Capella Minerals Ltd. announced that a scout diamond drill program has been initiated at the Company's 100%-owned Kjøli copper-cobalt-zinc massive sulfide ("VMS") project in Trøndelag province, central Norway. The Kjøli project is located in the northern portion of the former Røros copper mining district, and 20km NE of Capella's advanced exploration-stage Hessjøgruva copper-cobalt-zinc project. The Kjøli project contains two former copper mines - Kjøli and Killingdal - in addition to numerous VMS occurrences along interpreted regional-scale thrust corridors.

A scout diamond drill program has been initiated at the Company's high-grade Kjøli copper-cobalt-zinc project in central Norway. The 1,250m program will provide for initial drill testing of the Kjøli Deeps, Kjøli Mine Extension, and Guldalsgruva areas. The drilling will be accompanied by downhole electromagnetic (DHEM) and surface-loop electromagnetic (SLEM) surveys designed to identify potential buried massive sulfide bodies in the immediate vicinity of the drill holes.

The Kjøli Deeps target is a large (>2km in length) coincident gravity and electromagnetic (Turam) anomaly, a highly favourable combination for VMS deposits. The main target lies approximately 250m below surface, with the adjacent Tjornvollmyran copper occurrence interpreted to represent a distal expression of the Kjøli Deeps target. Scout drilling in the Kjøli Mine and Guldalsgruva areas will focus on potential down-dip extensions to the former copper mining operation and geophysical anomalies (gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic) associated with known copper occurrences, respectively.

Host rocks to the high-grade VMS-style mineralization in the Kjøli district are dominantly Cambo-Silurian-age metasediments of the Røsjø Formation. Norwegian contractor Arctic Drilling AS will undertake the drill program using a track-mounted Diamec U6 rig.