Corcel Exploration Launches Phase 1 Drilling at Arizona Yuma King Project

Diamond drills broke ground at the Yuma King Project in Arizona's Ellsworth Mining District last week, opening the first systematic drill test of what Corcel Exploration Inc. describes as a large-scale copper-gold system beneath a 3,200-hectare land package that includes one of Yuma County's most historically productive mining sites.

The Vancouver-based company launched its Phase 1 program on March 25, targeting approximately 1,500 metres of diamond drilling across six to eight drill sites. The fully permitted program followed completion of site preparation and drill pad construction, and is centered on the Yuma King Mine area, an underground operation that produced copper, lead, gold and silver continuously from 1940 to 1963.

"The initiation of drilling marks a significant and exciting step for Corcel as the Company advances Yuma King systematically through surface exploration and geophysics into systematic drill testing of a large-scale copper-gold system," CEO Jon Ward said.

Phase 1 carries four specific objectives: confirm historical drill results, validate previously reported mineralized intervals, expand known mineralized zones along strike and at depth, and test new targets identified through integrated geophysical and geochemical datasets. The drilling focuses on two target types within the Yuma King Mine area and surrounding corridors: copper-gold skarn mineralization concentrated near the historic workings, and a broader porphyry system that Corcel says remains open along strike, at depth, and across multiple target corridors.

Alongside the drilling launch, Corcel confirmed completion of a 10 line-kilometre, two-dimensional pole-dipole induced polarization survey over the Yuma King West and Yuma King Mine priority targets. IP surveys detect chargeability anomalies in the subsurface that commonly signal sulphide mineralization; the Yuma King survey was also designed to define structural controls, map alteration patterns, and identify mineralized zones beneath shallow cover. Interpretation of the IP data is currently underway and will sharpen targeting for both Phase 1 and any follow-up programs.

No assay results from the current drilling have been released. Corcel holds 515 unpatented federal mining claims in the Ellsworth Mining District under a long-term lease agreement. The company trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange as CRCL and on the OTCQB as CRLEF.