ArcWest Exploration Inc. announced 2023 exploration plans for its Todd Creek copper-gold (Cu-Au) project, located in BC's Golden Triangle. The program, with an approved expenditure of $2.8 million, will be funded by Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. ("Freeport"), as per an earn-in agreement announced March 10, 2023. The Todd Creek project is also situated approximately 40 km southeast of Seabridge Gold's giant KSM- Iron Cap porphyry Cu-Au deposits and Tudor Gold's Treaty Creek Au-Ag-Cu project.

Collectively, the KSM-Iron Cap and Treaty Creek deposits represent one of the larger Au-Cu concentrations in North America. Contained metal within Proven plus Probable Reserves at KSM-Iron Cap total 38.8 million ounces (oz) Au, 183 million oz Ag and 10.2 billion pounds of copper. Tudor has released a measured plus indicated resource estimate for Treaty Creek totaling 17 million oz Au and 93 million oz Ag.

Todd Creek Project: A Highly Underexplored Cu-Au System: The 12 km by 3 km highly gossanous north-striking corridor on the west side of Todd Creek valley ("the Todd Creek corridor") is underlain by variably Cu-Au mineralized and altered volcanic, intrusive rocks and associated breccias of Early Jurassic age. The corridor is interpreted to be the product of a large and highly underexplored porphyry Cu-Au system of KSM-Iron Cap age; potential exists within the corridor for the discovery of multiple Cu-Au mineralized centres. A map of the 2023 planned 3D IP survey area, including the locations of known Cu-Au mineralized target areas and the results of a 2020 short-wave infrared interpretation.

Historical drilling at Todd Creek has intercepted significant Cu-Au mineralization at multiple zones throughout the corridor, with intercepts up to 29.75 m of 0.27% Cu and 3.61 g/t Au at the South Zone, intercepts up to 20.95 m of 0.55% Cu and 1.78 g/t Au at Ice Creek, and intercepts up to 12.65 m of 1.58% Cu and 7.61 g/t Au at Fall Creek. The South Zone is host to a non-43-101 compliant historic resource calculated by Noranda Inc. ("Noranda") totaling 207,000 tonnes grading 5.48 g/t Au (Hemlo Gold Mines, 1988 Annual Report). The South Zone is open in multiple directions.

ArcWest's re-logging of historic drill holes with significant Cu-Au intercepts has resulted in the identification of previously unrecognized porphyry-like veins in multiple zones on the property. At the Orange Mountain target area, shallow inclined holes intercepted Red Chris-like banded quartz- magnetite-chalcopyrite veins. Variably altered volcanic rocks in the South Zone and Fall Creek target areas are host to strongly Cu-Au mineralized zones comprising quartz-hematite/jasperoidal silica- chalcopyrite veining and associated breccias.

This style of mineralization may be similar to that at the Hod Maden project in Turkey (SSR Mining/Lidya Mines/Horizon Copper) and K92 Mining's high grade Kora North project in Papua New Guinea. Recent work by K92 suggests that high grade Cu-Au mineralization at Kora North is genetically related to nearby, recently discovered porphyry Cu-Au systems. This suggests potential at Todd Creek for the discovery of porphyry Cu-Au mineralization in the vicinity of the South and Fall Creek zones. Much of the Todd Creek corridor remains unexplored.

Data from a 2020 hyperspectral survey outlined several large zones of sericite-iron oxide alteration and coincident colour anomalies which to date have yet to undergo even first pass prospecting. These zones include the southwestern extension of the Yellow Bowl zone, a 2 km long alteration zone west of Orange Mountain, and a large area two km southeast of the VMS zone. The 2023 program will include the first ever mapping and sampling of these highly prospective areas.