Yukon Metals Just Optioned a Sumitomo-Drilled Copper-Gold Project Next to Its Birch Discovery — Here’s What’s Now in Play in the Yukon

Yukon Metals Corp. optioned the Sumo copper-gold property from prospector Ryan Burke on April 27, 2026, comprising 75 quartz claims (~1,875 hectares) located 10 kilometres east of its Birch discovery and previously drilled by Sumitomo Metal Mining subsidiary Sumac Mines Ltd. with 19 holes totalling ~7,300 metres between 2013 and 2015.