Getty Copper Inc. (TSXV: GTC, OTCQX: GTCDF) said on October 12 that it has expanded its fall drilling program at the Getty Project in British Columbia's Highland Valley Copper District to more than 20,000 metres, up from a previously planned 4,000 to 6,000 metres. Two drill rigs are currently operating at the Getty South target, the company said, with the expanded program also set to test other priority targets within the broader Getty Project area.
The expansion follows results from the company's spring 2026 drilling campaign at Getty South, which returned 46 metres grading 1.47% copper within a broader 150-metre interval grading 0.71% copper. The release did not disclose the specific drill hole identifiers, assay methodology, or the full set of results from the spring program beyond this interval.
Getty Copper holds an 82% interest in the Getty Property, located in British Columbia's Highland Valley Copper District and adjacent to Teck Resources' Highland Valley Copper mine, as well as a 100% interest in the neighbouring DOT Property. The company described the district as Canada's largest copper-producing area, though the release did not state current production figures for the district or for Teck's adjacent operation.
Chief Executive Officer Ryan O'Regan was quoted: '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.' The release did not specify how many additional targets make up that pipeline or where they are located relative to Getty South.
The company said the expanded program is intended to advance the Getty Project toward a mineral resource estimate in 2027. The release gave no further detail on the scope or timing of the studies that would be required to produce that estimate, nor on which zones beyond Getty South the resource would cover.
Getty said the drilling is supported by a recently closed $15 million flow-through financing, which it said brought the company's cash position to approximately $20 million to accelerate exploration. The release did not state the financing's closing date, the number of units or shares issued, the subscription price, or the identity of any agent involved, nor whether the raise included warrants.
Roy Greig, Ph.D., P.Geo., the company's Vice President of Exploration, reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in the release as a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101. The release did not disclose a total budget for the expanded program or a timeline for reporting assay results from the new drilling.