Drilling Program Increased At The Tombstone Project

VANCOUVER – Aztec Minerals Corp. reported that the Tombstone Property Joint Venture Management Committee met recently and approved a further expansion of the ongoing drill program by 4,500m of additional reverse circulation (RC) drilling. The expanded drilling program which commenced in June 2025 is now expected to total approximately 17,000m of combined core and RC drilling (14,200m RC and 2,800m core). The additional approved drilling budget totals CAD$1.7 million and is expected to be directed towards targets in the Westside, Hard-up, Ingersoll, East Contention, Southeast Contention, Central Contention and North Contention Areas. The focus of this additional shallow RC drilling program is to target oxide gold-silver mineralization.
The company also announces the commencement of downhole Electromagnetic (EM) surveys of three core holes at the property including the recently completed TC25-3 hole in the North portion of the property, TC25-4 which targeted the Southeastern NSAMT target, and TC26-2 which is currently being drilled in the Southwestern NSAMT target. Aztec has contracted Zonge International to conduct the survey over the month of March 2026. Geophysical data obtained by the downhole EM survey is expected to bolster targeting for potential massive sulfide mineralization that may be hosted below the shallow Bisbee group sediments that host the oxide gold-silver mineralized system at the Tombstone property.