RSS SubscribeEdmonton, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – August 18, 2026) – Torr Metals Inc. (TSXV: TMET) (“Torr” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update from its fully funded Phase II drill program at Bertha North, where 1,733 metres (m) of drilling has now been completed within a planned fully-funded program of up to 6,000 m. The first four holes have confirmed a large porphyry-style hydrothermal system, with native copper, chalcopyrite and chalcocite observed in cross-cutting veinlets (Figure 1). Significantly, in hole 26-KO-03 drilling also progressed into an interpreted potassium (K)-feldspar-dominant potassic-altered intrusive unit from approximately 425 to 444 m, within a broader ~104 m sericitic alteration envelope. Copper sulphides appear concentrated along the margins of the potassic-altered intrusive in 26-KO-03, where hydrothermal brecciation and multi-stage veining are also stronger.
Potassic alteration is a key feature of porphyry systems, reflecting hotter and more proximal hydrothermal fluids. Its presence may indicate that drilling is approaching the magmatic-hydrothermal centre of the system, where higher concentrations of copper sulphides may be encountered in certain locations. At Bertha North, this intrusive corridor lies directly within and along the margins of a large chargeability anomaly that strengthens, broadens and remains open at depth, where it is coincident with increased resistivity, providing the Company with its strongest vector to date toward a potential porphyry core.