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

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/zacatecas-silver-announces-drilling-commencement-and-completion-of-first-hole-at--2b641820-4249-4d9c-9fe9-bf1ed413669c

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: Lead, Zinc, Copper

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-17 06:46:46 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 galena and sphalerite, with assays currently pending.

Reasoning: The announcement marks the successful start of a new drilling season with the first hole hitting the target structure, though actual grades are not yet available to confirm economic potential.

- Positive factor: Successful intersection of target vein system

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

- Positive factor: Commencement of 2026 drilling program

- Negative factor: Assays are still pending \(not yet delivered to ALS\)

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: Project is located within the prolific Zacatecas Mining District and near the Juanicipio and Fresnillo mines.

Evidence · text

> The Zacatecas Silver Project is located in Zacatecas state, Mexico, within the highly prospective Fresnillo silver belt... 25 kilometres \(km\) southeast of MAG Silver Corp.'s Juanicipio Mine

**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: While a QP is named, the specific assay protocols, blanks, or standards for this specific hole are not disclosed in this release.

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-extractions.minestarters.com/news/zacatecas-silver-announces-drilling-commencement-and-completion-of-first-hole-at--2b641820-4249-4d9c-9fe9-bf1ed413669c#fact-drill-facts-0)

El Cristo · silver

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

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

#### Geometry

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

#### Classification

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

#### Location

- Location: El Cristo
- Loc. Confidence: medium
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- QP Signed: Yes

#### 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: Successful structural intersection but lacks assay data to determine grade quality.

- Positive factor: Target structure intersected

- Negative factor: Grades not yet reported

Evidence · text

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

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## 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.