Coppernico Channel Samples Intersect 70.1 m of 0.92% Copper and 0.25 g/t Gold at Nioc

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coppernico Metals Inc. (TSX: COPR, OTCQB: CPPMF, FSE: 9I3) (“Coppernico” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce additional surface channel sampling results from the Nioc target area at its Sombrero copper-gold Project in Peru. These results expand the known surface footprint of copper-gold mineralization at Zone 2, and materially de-risk initial drill targeting decisions by demonstrating continuous, high-grade skarn mineralization across a broad footprint directly above a large, coherent geophysical anomaly.