TORONTO, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sprott Asset Management LP ('Sprott Asset Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprott Inc. ('Sprott”) (NYSE/TSX: SII), on behalf of the Sprott Physical Copper Trust (NYSE: SCOP) (TSX: COP.UN) (TSX: COP.U) (the 'Trust”), a closed-end trust created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical copper metal, today announced that, in connection with the listing of the units of the Trust (the 'Units”) on the NYSE Arca ('NYSE”), it has updated its at-the-market equity program to issue up to US$500 million of Units.