Gladiator mobilizes fifth rig as drilling starts at Whitehorse Copper
Gladiator Metals said it began an expanded drilling program at the Best Chance and Grafter prospects in its Yukon Whitehorse Copper project. A fifth drill rig was mobilized.
Event / data period: 2026-10-20
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Drilling began at Best Chance, which the company places with Grafter along a 2-kilometre Arctic Chief trend. The expanded program is intended to test known near-surface copper intersections and define the system.
Some grades in the release come from earlier drilling. For example, 15.94 metres at 3.19% copper in BCH-024 and 46.27 metres at 1.00% copper in BCH-023 were identified as historical results, not new assays.
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- Number of drill rigs reported at Whitehorse Copper
- 5 count
- 2026-10-20 · Observed
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