C3 Metals Inc (TSX-V:CCCM, OTC:CUAUF) has completed a large-scale 3D electrical geophysical survey at its Bellas Gate copper-gold project in Jamaica, identifying multiple deep-seated chargeability anomalies that the company plans to test with a new drilling program.
The 3D induced polarization, or 3DIP, survey covered approximately 82.5 square kilometres across two northwest-southeast trending porphyry belts at the 100%-owned project. The survey was designed to map electrical properties at depth and covered the Provost, Camel Hill and Connors porphyry systems, along with other exploration targets.
C3 Metals said the survey identified two well-developed chargeability anomalies that parallel the known Connors and Camel Hill porphyry belts. The strongest anomalies are associated with the Provost, Kola and Lucky Valley prospects, where the geophysical results coincide with zones of porphyry-style alteration and mineralization identified at surface.
The survey also identified a new large chargeability anomaly at the Kola prospect in the southeast portion of the project, which has been prioritized for drill testing.
The company has designed an 11-hole diamond drilling program totaling approximately 10,800 metres to test the highest-priority targets. Drilling is expected to begin in October 2026 and run through April 2027.
At the Provost prospect, the planned drilling will target areas beneath previously identified copper-gold mineralization. C3 Metals said both chargeability and magnetic inversion models indicate deep-rooted anomalies in the area.
Previous drilling at Provost has returned several broad intervals of copper-gold mineralization, including 285.9 metres grading 0.37% copper and 0.21 grams per tonne gold from 64 metres downhole, as well as 280.7 metres grading 0.37% copper and 0.21 g/t gold from 227 metres, including 61.7 metres at 0.50% copper and 0.39 g/t gold.
At the Connors prospect, previous drilling included 309 metres grading 0.44% copper and 0.33 g/t gold from 15 metres, while drilling at Camel returned intervals including 207.8 metres grading 0.43% copper and 0.2 g/t gold from 22 metres, including 135 metres at 0.52% copper and 0.27 g/t gold.
C3 Metals said two separate chargeability inversion models produced from the survey data showed good correlation. The company has also integrated the chargeability models with a new magnetic inversion model and its existing geological and surface data.
C3 Metals president and CEO Dan Symons said the Bellas Gate project hosts multiple porphyry systems that remain open at depth, with numerous previous drill holes ending in copper-gold mineralization.
Symons said the 3DIP survey was intended to provide deeper chargeability and conductivity data ahead of drilling, allowing the company to prioritize targets and better define porphyry systems with favourable deep-rooted anomalies.
“The 3DIP data allows us to rate and rank prospects by better defining which porphyries have favourable deep-rooted anomalies,” Symons said. He added that the survey had also generated several new prospects associated with strong 3DIP anomalies.
The Bellas Gate project consists of three Special Exclusive Prospecting Licenses covering a total of 13,020 hectares. In February 2025, C3 Metals entered into an earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation, under which Freeport can earn up to a 75% interest in the project by funding up to US$75 million in exploration and project-related expenditures.