Salazar Resources to Begin Drilling the Yumi Gold-Silver Veins at Tarqui, with Porphyry Drilling Planned at Monja, Ecuador
The financing supports exploration of wholly owned properties, while Monja drilling remains subject to surface access and permits.
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Salazar Resources (SRLZF) plans its first drilling of the Yumi gold-silver veins at Tarqui, expected to begin in late October 2026. Following its closed $3,500,000 private placement, the company is mobilizing a rig for approximately 1,500 metres in five holes at the 100%-owned Ecuador project. Selective rock-chip sample 400362 returned 105 g/t gold and 1,038 g/t silver in over-limit analysis; such samples may not represent property-wide mineralization.
Phase 2 contemplates up to approximately 3,500 metres in four holes at the 100%-owned Monja copper-gold target from the first quarter of 2027, subject to surface access and permits. Salazar also plans approximately 895 soil samples at Quimi. Construction is under way at Curipamba-El Domo, where Salazar holds a 25% interest carried to commercial production; operator Silvercorp Metals schedules production by July 1, 2027.
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Positive
- Moderate point$3,500,000 private placement closed, providing funding for Salazar's exploration program. 5.5% of market cap
- Moderate pointCuripamba-El Domo construction is under way; Salazar's 25% interest is carried to commercial production.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Approximately 1,500 metres in five holes planned for Yumi's first drilling, expected to begin in late October 2026.
- Minor pointSample 400362 returned 105 g/t gold and 1,038 g/t silver in selective rock-chip over-limit analysis.
- Minor pointSample 400345 returned 80.9 g/t gold and 824 g/t silver in selective rock-chip sampling.
7 minor points
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Up to approximately 3,500 metres in four holes contemplated at Monja from the first quarter of 2027.
- Minor pointMonja soil sampling returned more than 100 ppm copper in 16 of 23 samples (70%).
- Minor pointMonja selective sample 51584 returned 4.77% copper, 1.12 g/t gold and 19.5 g/t silver.
- Minor pointMonja selective sample 200101 returned 1.71% copper, 0.99 g/t gold, 10.3 g/t silver and 162 ppm molybdenum.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Approximately 895 soil samples planned at Quimi, alongside detailed mapping and rock sampling.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.July 1, 2027 is operator Silvercorp Metals' scheduled production deadline for Curipamba-El Domo.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Santiago geological work aims to define mineralization's scale and continuity as a basis for further technical work.
Negative
- Minor pointMonja drilling remains subject to surface access and permits.
- Minor pointSelective rock-chip and grab samples may not represent mineralization on Salazar's properties.
- Minor pointHistorical BHP drilling results at Tarqui have not been verified by the qualified person and should not be relied upon.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Tarqui porphyry interpretation is preliminary and requires confirmation by drilling.
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 19, 2026) - Salazar Resources Limited (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF) (FSE: CCG) ("Salazar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its exploration plan following the closing of its
Figure 1. Project Location Map
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Tarqui and Monja lie in Ecuador's two principal metallogenic belts (Figure 1). Tarqui is in the Jurassic belt, between the producing Mirador copper mine to the south and the Panantza-San Carlos and Warintza copper porphyry deposits to the north. Mirador and Panantza-San Carlos were acquired by CRCC-Tongguan Investment Co., Ltd. through its acquisition of Corriente Resources Inc. in 2010, and Warintza is owned by Solaris Resources Inc. The Quimi and Tarqui concessions are approximately 5 km and 20 km, respectively, from Mirador Norte, the northern extension of the Mirador mine, and lie along the same regional structural corridor as Panantza-San Carlos and Warintza. Approximately 48 km south of Tarqui is the Fruta del Norte gold mine, around which Lundin Gold Inc. has reported seven copper-gold porphyry centers, including the Sandia porphyry, for which it is targeting a maiden mineral resource estimate in early 2027.
Monja is in the Miocene belt, between the Cangrejos gold-copper project, acquired by CMOC Group through its acquisition of Lumina Gold Corp. in 2025, approximately 90 km to the north, and the Río Blanco copper-molybdenum deposit in northern Peru, controlled by Zijin Mining Group, approximately 70 km to the southeast.
