Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TBK) announced today that it has received a property-wide exploration permit for its 8,000-hectare Coho property in central British Columbia. The 5-year Multi-Year Area-Based Mines Act permit, approved by the BC Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals with a provisional expiry date of December 18, 2030, authorizes diamond drilling from up to 50 drill pads, construction or modification of up to 15 km of exploration access trails, 20 line-km of ground geophysical surveys, and construction of a temporary work camp.
The Coho property is a drill-ready copper-gold (Cu-Au) porphyry target located 30 km west of Centerra Gold’s Mount Milligan mine, a producing operation with current reserves of 1.2 billion pounds of copper and 2.8 million ounces of gold. The property lies within the Quesnel Tectonic Terrane, a district known for prolific alkalic Cu-Au porphyry deposits. The priority target is the Coho zone, which has never been drilled despite limited historical drilling on the claims.
Daithi Mac Gearailt, CEO of Trailbreaker, said: “We are thrilled to receive this permit in time for the 2026 exploration season, allowing us to conduct the inaugural drill program at the Coho zone. This is an exciting opportunity to explore an undrilled Cu-Au porphyry target in a prolific mineral district.”
The Coho zone is defined by a 650 by 550 m Cu-Au-Ag surface rock and soil geochemical anomaly within diorite, associated with an ENE-trending fault zone and gabbro dykes. Historic surface grab samples returned values up to 16.15 g/t gold, 16.35% copper, and 67.3 g/t silver. Recent geophysical surveys, including a 2022 airborne ZTEM survey and a 2023 ground-based induced polarization (IP) survey, identified an interpreted 400 m by 250 m by 200 m-deep porphyry intrusive complex with a two-limbed IP chargeability high anomaly spanning more than 1.4 km.
The property is strategically located near several advanced projects. Pacific Empire Minerals’ Trident property is contiguous to the west; on December 15, 2025, Pacific Empire reported a drill intercept of 0.77% Cu, 0.51 g/t Au, and 3.4 g/t Ag over 183.0 m from the A-zone, located only 3.5 km west of the Coho property. To the north, Pacific Ridge Resources’ Chuchi property returned 382.0 m of 0.19% Cu, 0.12 g/t Au, and 0.47 g/t Ag from the BP zone in 2024 drilling. Trailbreaker’s team believes the Coho zone may represent a Cu-Au porphyry system similar to these surrounding prospects and deposits, potentially part of a cluster along the margin of the Hogem batholith.
The Coho property is located within the territory of the Takla First Nation, with whom Trailbreaker is committed to continued engagement. The company is currently collaborating with the Takla First Nation on the future drill program. Trailbreaker acquired the claims through an option agreement signed in May 2025, giving it the option to acquire a 100% interest.
Carl Schulze, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist with Aurora Geosciences Ltd, is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 for Trailbreaker’s BC and Yukon exploration projects and has reviewed and approved the technical information in this release.
For more information about the company’s projects, visit Trailbreaker’s website at TrailbreakerResources.com. References for nearby projects include Centerra Gold’s Mount Milligan website, Pacific Empire Minerals’ December 15, 2025 news release here, and Pacific Ridge Exploration’s November 25, 2024 news release here.
