CopperEx Resources Corp. provided results from the recently completed surface trenching (and rock chip sampling) program centered on the Sorpresa Trend within the Franja del Oro gold target which now consists of at least two parallel gold trends (Agua de la Piedra "ADLP" and Sorpresa) which is defined by approximately 15 kilometers of discontinuously outcropping, gold-bearing clastic sedimentary rocks located in the northwest portion of the 23 by 13-kilometer (20,800 hectare) Exploradora Norte Project located in Northern Chile. Highlights: Significant Trench Intercepts.

CopperEx's Trenching program defined gold and arsenic anomalism over 4.9 kilometers in the Sorpresa Trend which is part of the Companies broader Franja del Oro gold target. Gold mineralization in the Sorpresa Trend is oxidized and exposed at surface and has not previously been drilled. The Sorpresa Trend will be tested by 3 holes drilled as part of an upcoming drill campaign focused on the Franja del Oro gold target.

A total of 463 surface rock geochemical samples were collected from 12 trenches and outboard surface rock sampling along the Sorpresa Trend. The objective of the trenching campaign was to test the gold grade and continuity of the Sorpresa Trend and to delineate the extent of gold and arsenic geochemical anomalism. The Sorpresa Trend trenching campaign tested the potential of mid Jurassic fossiliferous limestones, calcareous sandstones, and siltstones and associated stocks and dikes (dacite, diorite and quartz diorite) to host bulk tonnage oxide gold mineralization.

The sedimentary rocks at Sorpresa are folded into a series of anticlinal and synclinal geometries that have north-south trending axes. Gold mineralization is associated with advanced argillic alteration, iron oxides including jarosite and goethite, black and white calcite stockwork veinlets (distal) and quartz and barite veinlets (proximal) and locally vuggy silica. Trench sampling and surface rock sample results at Sorpresa returned anomalous gold and arsenic geochemistry over a total distance of 4.9 kilometers and identified significant mineralized intercepts in trenches ST-01-E, ST-01-W, ST-03 and ST-04.

The variability in gold grades across the trenches suggests that the zone may be offset vertically and laterally across the trend. This apparent offset may explain the variability in gold and arsenic values (north-south) because of the juxtaposition of different erosional levels of the system. Historic drilling in this area by Aur Resources /Arizona Star returned the following results: AP-01: 65m @ 1.59gpt (from surface) AP-02: 60m @ 2.02gpt (starting at 59m) AP-10: 24m @ 1.22gpt (starting at 94m) The historical drill results are from the adjacent north-south trending ADLP Zone located approximately 1,300 meters west of the Sorpresa Trend.

These results demonstrate that surface gold mineralization exposed at surface within at Franja del Oro (e.g., ADLP and Sorpresa) has the potential for significant depth continuity with robust grades. In addition, CopperEx conducted trenching and sampling in 2023 at the northern extent of the Sorpresa Trend and obtained: 43.4m @ 0.98gpt Au including 22.0 meters @ 1.40 g/t Au and 12.0 meters @ 1.72 g/t Au.