Argenta Silver Upsizes Drill Program to 25,000 m, Initiates Metallurgical and Key Technical Studies at El Quevar
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Argenta Silver Corp.
- Ticker
- AGAG
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Salta Province, Argentina
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Secondary commodities
- Gold
- Document categories
- Other, Metallurgy, Resource update
- Extracted
- 2026-08-24 07:12:23 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Argenta Silver has expanded its summer exploration program to 25,000 meters and is initiating metallurgical testwork at the Yaxtché Deposit. Supported by a recent C$23 million financing, the company is also commencing geophysical surveys and environmental baseline updates at the El Quevar Project in Argentina.
Reasoning: The company is aggressively advancing the El Quevar project by upsizing its drilling program, initiating technical de-risking (metallurgy/geophysics), and leveraging a strong balance sheet.
Positive factors
- significant expansion of drill program
- initiation of metallurgical studies
- strong cash position following C$23M raise
- large resource base at Yaxtché
Facts used in scoring: 3
Classification and evidence
Resource Updateneutral
Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress.
Why it applies: The document restates the existing Mineral Resource Estimate for the Yaxtché deposit.
Evidence · text
“Yaxtché deposit, which currently hosts a Mineral Resource Estimate of 45.3 Moz Ag at 482 g/t Ag”
Inferred Resourcenegative
Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.
Why it applies: The resource includes a significant 4.1 Moz Inferred component.
Evidence · text
“4.1 Moz Ag at 417 g/t Ag in the Inferred category”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The company is initiating metallurgical studies to define processing parameters for the silver resource.
Evidence · text
“evaluate silver recovery across the resource, define optimal processing parameters”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
No stored fact records are available for this extraction.
How Atlas produces this analysis
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