CopperEx Resources Corp. announced the completion of the inaugural drill campaign at the Company's Exploradora Norte Project, Northern Chile. CopperEx executed a total of eight drill holes totaling 1,279 meters of drilling centered on the Franja del Oro target, part of an approximately 15-kilometer-long gold enrichment zone located in the northwestern part of the 23 by 13-kilometer (20,800 hectare) Exploradora Norte project.

Highlights: CopperEx has recently completed eight drill holes totaling 1,280 meters of reverse circulation ("RC") drilling out of the planned 1,250 drill program; All samples from this program have now been delivered to, and received by, the laboratory for analytical analysis. Results will be released as soon as received and reviewed by CopperEx's technical team; The drill program was focused on the Franja del Oro targets, which is part of an extensive north-trending array of structurally and lithologically controlled sediment hosted gold mineralized zones in a distal porphyry geological setting; CopperEx has an Option Agreement for the 20,800-hectare Exploradora Norte property, to earn a 65% ownership interest, with a preferred option to earn an additional 35%. The property is located along the prolific West Fissure fault system in northern Chile, north of El Salvador and south of Escondida at 3,400 meters above sea level in the Chilean pre-cordillera.

The property has a year-round operating climate with good access.