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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zacatecas Silver Corp. (TSXV: ZAC | OTCQB: ZCTSF | FRA: 7TV) (“Zacatecas Silver” or the “Company”) is pleased to report multiple silver and base metal assays from its recently completed phase two diamond drilling at the El Cristo vein system. The Company encountered silver-base metal mineralization in 11 out of the 20 holes drilled.
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- Drilling has intercepted silver-base metal mineralization over 1.5 strike kilometres across a 250-meter-wide corridor, that sits within a broader mineralized dilational zone that is at least 3 km long and 650 m wide. Mineralization remains open to depth.
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- Recent El Cristo results include:
- 0.32 m @ 858 g/t Ag Eq (826 g/t Ag, 0.38 g/t Au, 0.129% Zn and 0.223% Pb) from 19.68 meters downhole (CRI-2026-048)
- 0.43 m @ 582 g/t Ag Eq (554 g/t Ag, 0.26 g/t Au, 0.38% Zn and 0.416% Pb) from 59.87 meters downhole (CRI-2026-047)
- 2.42 m @ 280 g/t Ag Eq (278 g/t Ag, 0.03 g/t Au, 0.035% Zn and 0.040% Pb) from 11.35 meters downhole (CRI-2026-045)
- 2.78 m @ 250 g/t Ag Eq (240 g/t Ag, 0.11 g/t Au, 0.079% Zn and 0.041% Pb) from 27.32 meters downhole (CRI-2026-044)
- 0.51 m @ 2337 g/t Ag Eq (2300 g/t Ag, 0.47 g/t Au, 0.03% Zn and 0.01% Pb) from 40.79 meters downhole (CRI-2026-043)
- 0.5 m @ 242 g/t Ag Eq (31 g/t Ag, 0.28 g/t Au, 8.92% Zn and 1.83% Pb) from 101.77 meters downhole (CRI-2026-030)
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- The Company completed 20 diamond drill holes at El Cristo for a total of 2,144 meters.
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Mineralization at El Cristo is of an intermediate sulphidation epithermal type, which crops out with a dilational zone that is at least 3 km along strike and up to 600 m wide. Within this zone multiple, steeply dipping, northwest-southeast trending veins, which have been mined historically from at least 20 near surface shafts and multiple areas of near surface workings.
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El Cristo represents the northwest strike extension of the Veta Grande vein, which has reported, but unverified, historical production of 200 Moz AgEq. The veins at El Cristo show similar characteristics to those at Veta Grande, have a similar orientation, and are part of the same sigmoidal zone of dilation.
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Phase 1 drilling by the Company comprised 28 scout holes designed to test select veins over at least 2 km of strike extension. Significant silver-base metal mineralization was intersected within 22 out of the 28 holes drilled (see News Release July 7, 2022).
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Phase 2 drill holes targeted the near surface depth extension of veins between Phase 1 drill holes. Holes were drilled as angled PQ and HQ diameter diamond holes. Phase 2 holes were all shallow and most intercepts were less than 75 m downhole or less than 50 m vertically below surface. For examples 2.42 m @ 280 g/t Ag Eq. (278 g/t Ag, 0.03 g/t Au, 0.035 % zinc and 0.036% lead) was intercepted from 11.35 m in hole CRI-2026-045 and 0.51 m @ 2337 g/t Ag Eq. (2300 g/t Ag, 0.48 g/t Au, 0.03% Zinc and 0.01% lead) was intercepted at 40.79 m downhole in CRI-2026-043. The deepest intercept was 0.28 m @ 114 g/t Ag Eq. (13.95 g/t Ag, 0.27 g/t Au, 3.78% Zinc and 0.677 % lead) at a downhole depth of 129.63 m in hole CRI-2026-046.