10:48 AM EDT, 05/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Brixton Metals ( BBBXF ) on Wednesday rose 18% after it said that drilling has commenced at its Thorn Copper-Gold Project located in Northwest British Columbia, about 90 km northeast of Juneau, Alaska.

The company said it is fully funded for the 2025 exploration program with plans to expand near surface gold mineralization within the Camp Creek Corridor and at the Trapper Gold Target, and to drill test new, near surface copper porphyry mineralization at Catalyst Target.

"Between the new gold mineralization and copper porphyry discovery potential, we are in for an interesting exploration season," said Brixton Metals ( BBBXF ) Chief Executive Gary R. Thompson.

Shares of the company were last seen up $0.010 at $0.065 on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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