Kevin Keough on Preparing to Drill the Trek South Copper-Gold Target in the Golden Triangle

In a recent InvestorNews interview with Tracy Hughes, Kevin Keough, CEO and Director of Oreterra Metals Corp. (TSXV: OTMC), discussed the company's upcoming maiden drill program at Trek South, a copper-gold porphyry target located in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The discussion also covered a recently announced royalty transaction involving Enduro Metals Corporation and updates on the company's exploration projects in British Columbia, Nevada, and Ontario.For Keough, the excitement surrounding Trek South stems from one simple fact: this is not a previously drilled prospect being revisited. It is an entirely new target.“We’ve developed the Trek South prospect as a new-to-science target over the last several years,” Keough explained. “Nature has basically given us a huge target that looks very juicy as a potential porphyry copper-gold discovery in the making.”The target itself emerged as glacial retreat exposed previously inaccessible geology. Extensive fieldwork, mapping, geochemical analysis, and surface observations have led Oreterra’s technical team to believe they are drilling directly into a large porphyry system.Unlike many early-stage exploration projects where drilling seeks to determine whether mineralization exists at all, Keough believes the company already has evidence that mineralized porphyry is present at surface.“We can see the porphyry in the bare rock. We know there are values of metal right on surface, so we’ll be drilling in the system from day one.”The initial phase of the program will comprise approximately 4,600 metres of drilling. While that may seem modest compared to larger development-stage projects, Keough emphasized that discovery—not resource definition—is the objective.“What we need is one or two drill holes that give us several hundred metres of porphyry-style grades. If we achieve that kind of thing, we’ll know very quickly what we have.”Trek South’s location further strengthens the investment thesis. The property is situated immediately adjacent to the Galore Creek project, one of Canada’s largest undeveloped copper-gold-silver deposits. Galore Creek is currently held through a joint venture between Newmont Corporation and Teck Resources Limited.“Our property essentially injects itself into a massive land package controlled by the majors,” Keough noted. “We’re about six kilometres from Galore Creek. If we succeed, we’re strategically positioned right next door.”The Golden Triangle has long been recognized as one of the world’s premier mineral districts, hosting numerous major discoveries and producing mines. The combination of world-class geology, improving infrastructure, and growing strategic demand for copper has placed renewed attention on the region.For Oreterra, the objective is clear.The company is seeking the type of large-scale porphyry system that major mining companies ultimately acquire and develop.“We find these beasts, advance them, quantify them, and potentially sell them,” said Keough. “That’s exactly what we did at GT Gold with the Saddle North discovery.”Keough’s reference to GT Gold is particularly relevant. As former CEO of GT Gold Corp., he helped lead the discovery and advancement of the Saddle North copper-gold porphyry deposit, which ultimately attracted the attention of Newmont Corporation. The company was acquired in a transaction valued at approximately C$456 million.To read the full column, go to: https://bit.ly/4xuR6yF