Kodiak Copper Corp. Drills 192 m of 0.74% Copper and 0.48 g/t Gold, Within 515.8 m of 0.41% Copper and 0.22 g/t Gold
Vancouver, Nov. 9, 2020 - Kodiak Copper Corp. (TSXV: KDK) (the "Company" or "Kodiak") today reports further drill results from the Gate Zone from its ongoing fully funded exploration program at the 100% owned MPD copper-gold porphyry project. MPD is located near producing mines in the prolific Quesnel Trough in southern British Columbia, with excellent infrastructure and year-round accessibility from paved highways 5A and 97C. Results Include:
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A drill program with nine drill holes to date is ongoing near the northern end of an approximately one kilometre long copper-in-soil target. Figure 1.
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New drill hole MPD-20-005 returned 192 m of 0.74% copper, 0.48 g/t gold and 2.75 g/t silver (1.21% CuEq*) from 308 to 500 metres down hole. Table 1.
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This included a 45 metre central high-grade interval of 1.18% copper, 1.01 g/t gold and 4.00 g/t silver (2.13% CuEq*) from 401 to 446 metres down hole. Table 2.
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The total mineralized interval in MPD-20-005 was 515.8 m of 0.41% Copper, 0.22 g/t Gold and 1.50 g/t silver (0.63% CuEq*) from 223.5 to 739.3 metres down hole.
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Results are very similar to MPD-20-004, originally reported on October 22, 2020 and September 3, 2020, which assayed 535.1 metres of 0.49% copper, 0.29 g/t gold and 1.76 g/t silver (0.76% CuEq). Figure 2.
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All 9 drill holes completed to date or currently in progress have intersected prospective sulphide-bearing, altered porphyritic host rocks consistent with a well-developed alkalic porphyry system. Figure 3.
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Drilling to date has tested up to 500 metres of potential width of the Gate Zone, and only 125 metres of the approximately 1 kilometre strike length of the total copper-in-soil target.
Claudia Tornquist, President and CEO of Kodiak said, "Hole MPD-20-005 delivered another outstanding drill result from the newly discovered Gate Zone. This hole expands the central high-grade zone previously announced in hole MPD-20-004. Importantly, we are also starting to see significant size to the larger mineralized envelope, first identified in the near-surface by shallow historic drilling and extended down to a depth of over 800 metres by Kodiak. Our exploration program at MPD continues and Kodiak is well-fund with approximately $15 million for up to 30,000 metres of additional drilling. The Gate Zone is wide open and we look forward to expanding on this discovery. To date we have only drilled a small portion of the substantial soil anomaly that overlays it. Virtually all significant copper mines in the Quesnel Trough, including nearby Copper Mountain, consist of multiple porphyry centres. With numerous underexplored historic copper showings across an area of over 10 square kilometres at MPD, the additional discovery potential is very strong, and we also are planning to test other targets across the property throughout 2021."
The MPD Project is located 40 kilometres south of Merritt, 25 kilometres north of Princeton and is easily accessible by a network of gravel and logging roads. The current drilling at the Gate Zone is 13 kilometres south of Hwy 97C.
The Gate Zone was discovered in 2019 at the north end of an approximately one kilometre long (north-south) by 300-metre-wide (east-west) copper-in-soil anomaly (Figure 3). Drilling has focused on determining the extent of copper-gold mineralization with a total of 5,859 metres completed in eight holes to date, and drilling continues with a ninth hole. Drill holes MPD-20-001, 002, 003 were drilled from the first drill set up located 190 metres east of the original 2019 discovery hole. Holes MPD-20-004 to 007 and 009 are situated at a second pad 75 metres south of the first (MPD-20-008 was lost in overburden). Hole MPD-20-010 is currently being drilled from a third pad located 290 metres west of the second set up. Table 3 and Figure 1.
Kodiak's drilling has encountered significant copper-gold mineralization and altered porphyritic host rocks that display all the hallmarks of a well-developed alkalic porphyry system. Ongoing exploration of the Gate Zone will prioritize step-out drilling along the broad, kilometre long copper-in-soil anomaly that underlies this target, in addition to analogous porphyry zones found elsewhere on the property such as the Dillard Zone. Kodiak has a multi-year, area-based exploration permit for the MPD Project to late 2021.
