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Aztec Minerals Shareholder Update: Review of 2025 Highlights and Outlook for 2026
(TheNewswire)   Vancouver, Canada – TheNewswire - January 5, 2026 - Aztec Min...
About this update from Aztec Minerals Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Minerals Shareholder Update: Review of 2025 Highlights and Outlook for 2026\n(TheNewswire)\n \n\nVancouver, Canada – TheNewswire - January 5, 2026 - Aztec Minerals Corp.\n(AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF) (“Aztec” or the\n“Company”) provides shareholders with the\nfollowing review of its 2025 exploration & corporate highlights\nand its outlook for 2026.  Aztec’s core assets include a 85.0% JV\ninterest in the historic Tombstone silver-gold district in\nsoutheastern Arizona and a 100% interest in the prospective Cervantes\nPorphyry Gold-Copper Property in Sonora, Mexico.\n\n \n\nSimon Dyakowski, President & CEO of Aztec,\ncommented, “2025 was a foundational year for the Company as we\nadvanced both of our precious metal discovery projects, highlighted by\nthe drilling of the highest-grade silver and gold intercepts ever\ndiscovered by Aztec at the Tombstone Project.  On the corporate side,\nwe raised $13.6 million in two equity financings and increased our\nownership of the Tombstone JV from 77.7% to 85.0%.  At the Tombstone\nProject in southeastern Arizona, we started the year by reporting the\nhighest-grade silver intersection drilled by Aztec and closed 2025 by\nreporting the highest-grade gold intersection discovered, to date.\n In the second quarter, we significantly increased our land position,\nby nearly 50%, through staking an additional 31 claims.  Mid-year,\nthe Tombstone JV initiated its largest ever drill program, which was\nrecently expanded from an originally planned 5,000 meters to a minimum\nof 8,500 meters, and is planned to continue into 2026.  The program\nof both reverse circulation drilling of the shallow, gold-silver oxide\ntargets and now the first ever core drilling of CRD style targets is\nongoing with additional analytical results pending.  At the Cervantes\nPorphyry Gold-Copper Property in Sonora Mexico, we conducted\nreconnaissance outcrop sampling and geological mapping of several\ntargets as we look to advance the project with further exploration in\n2026.  As silver and gold prices trade at all time highs, Aztec is\npositioned to create substantial shareholder value in 2026 with\ncontinued advancement at each of our precious metals discovery\nprojects.”\n\n\nTombstone Project 2025\nHighli...