Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 6, 2025) - C3 Metals Inc. (TSXV: CCCM) (OTCQB: CUAUF) ("C3 Metals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has commenced a 3DIP geophysical survey ("3DIP Survey") at the Company's 100% owned Bellas Gate project in Jamaica. The purpose of the 3DIP Survey is twofold: to extend the area covered from 16 sq. km to approximately 70 sq. km, and secondly, to identify drill targets to beyond 700m depth -- well beyond the 300m depth limitation of previous survey(s). Dias Geophysical has been contracted to undertake the 3DIP Survey (Figure 1). Completion is anticipated in December 2025. 3DIP chargeability and resistivity results, together with existing magnetic geophysical data and geochemical data, will be used to design the 2026 drill program.
Dan Symons, President and CEO, stated, "The 3DIP Survey will provide us with valuable chargeability and resistivity data across the majority of the project area, and importantly, at depth. Previous exploration has been successful in identifying copper-gold porphyry mineralization where we see coincident magnetic and chargeability 'highs' coupled with strong surface geochemistry. However, our existing IP data covers only 16 sq. km and is only reliable to approximately 300m depth. This 3DIP Survey will cover approximately 70 sq. km and is intended to be reliable to beyond 700m depth and potentially to 1,000m. We will incorporate this survey data into our geologic model and use it as a tool when designing the 2026 drill program."
The Bellas Gate Project comprises three separate Special Exclusive Prospecting Licenses and totals 13,020 hectares (see Figure 2). On February 11, 2025, the Company announced it had entered into an earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation ("Freeport"), a wholly-owned affiliate of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) whereby Freeport can earn up to 75% in the project by funding up to US$75 million in exploration and project related expenditures (see press release dated February 11, 2025).
Bellas Gate 3DIP Survey Highlights:
* Historical IP data shows strong correlation of IP Chargeability anomalies coincident with copper-in soil and airborne magnetic anomalies within three major porphyry belts.
* The 3DIP Survey will cover an area measuring approximately 16km by up to 6km wide (Figure 1).
* The 3DIP Survey aims to penetrate deeper into known porphyry systems with reliability down to 700m and potentially to 1,000m.
* The Company plans to evaluate the geophysical data in real time to generate near surface and deep drill targets for the 2025 and 2026 drilling campaigns.
Well-developed porphyry systems at Bellas Gate occur along three distinct corridors and are defined by coincident copper soil, airborne magnetic and induced polarization anomalies. Priority porphyry systems at Provost, Connors, and Camel Hill have been drill tested to shallow levels and confirmed moderate to strong copper-gold mineralization in each project, including: