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SILVER TIGER ANNOUNCES A PEA FOR THE UNDERGROUND WITH AN AFTER TAX NPV OF US$304M AND AN UPDATED PFS FOR THE STOCKWORK ZONE WITH AN AFTER TAX NPV OF US$456M AT THE EL TIGRE SILVER-GOLD PROJECT, SONORA, MEXICO

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SILVER TIGER ANNOUNCES A PEA FOR THE UNDERGROUND WITH AN AFTER TAX NPV OF US$304M AND AN UPDATED PFS FOR THE STOCKWORK ZONE WITH AN AFTER TAX NPV OF US$456M AT THE EL TIGRE SILVER-GOLD PROJECT, SONORA, MEXICO

 

 

 

 

 

“This updated PFS for the Stockwork Zone and initial PEA for the underground provide the first look at the combined economics of El Tigre. At current spot silver and gold prices, the Stockwork Zone Project generates an after-tax NPV of approximately $950 million US dollars and the underground project generates an after-tax NPV of approximately $1.20 billion US dollars at a discount rate of 5%. At current spot silver and gold prices, the Stockwork Zone Project generates approximately $1.30 billion US dollars of net cashflow after tax over life of mine and the underground project generates approximately $1.85 billion US dollars of net cashflow after tax over life of mine.”

– Glenn Jessome, President & CEO, Silver Tiger Metals

 

Silver Tiger Metals Inc. (TSX-V:SLVR) (OTCQX:SLVTF) is pleased to announce announce the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment  on the underground at El Tigre and an updated Pre-Feasibility Study on the Stockwork Zone for its 100% owned, silver-gold El Tigre Project located in Sonora, Mexico. The bolt-on PEA is centred on the underground mining economics of the high-grade El Tigre, Sulphide, Black Shale and Seitz Kelly zones. The underground PEA and updated PFS is based on new consensus economics metal prices of $38 per ounce silver and $3,200 per ounce gold. The PEA mine design can be constructed independently of the Stockwork Zone development and is focused on the underground Mineral Resource. Prospective areas exist outside of the areas defined by the PEA and PFS with the historic “El Tigre North Mine” Mineral Resource located 700 metres to the North (see Exploration Potential section below).

Highlights of the PEA, with a base case silver price of $38/oz and gold price of $3,200/oz are as follows (all figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated):

  • After-Tax net present value (“NPV”) (using a discount rate of 5%) of $304 million with an After-Tax IRR of 42.8% and Payback Period of 2.6 years (Base Case);
  • 15-year UG mine life with 3-year historical tailings processing recovering a total of 38 million payable silver equivalent ounces (“AgEq”) or 453 thousand gold equivalent ounces (“AuEq”), consisting of 34 million silver ounces and 130 thousand gold ounces;
  • Total Project undiscounted after-tax cash flow of $496 million;
  • Initial capital costs of $83.5 million, including $10.9 million in contingency costs, over an expected 18-month build, and sustaining capital costs of $213 million over the life of mine (“LOM”);
  • The 2026 PEA mine plan is designed as stand-alone to the PFS, with a potential overlap of initial capital cost of $17M (e.g., grid power, offices);
  • Average LOM operating cash costs of $1,351/oz AuEq, and all in sustaining costs of $2,019/oz AuEq or Average LOM operating cash costs of $16.05/oz AgEq, and AISC of $23.98/oz AgEq;

 

Highlights of the updated PFS, with new base case silver price of $38/oz and gold price of $3,200/oz are as follows (all figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated):

  • After-Tax net present value (using a discount rate of 5%) of $456 million with an After-Tax IRR of 65.7% and Payback Period of 1.4 years;
  • 10-year mine life recovering a total of 43 million payable silver equivalent ounces or 509 thousand payable gold equivalent ounces, consisting of 9 million silver ounces and 408 thousand gold ounces;
  • Total Project undiscounted after-tax cash flow of $625 million;
  • Initial capital costs of $86.8 million, which includes $9.3 million of contingency costs, over an expected 18-month build, expansion capital of $20.1 million in year 3 and sustaining capital costs of $6.2 million over the life of mine (“LOM”);
  • Average LOM operating cash costs of $997/oz AuEq, and all in sustaining costs of $1,238/oz AuEq or Average LOM operating costs of $11.7/oz AgEq, and all in sustaining costs of $14.5/oz AgEq;
  • Average annual production of approximately 4.8 million AgEq oz or 56.5 thousand AuEq oz; and
  • Three (3) years of production in the Proven category in the Phase 1 Starter Pit with 60% of overall final pit Mineral Reserve in Proven category.

 

Glenn Jessome, President and CEO, stated “This updated PFS for the Stockwork Zone and initial PEA for the underground provide the first look at the combined economics of El Tigre. At current spot silver and gold prices, the Stockwork Zone Project generates an after-tax NPV of approximately $950 million US dollars and the underground project generates an after-tax NPV of approximately $1.20 billion US dollars at a discount rate of 5%. At current spot silver and gold prices, the Stockwork Zone Project generates approximately $1.30 billion US dollars of net cashflow after tax over life of mine and the underground project generates approximately $1.85 billion US dollars of net cashflow after tax over life of mine.” Mr. Jessome further stated, “In the backdrop of all-time high silver and gold prices we are completing detailed engineering and proceeding to build the Stockwork Zone Project.” Mr. Jessome continued, “The underground at El Tigre is a standalone bolt-on project and we intend to complete development for this low capex underground project and advance towards production as quickly as possible.”

