Mercado Minerals reports strong initial drill results at Copalito Silver project in Mexico

Mercado Minerals CEO Daniel Rodriguez joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s advancing silver exploration projects in Mexico, including recent drilling success at the Copalito project and ongoing work at the Zamora property. Rodriguez explained that Mercado Minerals is focused on silver exploration along the western edge of the prolific Sierra Madre Occidental mining district in Sinaloa. The company acquired the Copalito project at the end of 2025. The property hosts six known silver and gold veins extending more than eight kilometres across the project area. Historical exploration included 81 drill holes, although management noted that only approximately 60% of the known veins had been tested previously and only to shallow depths of around 100 metres. Mercado Minerals has now completed roughly 70% of its current 3,000-metre drill program at Copalito. Initial assay results returned encouraging grades, including an intercept of 6.5 metres grading 256 grams per tonne silver and 1.46 grams per tonne gold, including a higher-grade section of 3.45 metres grading 445 grams per tonne silver and 2.26 grams per tonne gold. Rodriguez said the results demonstrate continuity of the mineralized system both along strike and at depth, supporting the company’s broader exploration thesis for the property. The CEO also provided an update on the Zamora project, which has not yet been drill tested. Mercado Minerals is currently working to restore additional claims into good standing while advancing surface exploration activities across the property. Early sampling at Zamora has returned multi-kilogram silver values along with elevated gold grades, and the company plans to advance toward drilling once the required administrative work is completed. Management believes its combination of historical exploration data, underexplored vein systems, and expanding drilling activity positions Mercado Minerals for continued exploration growth in one of Mexico’s most prospective silver regions. #proactiveinvestors #mercadominerals #cse #merc #otcqb #mrmnf #SilverExploration #CopalitoProject #ZamoraProject #MexicoMining #SilverDiscovery #GoldSilver #DrillingResults #MineralExploration #Sinaloa #SierraMadreOccidental #HighGradeSilver #ResourceDevelopment #ExplorationUpdate #JuniorMining