Surge Copper Corp. provided final exploration results for the 2022 Ootsa-Berg reconnaissance exploration program including drill results from 4 holes at the Sibola target, the maiden hole completed by Surge from the Sylvia target, and surface sampling and mapping across numerous target areas. The Company also provides a summary overview of key results from the 2022 regional exploration program and highlights initial plans for the forthcoming 2023 field exploration program.

Multiple new surface discoveries or target advancements were made including: Expansion of the Bergette copper-molybdenum-in-soil anomaly to 2.7 by 1.7 kilometres. Drilling at Sibola has intersected high grade silver including 312 g/t silver over 3 metres, and anomalous gold including 52 metres of 0.10 g/t gold; A new 1 kilometre long Cu-in-soil target has been identified east of Sibola; High-grade copper mineralization has been discovered 750 metres north of Sylvia returning up to 1.5% copper and 36.1 g/t silver in a grab sample; A grab sample from the Tahtsa target has returned 4,150 g/t silver and 4.3 g/t gold from a zone where quartz veining has been observed over a width of 50 metres; Also at Tahtsa, a composite representative grab sample has returned 0.152% molybdenum from an outcropping ultramafic unit containing quartz veins, magnetite, and molybdenite that has been traced over 50 metres; A bulk tonnage precious metal target has been identified at the North Whiting Creek Target where 4 representative surface grab samples from a sparsely sampled area 70 metres by 300 metres average 2.17 g/t gold and 33.8 g/t silver, within a larger 400 by 500 metre zinc-lead-copper-in-soil anomaly.