- Best intercept
- 108.7 m @ 0.70% Cu and 1.69 g/t Au (2.53% CuEq) ↗ Released Oct 8, 2026
- Metres drilled
- 12,291 m 2026 program completed; 43 holes totalling 12,291 m; assays reported for 14 of 43 holes
- Last update
Program timeline
- 05 Assay results
Three Western Zone holes on section 351325 E included K-26-346 at 110.0 m grading 0.64% Cu and 1.10 g/t Au (1.86% CuEq) from 378.0 m, estimated true width 84.3 m, including 16.1 m grading 1.08% Cu and 3.03 g/t Au (4.37% CuEq) from 392.5 m (estimated true width 12.3 m) and 39.8 m grading 1.01% Cu and 1.37 g/t Au (2.53% CuEq) from 414.2 m (estimated true width 30.5 m). K-26-259 returned 115.1 m of 0.42% Cu and 0.69 g/t Au (1.19% CuEq) from 406.9 m (estimated true width 74.0 m), and K-26-264 returned 50.9 m of 0.38% Cu and 0.73 g/t Au (1.19% CuEq) from 487.0 m (estimated true width 32.7 m) and 30.0 m of 0.50% Cu and 0.51 g/t Au (1.07% CuEq) from 411.0 m (estimated true width 19.3 m) in a new structure. The 2026 program is completed at 43 holes totalling 12,291 m, with results reported for 14 of 43 holes. CuEq uses $3,100/oz gold, $4.50/lb copper, $36/oz silver and $1,100/oz palladium, with recoveries of 96% gold, 90% copper, 96% silver and 0% palladium, and estimated true widths use collar azimuth, dip and the average dip of the mineralized zone.
Source: Company IR ↗ - 04 Assay results
Three Pit Zone holes on section 6156340N included K-26-306 at 31.4 m of 0.92% Cu and 1.08 g/t Au (2.11% CuEq) from 78.0 m (estimated true width 25.7 m) and 39.0 m of 0.64% Cu and 0.35 g/t Au (1.04% CuEq) from 39.0 m (estimated true width 31.9 m), and K-26-326 at 16.6 m of 0.66% Cu and 0.47 g/t Au (1.20% CuEq) from 58.9 m (estimated true width 15.0 m), within 64.1 m of 0.38% Cu and 0.20 g/t Au (0.61% CuEq) from 58.9 m. Estimated true widths use collar azimuth, dip and the average dip of the mineralized zone. Results are now reported for 11 holes of the approximately 40-hole, 12,000 m program.
Source: Company IR ↗ - 03 Assay results
Four holes at the eastern end of the Western Zone included K-26-263 at 108.7 m grading 0.70% Cu and 1.69 g/t Au (2.53% CuEq) from 352.8 m, estimated true width 72.7 m, and K-26-276 at 51.5 m grading 1.15% Cu and 1.47 g/t Au (2.77% CuEq) from 312.5 m, estimated true width 38.3 m. Estimated true widths use collar azimuth, dip and the average dip of the mineralized zone. The program was described as still in progress, about 40 holes and approximately 12,000 m, with about 32 further holes still to be released.
Source: Company IR ↗ - 02 Metre update
NorthWest reported more than 6,500 m completed through the end of July in the program, then described as 10,000 m, with drilling expected to continue through the field season. Initial assays were expected in late August or early September. No exact cumulative metre total was stated.
Source: Company IR ↗ - 01 Program start
NorthWest reported drilling underway at Kwanika with three rigs. The fully funded 2026 program was expected to target up to 10,000 m. The company had laid out 14 holes totalling 8,600 m in the Western Zone and 27 holes totalling 5,675 m in the Pit Zone, and said it expected to drill up to 10,000 m in the season if work extended past July.
Source: Company IR ↗
About the project
Kwanika is NorthWest Copper’s copper-gold project in British Columbia. The 2026 program drilled the Western Zone and the Pit Zone, including the North Pit Extension. Drilling is complete: 43 holes totalling 12,291 m, with assays reported for 14 of 43 holes.
The October 21 results are three holes on section 351325 E in the Western Zone. The October 14 results are three holes on section 6156340N in the Pit Zone. The October 8 results are four high-angle holes at the eastern end of the Western Zone. Highlight lengths are down-hole; the releases also estimate true width. The map point is the K-26-263 collar.
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