Table 1: Weighted assay intervals for MPD-20-005
| Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Width** (m) | % Cu | Au g/t | Ag g/t | %CuEq* |
| MPD-20-005 | 223.5 | 739.3 | 515.8 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 1.50 | 0.63 |
| Includes | 308.0 | 500.0 | 192.0 | 0.74 | 0.48 | 2.75 | 1.21 |
| Includes | 332.0 | 482.0 | 150.0 | 0.84 | 0.57 | 3.06 | 1.38 |
| Includes | 350.0 | 458.0 | 108.0 | 0.94 | 0.68 | 3.28 | 1.59 |
| includes | 401.0 | 446.0 | 45.0 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 4.00 | 2.13 |
* Copper equivalent grades (%CuEq) are for comparative purposes only. Calculations are uncut and recovery is assumed to be 100% as no metallurgical data is available. The following metal prices were used to calculate copper equivalence: US$1800/oz Gold, US$19/oz Silver & US$2.90/lb Copper. The following equation was used to calculate copper equivalence: %CuEq = (($1800 x Au g/t ÷ 31.10) + ($19.00 x Ag g/t ÷ 31.10) +( $2.90 x % Cu ÷ 2204.62 x 100)) ÷ ($2.90 ÷ 2204.62 x 100)
**Widths are downhole drilled core lengths. Drilling data to date is insufficient to determine true width of mineralization.
Figure 1: Plan map of the Gate zone showing results of 2020 drilling to date. Background data is contoured historic copper-in soil data that shows a 300 metre wide copper anomaly related to and extending 1 kilometre south from the Gate Zone.
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Figure 2: Cross-section of drill holes showing results for MPD-20-004 and MPD-20-005 and drill traces for MPD-20-006, 007 and 009 (all results pending).
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Figure 3: Examples of MPD-20-005 core:
A) Strongly altered porphyry with sulphide veining dominated by chalcopyrite at 333 metres. Core is from a 3 metre sample reporting 1.19% Cu, 0.55 g/t Au and 6.40 g/t Ag at 332.0 to 335.0 metres.
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B) Strongly mineralized quartz veining with chalcopyrite at 405.2 metres reporting 6.59% Cu, 3.90 g/t Au and 19.40 g/t Ag in a sample between 404.4 to 406.7 metres. Images are of selected intervals and do not represent all mineralization on the property.
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Table 2: Example of sample assay intervals from the central, strongly mineralized section of MPD-20-005. The interval averages 1.18 copper, 1.01 g/t gold, and 4.00 g/t silver (2.13% CuEq*) over 45 metres.
| Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Width** (m) | % Cu | Au g/t | Ag g/t | %CuEq* |
| MPD-20-005 | 401.00 | 404.40 | 3.40 | 1.06 | 0.75 | 3.30 | 1.77 |
| MPD-20-005 | 404.40 | 406.75 | 2.35 | 6.59 | 3.90 | 19.40 | 10.31 |
| MPD-20-005 | 406.75 | 408.33 | 1.58 | 1.93 | 1.82 | 7.00 | 3.63 |
| MPD-20-005 | 408.33 | 412.20 | 3.87 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 2.20 | 1.16 |
| MPD-20-005 | 412.20 | 416.00 | 3.80 | 0.91 | 0.75 | 4.00 | 1.63 |
| MPD-20-005 | 416.00 | 419.00 | 3.00 | 1.18 | 1.37 | 3.90 | 2.45 |
| MPD-20-005 | 419.00 | 422.00 | 3.00 | 0.99 | 0.75 | 4.70 | 1.71 |
| MPD-20-005 | 422.00 | 425.00 | 3.00 | 1.06 | 0.94 | 5.20 | 1.96 |
| MPD-20-005 | 425.00 | 428.00 | 3.00 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 2.10 | 1.54 |
| MPD-20-005 | 428.00 | 431.00 | 3.00 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 1.80 | 0.95 |
| MPD-20-005 | 431.00 | 434.00 | 3.00 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 1.90 | 1.16 |
| MPD-20-005 | 434.00 | 437.00 | 3.00 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 1.10 | 0.88 |
| MPD-20-005 | 437.00 | 440.00 | 3.00 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 3.20 | 1.75 |
| MPD-20-005 | 440.00 | 443.00 | 3.00 | 1.07 | 1.25 | 3.00 | 2.23 |
| MPD-20-005 | 443.00 | 446.00 | 3.00 | 0.89 | 1.02 | 2.60 | 1.84 |
* Copper equivalent grades (%CuEq) are for comparative purposes only. Calculations are uncut and recovery is assumed to be 100% as no metallurgical data is available. The following metal prices were used to calculate copper equivalence: US$1800/oz Gold, US$19/oz Silver & US$2.90/lb Copper. The following equation was used to calculate copper equivalence: %CuEq = (($1800 x Au g/t ÷ 31.10) + ($19.00 x Ag g/t ÷ 31.10) + ($2.90 x % Cu ÷ 2204.62 x 100)) ÷ ($2.90 ÷ 2204.62 x 100)
**Widths are downhole drilled core lengths. Drilling data to date is insufficient to determine true width of mineralization.
