QC Copper and Gold Inc. announced further metallurgical results from its current testing program, this time on samples from its Roger Property which is 5km north of the historic mining center of Chibougamau. These preliminary results are very encouraging and suggest the could include roughly 17.5 million tonnes of mineralized material in the Roger deposit in a development scenario for Opemiska. Factors such as cut-off grade, average grade, metal prices, and transportation costs will ultimately determine whether Roger can be accretive to Opemiska.

However, as of now, the metallurgical studies suggest it is possible. Roger, together with Cook and Robitaille, are well-understanding projects where QC Copper will drill out to bring into the 43-101 regime for resource growth in 2024. All three of these projects are proximate to Opemiska's open pit and are being evaluated as part of a broader development plan for the District, which will define in a forthcoming Preliminary Economic Assessment for District," said Stephen Stewart, Chairman and CEO of QC Copper.

Roger Metallurgical Sampling. Two samples of mineralized core were collected from the Roger deposit, sample P1 from the porphyry zone and N from the mineralized mafic volcanics to the north. The testing aims to determine whether the mineralized material at Roger could be processed using the same flowsheet being tested at Opemiska, as reported in the news release dated July 25, 2023.

Testing was done at SGS and preliminary results show that material ground to the same specs as Opemiska (P80 = 105microns) have 79% and 73% liberated chalcopyrite in P1 and N composite samples, respectively and gold is exposed on 87.3% of the grains for P1 and 75.1% for N. Moreover free gold accounts for 96.8% of the gold of the P1 composite and 83% of the N composite. Roger Geology and Mineral Resources. A historical, conceptual-pit enclosed mineral resource estimate in 2018 of 10.9 million tonnes of Indicated resources at a grade of 0.85 g/t of gold, 0.80 g/t silver and 0.06% copper and an additional 6.57 million tonnes of inferred mineral resources at 0.75 g/t gold, 1.18 g/t silver and 0.,11% copper.

The Roger deposit is interpreted as a reduced-type intrusion-related porphyry gold-copper deposit that shows strong structural control. Mineralization occurs in the porphyry intrusion and in mafic volcanicics to the north.