PHASE 1: TARQUI - YUMI GOLD-SILVER VEINS
The Yumi Veins are an epithermal gold-silver vein system on the southern flank of the Tarqui copper-molybdenum porphyry, in Morona Santiago Province. Geological mapping has traced the system over approximately 400 metres of strike length, with vein widths of 0.5 to 2.0 metres. The veins are interpreted as low- to intermediate-sulphidation in style. Fruta del Norte, approximately 48 km to the south in the same belt, is described by its operator, Lundin Gold Inc., as an intermediate-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver deposit.
Over-limit analysis of sample 400362, reported on June 1, 2026 as above the upper detection limits (>100 g/t Au and >1,000 g/t Ag), has returned 105 g/t Au and 1,038 g/t Ag (Bureau Veritas; see Technical Notes). Sample 400345 returned 80.9 g/t Au and 824 g/t Ag. Both are selective rock-chip samples. The Yumi Veins have not previously been drilled.
The veins lie on the flank of a 1.8 km × 1.0 km copper-molybdenum soil anomaly with a coincident magnetic and conductive geophysical signature. Thirteen historical holes totalling 6,862 metres, drilled by BHP between 2019 and 2022, intersected porphyry-style mineralization, including 186 m grading
Drilling: The Company is mobilizing a drill rig to Tarqui for approximately 1,500 metres of drilling in five holes of approximately 300 metres each, the first drill test of the Yumi Veins, and expects drilling to begin in late October 2026.
PHASE 2: MONJA - COPPER-GOLD PORPHYRY
Monja is a 9,088-hectare project in Loja Province. Mapping and sampling have defined a porphyry-related alteration footprint of approximately 1.5 km by 0.5 km within a 2 km by 1 km porphyry core, with a stockwork of quartz-pyrite-chalcopyrite veins averaging approximately 10 veins per metre. Sixteen of 23 soil samples (
Drilling: Phase 2 contemplates up to approximately 3,500 metres in four holes at Monja from the first quarter of 2027, designed to test the main copper-gold anomaly, subject to surface access and permits. Geological mapping and rock and soil sampling are continuing, to define the continuity of the anomaly and identify new mineralized zones.
QUIMI - SOIL SURVEY
At Quimi, part of the Tarqui-Quimi project, the Company plans a soil sampling survey of approximately 895 samples on a 200 m × 100 m grid covering the entire concession, together with detailed mapping and rock sampling along drainages.
OTHER PROJECTS
Curipamba-El Domo (
25% , carried to commercial production): construction is under way, and the operator, Silvercorp Metals Inc., has stated that the project is scheduled to be in production by July 1, 2027 (Silvercorp news release dated February 4, 2026). The updated project economics were reported in the Company's news release dated July 15, 2026.Santiago (
100% ): a coincident geochemical and geophysical anomaly of approximately 3 km by 2 km, where historical drilling tested only the near-surface lithocap above an interpreted porphyry system (see news release dated April 22, 2026). The Company's objective is to build its geological understanding of the system, with a view to defining the scale and continuity of mineralization as a basis for more advanced technical work.Pijilí and El Tigre (
100% ): a tungsten-silver intersection of 2.00 metres grading1.80% W and 740 g/t Ag in hole MERC-011 at Pijilí (see news release dated August 26, 2026), and a 650 m × 500 m gold-bearing barite horizon at El Tigre (see news release dated June 16, 2026).
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY
Fredy Salazar, President and CEO of Salazar Resources, stated: "The Financing allows us to begin a robust exploration program on our
Francisco Soria, Exploration Manager, added: "In terms of the style of mineralization, the porphyry indications at Monja, including the alteration and the hydrothermal breccia system, remind me of the early work at the Cangrejos porphyry, where, as project manager for Newmont from 1995 to 2001, I was part of the team that discovered the deposit. Cangrejos is now considered a large-scale deposit globally, with reported Indicated mineral resources of 16.8 million ounces of gold and Inferred mineral resources of 3.7 million ounces of gold. Drilling is the step that will tell us what lies beneath."
