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Aztec Drills 40 RC holes at Tombstone Project, Arizona in 2025, Continues to Expand Shallow Silver-Gold Mineralization
Final analytical results of drill hole TR25-17 report a higher silver content than preliminary re...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Drills 40 RC holes at Tombstone Project, Arizona in 2025, Continues to Expand Shallow Silver-Gold MineralizationFinal analytical results of drill hole TR25-17 report a higher silver content than preliminary results reported on November 4, 2025TR25-17 intersected 57.8m averaging 39.12 gpt Ag and 5.16 gpt Au from 9.1m depthDrillhole TR25-9 intersected three mineralized zones along its 273.6 meter length, including 164.2 meters averaging 16.74 AgEq to TDDrillhole TR25-14 intersected 86.6 meters with 23.19 gpt AgEq including 15.2 meters of 118.42 gpt AgEqThe new results show the Ag-Au mineralization has broad continuity as drill tested mineralization has been pushed to depth, to the east and west40 RC holes have now been drilled with 20 RC holes pending release as the drilling program continuesOne core hole has been completed to target depth with samples shipped to analytical laboratory VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 7, 2026 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSXV:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) (\"Aztec\" or the \"Company\") announces it has received the results from an additional seven RC drill holes, as well as final multi-acid digestion analytical (\"MA\") results from the previously reported preliminary fire assay analytical (\"FA\") results from TR25-16/17/17a of its reverse circulation portion of the 2025 drilling program at the Tombstone Property in Southeastern Arizona. The 2025 drilling program has now completed 40 RC drill holes and one core hole as of December 31, 2025, with results from the 7 RC holes drilled in the historic Contention Mine Area of the Contention Target announced herein.Highlights from the RC drilling reported from the western and eastern sides of the main Contention Target include:TR25-14 was collared in the central portion of the Contention area and intersected two zones of mineralization:86.6 meters averaging 38.17 gpt AgEq (0.214 gpt Au, 23.19 gpt Ag), from 21.3m including 15.2 meters of 118.42 gpt AgEq (0.811 gpt Au, 61.68 gpt Ag)9.1 m of 10.6 gpt AgEq (0.032 gpt Au, 8.38 gpt Ag) from 124.6mDrill hole TR25-9 tested easterly across the main Contention area from the western side of the target area:Three zones of Ag-Au mineralization were intersected including 164.2 m of 16.74 gpt AgEq (0.014 gpt Au, 7.31 gpt Ag), from 109.4m and bottomed in mineralization.Over 76% of the drillhole's length was composed of mi...