CopAur Minerals Inc. announced that it has commenced diamond drilling at its Williams Copper-Gold Project located in the Toodoggone region of north-central British Columbia. Drilling is currently underway at the GIC copper-gold (±molybdenum) porphyry target located 3 km to the north of the T-Bill gold zone the Company tested with 7 holes totaling 3,150 metres during 2021. As recently announced, CopAur plans to complete up to 2,000 metres of diamond drilling testing priority drill targets at the GIC copper-gold (±molybdenum) porphyry target, a 4 km x 0.8 km copper-gold geochemical and IP/resistivity anomaly.

The drilling targets distinct copper, copper-gold, and copper-gold-molybdenum surface geochemical anomalies that display magnetic, resistive, and moderate chargeability signatures with the potential to represent a buried porphyry system. Current drilling at GIC has encountered encouraging visual signs including broad zones of intense texturally destructive silicification (quartz-sericite-pyrite), and associated domanial potassic alteration, of felspar porphyry and intermediate volcanic rocks, including disseminated and fine fracture and vein-controlled pyrite, in addition to local chalcopyrite, and molybdenite. This style of alteration is distinct from ubiquitous propylitic alteration of host volcanic rocks and is interpreted to suggest vectoring towards a potential porphyry source.

Limited historical drilling of 5 holes totaling 881 metres during the 2006 exploration campaign at the GIC zone targeted chargeability high anomalies interpreted as part of a phyllic-pyritic halo related to a potential buried porphyry system. This drilling intersected broad zones of phyllic alteration, and patchy potassic zones returning anomalous copper mineralization within the chargeability high anomaly. However, peak copper-gold (±molybdenum) geochemical anomalies associated with magnetic and resistive anomalies flanking the high changeability remain untested and are the target of the 2022 drilling.

The Williams Copper-Gold Project is located in the Toodoggone region of north-central British Columbia. The property is situated halfway between the Red Chris and Kemess North mines, and on trend with the approximately 3-million-ounce Lawyers Gold-silver deposit1,2. Williams hosts two target areas: The T-Bill area, which is prospective for mesothermal style gold mineralization, the GIC porphyry prospect which is a porphyry copper-gold target. During 2021 CopAur drilled 7 diamond drill holes totaling 3,150 metres targeting the T-Bill gold zone that included bulk-tonnage and high-grade mineralization including 41.57 metres of 1.38 g/t gold with 0.70 metres of 22.00 g/t gold in drill hole WM21-07.

Surface exploration targeting T-Bill and GIC included 158 rock and 654 soil geochemical samples, 25 line-km of IP/resistivity geophysical surveys covering the GIC porphyry copper-gold targets and its eastern extension, and a 718 line-km property-wide airborne VTEM geophysical survey. The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Kristopher J. Raffle, P.Geo. (BC) Principal and Consultant of APEX Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, AB, and a "Qualified Person" as defined in National Instrument 43-101 ­ Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

Mr. Raffle has verified the data disclosed which includes a review of the sampling, analytical and test data underlying the information and opinions contained herein.