Gladiator Metals Corp. announced that drilling has recommenced at the Cowley Park Copper prospect at the Whitehorse Copper Project. A 4,000m diamond drill program has commenced at the Cowley Park Prospect to test identified High-grade copper skarn mineralization.

The program will test strike and depth extensions to mineralization providing Gladiator with a better understanding of the mineral potential within the Whitehorse Copper Project. Gladiator is fully funded to expand its ambitious exploration program at the Whitehorse Copper Project with $8.2 million cash on hand (on 26 September). The current drilling programme is designed to target extensions to identified high-grade mineralised trends through step out drill holes located primarily to the south and southeast of identified mineralisation, including following up on the most southeasterly hole to date, 19-CP-08 which 43.28m @ 2.24% Cu from 93.27m.

The Whitehorse Copper Project is an advanced-stage copper (Cu) ± molybdenum (Mo) ± silver (Ag) ±gold (Au) skarn exploration project in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The property comprises 314 contiguous claims covering approximately 5,380 Hectares (13,294 acres) in the Whitehorse Mining District. Copper mineralization was first discovered in 1897 on the Whitehorse Copper Belt, as it became to be known.

The Whitehorse Copper Belt comprised over 30 copper-related, primarily skarn occurrences covering an area of 35 by 5 km in a north westerly trending arc. Exploration and mining development have been carried out intermittently since that time with the main production era lasting between 1967 and 1982 where production totaled 267,500,000 pounds copper, 225,000 ounces of gold and 2,838,000 ounces of silver from 11.1 million tons of mineralized skarn ore milled (Watson, 1984). The Project is accessible through with numerous access roads and trails located within 2 km of the South Klondike Highway and the Alaska Highway.

An extensive network of historical gravel exploration and haul roads exists throughout the project area, providing excellent access to the majority of the claim package. Access to existing electric power facilities is available through the main Yukon power grid.