# King Copper Discovery Receives DIA Approval for 36,010-metre Drill Program at the Colquemayo Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/king-copper-discovery-receives-dia-approval-for-36-010-metre-drill-program-at-th--b958c7f5-5559-4e6f-8a3f-6032cbf3d235

Original source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/06/3322303/0/en/king-copper-discovery-receives-dia-approval-for-36-010-metre-drill-program-at-the-colquemayo-project.html

Publisher: globenewswire

Original announcement: 2026-07-06T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: King Copper Discovery Corp.

- Ticker: KCP

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Peru

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Gold, Silver

- Document categories: Permitting, Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 21:01:09 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

King Copper Discovery Corp. has received DIA environmental approval for its Colquemayo Project in Peru, authorizing a 36,010-metre diamond drilling program. The company is fully funded for this exploration campaign, which aims to test both epithermal and underlying porphyry copper targets.

Reasoning: The receipt of DIA approval is a critical permitting milestone that enables a significant 36,010-metre drill program at the Colquemayo Project.

- Positive factor: Environmental permit \(DIA\) received for large-scale drilling

- Positive factor: Company is fully funded for the program

- Positive factor: High-grade historical intercepts mentioned

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: The release names a Qualified Person \(Douglas Kirwin\) who reviewed the technical information.

Evidence · text

> reviewed and approved by Douglas Kirwin, M.Sc., FGS, FAusIMM \(CP\), FSEG... a Qualified Person

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

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