Gladiator Metals Corp. reported the company has entered into a binding drilling contract to commence drilling at the advanced and high grade copper Cowley Park prospect from mid April, 2023. The company has engaged Kluane Drilling Limited.

Gladiator has committed to drilling an initial ~3,000m of diamond core targeted at Cowley Park, a high grade copper prospect area, to lay the foundations of establishing a future copper mineral resource. The 3000m drilling program will focus on confirming and extending mineralization at the Cowley Park prospect area. Additionally, Gladiator is well advanced in establishing a core processing facility in Whitehorse to process and log drill core, including processing an estimated 10,000 metres of backlogged uncut core collected from previous drilling campaigns.

Gladiator has continued to identify significant near-term shallow exploration targets outside of the historic areas of operation at the Whitehorse Copper Project, supported by the ongoing collation of historical drilling data. Exploration Update: The Company is currently undertaking a significant data compilation and review of the available historic data, including drilling over the greater tenement package. This work has identified a number of drill ready, high-grade regional targets associated with copper rich skarns at the contact between the Cretaceous age Whitehorse Plutonic Suite and the Triassic to Jurassic Lewes River Group clastic and carbonate metasediments.

Cumulatively, there is more than 35km of underexplored strike on the contact which is highly prospective for high-grade Copper+/-Molybdenum+/-Silver+/- Gold. Gladiator's position is enhanced at Whitehorse, with the project having near year-round access for work programs, including an established road and drill access network, low capital infrastructure requirements due to the projects proximity to Whitehorse and a strong partnership with the owners of the Whitehorse Copper Project, an experienced local mining service provider.