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Gold Hart Copper Corp
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Gold Hart appoints Vasquez to technical advisory board

2026-10-07 16:49 ET - News Release

Mr. Isaac Maresky reports

GOLD HART COPPER APPOINTS RENOWNED CHILEAN MINING EXECUTIVE MR. ALEJANDRO VASQUEZ TO TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Gold Hart Copper Corp. has appointed a leading mining engineer -- Alejandro Vasquez Montero -- to its technical advisory board.

Recently, Mr. Vasquez served as vice-president, operations, and general manager of Los Pelambres mine for Antofagasta Minerals, a global top-10 copper miner with a market capitalization of approximately $50-billion.

Prior to Antofagasta Minerals, Mr. Vasquez headed operations as vice-president of Teck Resources for all of South America (market cap approximately $30-billion), as well as for BHP (market cap approximately $200-billion) at its Escondida copper mine, widely considered the largest copper mine in the world. Key parts of the Escondida copper mine were originally staked by Hart co-founder Dr. Jose Frutos in the early 1970s.

As vice-president of mining at Compania Minera Dona Ines de Collahuasi, Mr. Vasquez oversaw operations at the Collahuasi copper mine, the second-largest copper mine in Chile. Mr. Vasquez also spent 12 years in increasingly senior and operational roles at ExxonMobil Chile, after which he spent a decade with Anglo American overseeing key mines in Chile.

Gold Hart chief executive officer Isaac B. Maresky commented: "Gold Hart has assembled a world-class team of geologists focused on exploration, but the time has come to add an engineer specialized in exploitation. Mr. Vasquez will be focused on two key priorities, namely strategic relationships with major miners and evaluation of exploitation opportunities. We are honoured to welcome Mr. Vasquez to the growing Hart team."

Mr. Vasquez added: "My professional experience has been primarily focused on large-scale open-pit mining in major copper porphyry deposits, holding key leadership positions at the Los Bronces, Collahuasi, Escondida, Yandi and Los Pelambres mines. I've also led both open-pit and underground operations at El Soldado mine, as well as large-scale iron ore operations at the Yandi mine in Australia (BHP). I am honoured to join the distinguished team of geoscientists at Gold Hart Copper at this key juncture as the company has built up an incredible portfolio of properties in some of the best mining locations in the country, and I believe there are ample opportunities for potential strategic partnerships and hopefully even the possibility of advancement towards exploitation in some cases."

Gold Hart Copper team biographies

Mr. Vasquez joins a distinguished group of geoscientists leading Gold Hart's technical advisory board. Gold Hart co-founder Dr. Prof. Jose Frutos staked key parts of Escondida in the 1970s, now the largest copper mine in the world with annual copper output exceeding $10-billion. Dr. Frutos also drilled Cerro Casale, now one of the largest gold deposits controlled by Barrick and Newmont in Chile. Enrique Viteri -- who pioneered exploration in the Vicuna district and discovered Toro and Tolita -- drilled some of the first holes at megagold deposits Caspiche (Barrick and Newmont) and the Maricunga gold mine (Kinross). Mr. Viteri also served as chief mine geologist at El Teniente, the oldest and largest underground copper mine in the country. Robert Cudney financed Gold Eagle and its Bruce Channel gold deposit discovery (acquired by Goldcorp for $1.5-billion) and FNX (acquired by Quadra then KGHM for $3-billion). Sean Roosen acquired the Canadian Malartic property out of bankruptcy, and developed it into one of Canada's largest gold mines. Mr. Roosen co-founded Osisko Mining (acquired by Agnico Eagle for $1.3-billion) and is now the chief executive officer of Osisko Gold Group building the Cariboo gold mine.

Biography of Alejandro Vasquez Montero

Mr. Vasquez is a seasoned mining executive with extensive global leadership experience in large-scale operations. Over his distinguished career, he has held key executive roles at major companies, including BHP, Anglo American, Teck Resources and Antofagasta Minerals, contributing his expertise to significant projects such as Escondida, Los Bronces, QB and Los Pelambres. Known for his commitment to operational excellence, he has a proven record of driving safety performance -- achieving zero-fatality records throughout his leadership -- while simultaneously optimizing costs and enhancing operational productivity. A former long-time professor at the Universidad de Chile, he brings a deep technical background in open-pit design and asset management, alongside a strong ability to foster high performing teams and build lasting, collaborative relationships with diverse stakeholders.

About Gold Hart Copper Corp.

Gold Hart Copper is one of the largest independent landowners surrounding major miners where the famous Maricunga gold belt meets the emerging Vicuna copper belt in Chile. Hart is actively acquiring, exploring and developing its portfolio of gold, copper and silver properties adjacent to the largest gold and copper assets on the continent.

Hart has rolled up a portfolio of historically significant assets surrounding majors, in some cases personally staked by the very same geologists who made the adjacent megadiscoveries since the early 1990s. Some of the Gold Hart properties have already undergone a first phase of drilling, with highly encouraging results of gold, copper, silver and molybdenum. Gold Hart properties are controlled 100 per cent and not subject to any royalties whatsoever.

Hart believes it may be sitting on one of the only fully preserved untested large-scale gold-copper-silver porphyry targets in the Vicuna district -- an asset that was first recognized for its uniquely high grades of gold and copper on surface -- and staked by one of the Maricunga-Vicuna district's pioneering geologists in 1993. Gold Hart Copper is fully financed for its planned drill campaign.

Hart's team of geologists was personally involved in pioneering exploration in the region, leading to some of its greatest gold, copper and silver deposits, and includes the country's former Geological Survey national deputy manager Dr. Prof. Frutos. Specifically, senior Gold Hart geologists were personally involved in the Escondida copper discovery, now the largest copper mine in the world controlled by Rio Tinto and BHP, as well as Norte Abierto/Cerro Casale, the largest gold-copper discovery in Chile acquired by Barrick and Newmont (Goldcorp) with reserves and resources of 50.6 million ounces of gold (0.53 gram per tonne), 13.4 billion pounds of copper (0.20 per cent) and 218 million ounces of silver (2.3 g/t).

In addition to its large land position in the Vicuna district, Gold Hart recently acquired the Nessa properties just northwest on Chile's Paleocene-Eocene belt on the famous Domeyko fault system, which is home to some of Chile's largest gold, copper and silver assets including Escondida, Chuquicamata and Collahuasi. The Nessa properties host several historic gold and copper artisanal mines with high grades of gold, copper and silver on surface, with a large alteration and magnetic anomaly extending approximately six kilometres. Kinross's La Coipa gold mine sits just east of Nessa.

Qualified person

The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jonathan A. Warner, executive vice-president of Gold Hart Copper and a qualified person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101.

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