John Miniotis, President and CEO of AbraSilver Resource Corp (TSX: ABRA) (OTCQX: ABBRF), joins me to review the news out May 6th, announcing the updated Mineral Resource estimate (“MRE”) on the Company’s wholly owned Diablillos property in Argentina. We also discuss the news out April 27, 2026 which announced that AbraSilver has received approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) {“Declaración de Impacto Ambiental” or “DIA”} from the Government of Salta Province in Argentina.
The updated MRE demonstrates significant growth across the Project, with Measured & Indicated (“M&I”) resources now totaling 232 million tonnes (“Mt”), containing approximately 248 million ounces (“Moz”) of silver and 2.54 Moz of gold (454 Moz silver-equivalent “AgEq”). The contained metal in M&I has increased by a substantial 25% for silver, 48% for gold and 30% for silver-equivalent since the prior mineral resource estimate (the “Prior MRE”) from July 2025.
The updated MRE incorporates approximately 13,270 metres (“m”) of additional drilling completed since the Prior MRE, bringing the total drilling database at Diablillos to over 170,000 m. The estimate includes mineralization amenable to tank or heap leach processing routes and reflects continued growth across all five deposits at Diablillos – Oculto, JAC, Fantasma, Laderas and Sombra.
We also discussed the upcoming catalysts of the updated, Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”), due out here in Q2, followed by a construction decision, and then a string of results to come from the ongoing Phase 6 Exploration Program for the balance of 2026.
At Oculto East, the first drill holes of the Phase VI campaign have further demonstrated the scale and continuity of the overall mineralized system. Follow-up drilling is underway as part of an extensive program to expand and define gold-silver mineralization several hundred metres east of the open pit margin. There will also be the ongoing Phase 6 exploration program expanding the deposit size and resources for the balance of the year, mostly at Oculto East and Oculto NorthEast, but with some holes at JAC, Cerro Viejo, and now other follow-up targets at Condoryacu.
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- In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of AbraSilver Resource Corp at the time of this recording and may choose to buy or sell more shares at any time.
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