, and 314 ppm molybdenum

Camp Creek and the larger Thorn property have drawn the interest of BHP, who has invested heavily into Brixton and holds a 19.9% interest in the junior exploration company.

This year's BHP-supported program at Thorn includes additional drilling at Camp Creek and the testing of earlier staged targets across the wider property.

This includes Brixton's first-ever drilling at Cirque, a target where drilling carried out nearly 60 years ago cut 10.7 meters averaging 0.19% copper and 710 ppm molybdenum.

Brixton geologists revisited Cirque last year and identified a 1,000- by 2,000-meter northwest trending area of copper mineralization. The widespread alteration and pyrite-chalcopyrite mineralization identified suggest the potential for a copper-molybdenum porphyry system at Cirque that remains untested.

So far this year, Brixton has drilled four holes at Cirque, all of which have cut porphyry-style copper-molybdenum mineralization. The company has received assays back from three of the holes; highlights include:

Brixton Metals Corp.

Copper and molybdenum mineralization drilled at various depths in hole THN24-292.

• 87 meters averaging 0.2% copper, 0.04 g/t gold, 2.61 g/t silver, and 34 ppm molybdenum from a depth of 126 meters in hole THN24-292.

• 78 meters averaging 0.19% copper, 0.02 g/t gold, 2.37 g/t silver, and 34 ppm molybdenum from a depth of 145.5 meters in hole THN24-293.

"The initial drill holes at Cirque have significantly enhanced our understanding of this early-stage drill target," said Brixton Metals Vice President of Exploration Christina Anstey. "The presence of porphyry style mineralization and alteration is highly encouraging and gives us a strong foundation to build on as we continue to explore and advance this target."

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