# Zacatecas Silver Announces Drilling Commencement and Completion of First Hole at El Cristo

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/zacatecas-silver-announces-drilling-commencement-and-completion-of-first-hole-at--33820a56-b0bc-43e2-9581-e5a6376a6917

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/ZAC/news/7060970547948083/zacatecas-silver-announces-drilling-commencement-and-completion-of-first-hole-at

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-04-01T10:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Zacatecas Silver Corp.

- Ticker: ZAC

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Zacatecas, Mexico

- Primary commodity: Silver

- Secondary commodities: Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-24 18:36:37 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Zacatecas Silver has commenced its 2026 diamond drilling program at the El Cristo Project in Mexico, successfully completing the first hole. The hole intersected a mineralized, brecciated structure between 89 and 108 m, showing visible sulphides including galena and sphalerite.

Reasoning: The first hole of the 2026 program successfully intersected a mineralized structure with visible sulphides, confirming the presence of the target vein system, though specific grades are pending.

- Positive factor: successful intersection of target vein system

- Positive factor: presence of visible sulphides \(galena, sphalerite\)

- Positive factor: exploration success in first hole of program

- Negative factor: assays not yet released

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: The release mentions that samples are being sent to ALS but does not disclose specific QA/QC protocols, standards, or blanks used during the drilling or sampling process.

Evidence · text

> The company is currently sampling this hole and expects to deliver samples to ALS in Zacatecas by Thursday of this week.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (1)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/zacatecas-silver-announces-drilling-commencement-and-completion-of-first-hole-at--33820a56-b0bc-43e2-9581-e5a6376a6917#fact-drill-facts-0)

El Cristo · silver

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: El Cristo
- Commodity: silver
- Region: mexico
- Reported Region: Zacatecas, Mexico
- Ticker: ZAC

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 19 m
- From: 89 m
- To: 108 m
- Hole Depth: 117 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: epithermal
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: unknown:89-108
- Mining Method: underground

#### Location

- Dip: -60 °
- Loc. Confidence: medium

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The hole intersected a 19m mineralized interval, but assay results are still pending.

- Positive factor: intersection of target structure

- Negative factor: grades not yet reported

Evidence · text

> A brecciated and mineralized structure was intercepted between 89 and 108 m downhole.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.