Sun Summit Minerals Corp. announced that, based on compiled historical drill hole data, it has identified additional high priority gold targets at the Creek zone, a significant mineralized zone on the recently optioned JD Project in the Toodoggone gold-copper mining district in north-central British Columbia. Multiple priority drill targets defined through extensive data review: An ongoing comprehensive review and compilation of property-wide historical exploration data has resulted in the definition of multiple new target areas, including identification of extensions to previously drilled near-surface high-grade gold mineralization within the Creek zone.

High-grade gold mineralization in historical drill holes at Creek zone: Results from limited historical drilling highlight the high-grade gold potential of structurally controlled, sulfide-rich mineralization at the Creek zone. Select drill highlights include: 22.0 m of 11.7 g/t Au including 4.0 m of 61.2 g/t Au (CZ97-0081) 21.5 m of 3.1 g/t Au including 3.0 m of 18.7 g/t Au (CZ98-0122) Intermittent sampling in historic drill holes suggests further drilling is clearly warranted: Historic core sampling was locally selective and left significant gaps in assay data, which does not allow for the adequate evaluation of gold mineralization continuity or target scale potential. Drill holes that were continuously sampled, however, demonstrate the presence of previously unrecognized bulk-tonnage style gold mineralization at the JD project.

Follow-up drill testing and field programs planned for 2024: The structural controls on high- grade mineralization at the Creek zone remains unknown. Planned drilling, as well as surface geochemical and geophysical surveys, will aim to investigate the orientation and extent of the high- grade mineralization, evaluate the bulk-tonnage potential, as well as target high-grade veins within the Creek zone. The JD Project comprises over 15,000 hectares of contiguous mineral claims in the prolific Toodoggone gold-copper mining district in north-central British Columbia.

The project is host to high-grade, epithermal-related, gold-silver systems and porphyry-related copper-gold systems and lies just north of the Kemess Cu-Au mining camp. The Creek Zone, centered approximately 3 kilometres to the west of the Finn Zone, is underlain primarily by andesite flows and volcanic breccias of the Toodoggone formation. Near-surface high-grade gold mineralization is associated with replacement-style, pyrite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite within a broad zone of quartz-carbonate stockwork.

The Creek zone was first discovered in 1997 and was followed-up by drilling in 1998 where a further 11 drill holes tested an interpreted strike- length of over 450 metres. The discovery hole, CZ97-008, intersected numerous zones of high-grade gold mineralization, highlighted by an interval of 4.0 metres of 61.2 g/t Au. This interval was later re-analysed via metallic screens and returned 4.0 metres of 103.3 g/t Au1.

Subsequent drill holes also intersected numerous zones of strong gold mineralization, (e.g., 21.5 metres of 3.1 g/t Au including 3.0 metres of 18.7 g/t Au, CZ98-0122). A full review of all Creek zone exploration data including soil and rock geochemical sample data, trench data, and magnetic geophysical data is ongoing. However, based on compiled drill data, a systematic exploration program is being planned to include: Step-out drilling near the 1997 discovery hole to evaluate the orientation and extent of the high- grade mineralization while also sampling complete holes for full multi-element geochemistry.

Tight-spaced IP (induced polarization) geophysical survey to investigate the size of the largely concealed, pyrite-rich alteration zone peripheral to the high-grade veins. Based on structural data from surface mapping and geochemistry together with drill hole data and IP models, wider-spaced step-out drill holes along trend to evaluate the scale of the bulk-tonnage system as well as targeting higher-grade veins. Data compilation is ongoing, and the review is now primarily focused on surface geochemical, geological and geophysical datasets, including approximately 16,000 soil samples, 2,000 rock samples, 130 trenches, and numerous ground- and airborne-based geophysical datasets.