Domestic Metals Corp (TSX-V:DMCU, OTCQB:DMCUF, FRA:03E0) CEO Gordon Neal tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion the company is set to begin its maiden 9,000-metre drill program at its Smart Creek copper project in Montana later this month, with first assay results expected by mid-October. Neal said surface geochemistry completed in 2025 returned peak results of 102 grams per tonne gold, 3,800 grams per tonne silver, and 28% copper, which he describes as highly unusual in 35 years of industry experience. Neal highlighted that Rio Tinto's best historical hole at the project - hole 22, drilled in 2022 - returned 109 metres at 0.75% copper but was distal to the centre of mineralization and drilled vertically into a dipping structure. Domestic Metals intends to redrill that target at the correct angle to capture the full width of the mineralised zone. A hydrothermal copper vein rock sample picked up at hole 22 during a recent site visit was estimated at 12% copper by the company's geologist and subsequently tested internally at 38% copper. Neal said the company is vectoring toward what it believes is the porphyry centre of mineralisation, likely in the Sunrise Mine area, using 15 years of accumulated drilling data combined with its own geophysics and geochemistry, which he said overlay each other across the project. The company is fully permitted. Key milestones for investors, according to Neal, include visual core results to be released ahead of assays if significant mineralisation is encountered, with laboratory turnaround currently running three to four weeks. Drilling is set to begin in late August, with core available by mid-September and assay results expected by mid-October at the latest. Read Proactive's Editorial Policy here: https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/pages/editorialPolicy #DomesticMetalsCorp #DMCO #copper #gold #silver #porphyry #SmartCreek #juniorminers #miningstocks #resourcesector