Zacatecas Silver Receives Drill Permit for El Cristo, Supporting 2026 Drill Program Aimed at Increasing Existing Silver Resource at the Zacatecas Silver Project
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Zacatecas Silver Corp.
- Ticker
- ZAC
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Zacatecas State, Mexico
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Secondary commodities
- Gold
- Document categories
- Permitting, Resource update
- Extracted
- 2026-08-24 18:39:56 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Zacatecas Silver has received a drill permit from Mexico's SEMARNAT for the El Cristo vein system. This permit supports a 4,000-metre 2026 drill program aimed at expanding the existing Panuco silver resource and potentially defining a maiden resource at El Cristo.
Reasoning: The receipt of a drill permit for a priority target (El Cristo) is a key regulatory milestone that enables the upcoming 2026 exploration campaign.
Positive factors
- drill permit received for El Cristo
- existing silver resource at Panuco
- fully financed 2026 drill program
Facts used in scoring: 4
Classification and evidence
Inferred Resourcenegative
Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.
Why it applies: The Panuco resource is explicitly stated as an inferred mineral resource.
Evidence · text
“current inferred mineral resource of 20.5 million ounces of silver equivalent at the Panuco vein”
Bonanza Interceptpositive · Story-specific tag
Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.
Why it applies: The 829 g/t AgEq intercept is exceptionally high for an epithermal silver system.
Evidence · text
“0.65 m @ 829 g/t AgEq in Hole CRI-2022-005”
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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