Copper Quest Initiates 32.4 Square Kilometer Induced Polarization Survey over the Stars Copper-Molybdenite Property

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Quest Exploration Inc. (CSE: CQX; OTCQB: IMIMF; FRA: 3MX) (“Copper Quest” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a 32.4 km2 induced polarization (“IP”) geophysical survey on its 100% owned Stars Property (“Stars” or the “Property”). Stars is a porphyry copper-molybdenum (“Cu-Mo”) project covering 9,693 hectares (“ha”) in the Stikine region of British Columbia, situated approximately 60 km north of Imperial Metals Corporation's (“Imperial Metals”) past producing Huckleberry Cu-Mo mine, 50 km north-northeast of Surge Copper Corp's advanced stage Berg copper project, and 30 km north-northwest of Vizsla Copper Corp's Poplar copper-gold project.