04:20 PM EST, 01/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Southern Silver Exploration ( SSVFF ) on Tuesday reported drill results from four holes at its recently acquired Puro Corazon claim, highlighting near-surface high-grade silver mineralization outside the main skarn zone and historic workings

Highlight assays include a 10.4-meter intercept grading 743 g/t silver equivalent, including 3.9 meters at 1,490 g/t silver equivalent, from drill hole 25CLM-205.

The highlight interval is a 65-meter step-out from previously reported bonanza-grade mineralization, which returned 10.5 meters at 1,115 g/t silver equivalent. Both mineralized intervals exhibit a similar replacement-style of mineralization, are located on the outer edge of the main skarn zone and may form part of a high-grade hanging wall Carbonate-Replacement (CRD) zone outboard of the historic Puro Corazon workings, the company said.

Drilling also intersected multiple additional mineralized zones including further shallow mineralization in drill holes 25CLM-202 and 25CLM-204 which correlate to the previously modelled and structurally controlled mineralization in the El Sol deposit and deeper intercepts correlating to the main Skarn Front deposit.

Other highlight assays from the first four drill holes identified shallow mineralization (within 100 meters of surface) attributed to the El Sol veins including: a 5.3 meter interval grading 221g/t silver equivalent, a 1.2 meters interval at 449 g/t, and a 7.3-meter intercept grading 305 g/t silver equivalent, including 4.0 meters at 456 g/t.

Vice President of exploration, Rob Macdonald, said: "These latest drill results have successfully demonstrated: a significant step-out to previously reported, near-surface, Bonanza-grade silver mineralization; continuity with previously modelled mineralization in the El Sol Deposit; and confirmed deeper intercepts that correlate to the main skarn target and extends mineralization into a previously untested area. With only the first four holes of the current drill program completed, I anticipate more positive exploration results through the first quarter of 2026."

The company is planning to incorporate the results of the Puro Corazon drilling program into the much larger Cerro Las Minitas project which is expected to enhance the project economics. Final assays are anticipated to be received by the end of the first quarter of 2026.