Table 3: 2020 MPD Drill Collar Information to date - Gate Zone
| Hole ID | Easting (UTM Z10) | Northing (UTM Z10) | Elevation (m) | Azimuth (degrees) | Dip | EOH (m) | Reported |
| MPD-20-001 | 681747 | 515700 | 1260 | 270 | -60 | 779 | 2020-09-03 |
| MPD-20-002 | 681747 | 515700 | 1260 | 270 | -66 | 836 | 2020-10-22 |
| MPD-20-003 | 681747 | 515700 | 1260 | 270 | -50 | 731 | results pending |
| MPD-20-004 | 681703 | 515625 | 1265 | 270 | -65 | 785 | 2020-09-03 2020-10-22 |
| MPD-20-005 | 681703 | 515625 | 1265 | 270 | -71 | 739 | 2020-11-09 |
| MPD-20-006 | 681703 | 515625 | 1265 | 270 | -55 | 726 | results pending |
| MPD-20-007 | 681703 | 515625 | 1265 | 270 | -80 | 720 | results pending |
| MPD-20-008 | 681703 | 515625 | 1265 | 270 | -45 | na | lost in OB |
| MPD-20-009 | 681703 | 515625 | 1265 | 90 | -80 | 543 | results pending |
| MPD-20-010 | 681410 | 515633 | 1238 | 0 | -90 | na | in progress |
| Total to date | 5,859 |
QA/QC Procedures
NQ size core was sampled over approximately three metre intervals. All core samples were sent to ALS Canada Ltd. (ALS) in North Vancouver, BC for preparation and analysis. ALS meets all requirements of International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and ISO 9001:2015 for analytical procedures. Samples were analyzed using ALS's Fire Assay Fusion method (Au-AA24) with an AA finish for gold; and by a 33-element four acid digest ICP-AES analysis (ME-ICP61) with additional analysis for Ore Grade Elements (ME-OG62) and Ore Grade Cu (Cu-OG62). In addition to ALS Laboratory quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) protocols, Kodiak implements an internal QA/QC program that includes the insertion of sample blanks, duplicates and standards in the field.
Jeff Ward, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration and the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this release. Kodiak believes historic results referenced herein to be from reliable sources using industry standards at the time. However, the Company has not independently verified, or cannot guarantee, the accuracy of this historic information
For further information please contact Mr. Knox Henderson, Investor Relations, at 604-551-2360 or khenderson@kodiakcoppercorp.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Kodiak Copper Corp.
Claudia Tornquist
President & CEO
About Kodiak Copper Corp.
Kodiak is focused on its 100% owned copper porphyry projects in Canada and the USA. The Company's most advanced asset is the MPD copper-gold porphyry project in the prolific Quesnel Trough in south-central British Columbia, Canada, where the Company made a discovery of high-grade mineralization within a wide mineralized envelope in 2020. Kodiak also holds the Mohave copper-molybdenum-silver porphyry project in Arizona, USA, near the world-class Bagdad mine. Kodiak's porphyry projects have both been historically drilled and present known mineral discoveries with the potential to hold large-scale deposits.
The Company also holds the advanced-stage Kahuna diamond project in Nunavut, Canada. Kahuna hosts a high-grade, near surface inferred diamond resource and numerous kimberlite pipe targets.
Kodiak's founder and Chairman is Chris Taylor who is well-known for his gold discovery success with Great Bear Resources. Kodiak is also part of Discovery Group led by John Robins, one of the most successful mining entrepreneurs in Canada.
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