QUALIFIED PERSON
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Kieran Downes, Ph.D., P.Geo., who is independent of the Company and is a "qualified person" as defined in NI 43-101.
TECHNICAL NOTES
Rock-chip and grab samples are selective by nature, and the values reported may not be representative of the mineralization on the Company's properties. Drill intercepts are reported as drilled lengths; true widths are not known.
Except for the over-limit analysis of sample 400362, the results in this news release were previously disclosed in the Company's news releases dated April 8, April 22, June 1, June 16, June 30 and August 26, 2026, which describe the sample types, analytical procedures, laboratories and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) protocols. Sample 400362 was submitted to Bureau Veritas, an independent accredited laboratory. Samples were prepared in Quito and analyzed in Lima by 44-element aqua regia digestion with ICP-AES finish. Gold was analyzed in Quito by lead-collection fire assay with AAS finish, and over-limit gold was analyzed by lead-collection fire assay with gravimetric finish. Over-limit silver was analyzed by aqua regia digestion with AAS finish. The Company's QA/QC program includes the insertion of standards, blanks and duplicates.
CuEq values for Tarqui are as reported in the June 1, 2026 news release, calculated using US
Mirador, Mirador Norte, Panantza-San Carlos, Warintza, Fruta del Norte, the Sandia porphyry, Cangrejos and Río Blanco are owned by third parties. Information about them is taken from public sources, including Lundin Gold Inc.'s news release dated July 21, 2026, and Lumina Gold Corp.'s news release dated April 17, 2023 (Cangrejos mineral resources, inclusive of mineral reserves, with an effective date of January 30, 2023), and has not been verified by the Qualified Person. The Company has no interest in these properties, and mineralization at them is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Company's projects.
ABOUT SALAZAR RESOURCES LIMITED
Salazar Resources Limited (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF) (FSE: CCG) is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on the discovery and development of mineral deposits in Ecuador. The Company's strategy combines in-house geological expertise with a disciplined, systematic approach to project generation and advancement. Alongside a
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including statements about the planned Phase 1 and Phase 2 drilling programs at Tarqui and Monja (including metres, locations, mobilization and timing), the surface exploration programs at Monja and Quimi, the use of proceeds of the Financing, the renewal of the investor relations agreement with Baystreet and the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange, and the anticipated timing of production at the Curipamba-El Domo project. Forward-looking information is based on management's current expectations and assumptions, including the availability of funding and of drilling equipment, personnel and services on the anticipated schedule, securing surface access, continued access to the properties, the receipt of required permits and the operator of the Curipamba-El Domo project achieving its development schedule, and is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These include exploration and drilling risks, the availability of funding, drilling equipment and personnel, weather and site access, permitting, surface access and community relations, changes in exploration budgets, metal prices, construction and commissioning risks at the Curipamba-El Domo project, and regulatory and political conditions in Ecuador. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking information except as required by applicable law.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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When will Salazar Resources begin drilling the Yumi veins at Tarqui?
Salazar expects drilling to begin in late October 2026, with approximately 1,500 metres across five holes. The program will be the first drill test of the Yumi gold-silver veins, and the company is mobilizing a rig to Tarqui.
What is Salazar Resources planning for Monja drilling?
Phase 2 contemplates up to approximately 3,500 metres in four holes from the first quarter of 2027, subject to surface access and permits. The drilling is designed to test the main copper-gold anomaly at the 100%-owned project.
How extensive are the Yumi veins identified by Salazar Resources?
Geological mapping has traced the Yumi vein system over approximately 400 metres of strike length, with widths of 0.5 to 2.0 metres. The veins lie on the southern flank of the Tarqui copper-molybdenum porphyry.
What exploration work is continuing at Salazar Resources' Monja project?
Geological mapping and rock and soil sampling are continuing at Monja to define the anomaly's continuity and identify new mineralized zones. Mapping and sampling have defined an alteration footprint of approximately 1.5 km by 0.5 km within a 2 km by 1 km porphyry core.