Imperial Metals Corp. reported partial results from the sixth and seventh drill holes of the 2009 deep drilling program at the Red Chris copper/gold property in northwest British Columbia. RC09-350 returned 152.5 metres grading 4.12% copper and 8.83 g/t gold starting at a depth of 540.0 metres. The vertical hole was collared approximately 170 metres northeast of drill hole (2007) RC07-335. The strong gold to copper ratio in RC09-350 is consistent with other drill intercepts from the eastern side of the deep East zone, however this is the highest grade intercept over an interval of that scale on the property to date. Of the 62 assay intervals in the 152.5 metre run, only six returned less than 2.0% copper and only four of the intervals returned less than 4.0 grams per tonne gold. At the time of this release, this drill hole is still in progress nearing its 1,500 metre target depth. Full results for drill hole RC09-350 will be released when all data have been received from the laboratory. The upper portion of drill hole RC09-350 is consistently mineralized with low grade to sub-economic copper and gold grades. The upper 220.0 metres of the drill hole lies within the planned pit and averages 0.17% copper and 0.12 g/t gold, explaining why this area had not been previously tested to depth. The high grade results returned below 540.0 metres add to the evolving model of a larger and higher grade deposit at depth. Drill hole RC09-350 is the most easterly of the drilling that has been completed on the deep East zone target. Copper mineralization is hosted in an intensely quartz flooded, veined and stock-worked portion of the Red Stock and is open for expansion to the north and east. The copper hosting mineralogy over the 152.5 metre interval immediately below 540.0 metres is almost exclusively chalcopyrite, with only minor bornite observed. In contrast, most high grade copper/gold intervals observed on the western portion of the deep East zone host significant and sometimes dominant bornite.

Imperial Metals Corp. expected to Report Q3 2009 Results on November 23, 2009. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on November 9, 2009).

Imperial Metals Corp. reported results from the fourth and fifth drill holes of the 2009 deep drilling program at the Red Chris copper/gold property in northwest British Columbia. Both holes were drilled to over 1,300 meters depth and returned long intervals of copper/gold mineralization, adding to the evolving model of deep mineralization in the East zone. Vertical hole RC09-348 was collared approximately 70 meters west and 20 meters north of drill hole (2007) RC07-335 (ref: NR Oct 16/07: RC07-335 returned 1,024.1 meters grading 1.01% copper, 1.26 g/t gold and 3.92 g/t silver). RC09-348 returned long intervals of mineralization and intersected 1,265.0 meters grading 0.62% copper and 0.82 g/t gold starting at a depth of 42.5 meters below surface. The upper 302.5 meters of RC09-348 are within the current pit design, however the following 255.0 meter interval from 302.5 to 557.5 meters is mineralized, grading 0.87% copper and 0.84 g/t gold. Deeper in RC09-348 high gold grade mineralization was intersected, similar to the 116.2 meters grading 1.06% copper and 3.11 g/t gold hit in RC09-345. Starting at 725.4 meters, RC09-348 encountered 243.9 meters grading 1.21% copper and 2.41 g/t gold, including a higher grade interval of 1.52% copper and 3.35 g/t gold over 129.9 meters starting at 756.0 meters. Vertical drill hole RC09-347 is located 65 meters south and 25 metres west of the collar of RC07-335. RC09-347 intersected 1,132.5 metres grading 0.39% copper and 0.46 g/t gold starting at a depth of 108.0 metres. The upper 290.0 metres of RC09-347 is also within the current pit design, but has extended mineralization into the untested area beneath pit design with the next 700.5 metres grading 0.47% copper and 0.59 g/t gold.