08:06 AM EDT, 03/24/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Copper Quest Exploration ( IMIMF ) said Tuesday that it has made an application with the Province of British Columbia to increase the size of its Kitimat project by 130%.

The company said it plans to acquire an additional 3,847.41 hectares of claims contiguous to the project. The new land package now consists of 6,801.41 hectares encompassing the newly staked historic Bowbyes target area, as well as a land position surrounding an AI-generated porphyry target.

According to Copper Quest, the anomaly demonstrates strong vertical continuity.

"The AI-driven analysis at Kitimat allowed Copper Quest to observe the characteristics of a potential concealed intrusive porphyry center creating the opportunity to increase our land position accordingly," chief executive Brian Thurston said.

"The size and location of this anomaly correspond with our geologic interpretation that those previously drilled copper-gold intercepts may well represent the outer expression of a much larger porphyry system, perhaps of the AI generated anomaly now observed," Thurston added.