Underground Preliminary Economic Assessment Summary

The PEA was prepared by independent consultants P&E Mining Consultants Inc. (“P&E”), with metallurgical test work completed by SGS Lakefield, geotechnical work by WSP Canada Ltd., process plant design and costing by D.E.N.M. Engineering Ltd., and environmental and permitting led by CIMA Mexico.

The 2026 PEA underground mine and mineral processing plan is scheduled over a production period of ~17 years. The mine plan portion of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the El Tigre 2026 PEA totals 5.0 Mt at average grades of 331.7 g/t AgEq, 251.3 g/t Ag, 0.91 g/t Au, 0.03% Cu, 0.10% Pb and 0.17% Zn (base metals provide no economic benefit under the proposed cyanidation process). Approximately 85% of the mine plan portion of the Mineral Resource, including historical tailings and low-grade stockpile mineralization, is classified as Measured and Indicated.

Following are tables and figures showing key assumptions, results, and sensitivities.

Figure 1: El Tigre –UG PEA Stopes and Development by Zone (Southern Veins)

Table 1: El Tigre UG PEA Key Economic Assumptions and Results

 Figure 2:  El Tigre UG PEA Cash Flow Profile by Year

 

Figure 2 above highlights the after-tax cash flows of $496 million associated with the UG component of the Project. The economics of the Project have been evaluated based on the base case scenario $38/oz silver price, and gold price of $3,200/oz. As illustrated in the following sensitivity tables, the Project remains robust even at lower commodity prices or with higher costs.

Table 2: El Tigre PEA Gold and Silver Price Sensitivities  

 Table 3: El Tigre PEA Operating Cost and Capital Cost Sensitivities

 

 Capital and Operating Costs

 

 

Capital and Operating costs are listed in Table 4 below. The El Tigre Underground Project has been envisioned as an independent underground operation at a processing rate of 800 tonnes per day with a mine life of 15 years. Before full UG production, historical stockpile material (119 kt @176 g/t Ag and 0.85 g/t Au) is processed in Year-1. After UG production is complete in Year 15, historical tailings (904 kt @ 77.6 g/t Ag and 0.27 g/t Au) will be processed for an additional three years.

If the 2026 PEA mine plan was to be implemented after mining commenced as detailed in the PFS sections of the Technical Report, there would be a potential savings in PEA initial capital costs of approximately $17.0M. The savings would consist of infrastructure such as the electrical powerline for grid power, and camp and office facilities, plus much of the owner’s costs.

Water supply to the process plant is provided by pumping nearby water from dewatering wells to the process area water distribution system, and high voltage grid power will be installed by the local utility to supply process and infrastructure electrical requirements.

Table 4: LOM Capital Cost Estimate

 

Mining

 

The El Tigre Underground Project is planned as a contractor-operated longhole mining operation with cemented paste backfill supplemented by minor mechanized cut and fill mining and recovery of existing low grade and tailings stockpiles. Underground mining contributes approximately 4,000 kt of mineralized material, with 119 kt from an historical low grade stockpile and 904 kt from an historical tailings stockpile, for a total of 5,022.8 kt grading over the LOM on average 331.7 g/t AgEq, 251.3 g/t Ag, 0.91 g/t Au, 0.033% Cu, 0.099% Pb and 0.166% Zn; base metals provide no economic benefit under the cyanidation process. Underground production is scheduled at 290 kt per annum (“ktpa”), giving an underground mine life of approximately 15 years and an overall Project life of approximately 18 years. Process plant commissioning with low grade stockpile material is planned in Year -1, and processing of historical tailings stockpile at 365 ktpa is scheduled for three years after underground mining is depleted.

Metallurgy

 

A metallurgical test program was carried out by SGS Lakefield of Ontario, Canada. The program included grinding and flotation work. The samples comprised of drill core sampling rejects representing the various zones of the Mineral Resource. This test program estimated average gold and silver respective hardrock metallurgical recoveries of 84.4% and 89.7% for silver and gold respectively. While base metals were recoverable, it was determined that the mined value of copper, lead and zinc does not justify the recovery cost of their respective metallurgical circuits.

Stockwork Zone Updated Pre-Feasibility Study Summary

 

The updated PFS used higher metal prices than the 2024 PFS (see release dated Oct 22, 2024) and was prepared by independent consultants P&E Mining Consultants Inc. (“P&E”), with metallurgical test work completed by McClelland Laboratories, Inc., Sparks, Nevada, process plant design and costing by D.E.N.M. Engineering Ltd., environmental and permitting led by CIMA Mexico and geotechnical design by WSP Canada Ltd.

The base case LOM is scheduled over a period of ten years (one year of preproduction and nine production years). The Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve Estimate for the El Tigre Project totals 40.3 Mt at average grades of 0.40 g/t Au and 14.9 g/t Ag. Approximately 60% of the Mineral Reserve is classified as Proven.

Surface mining will be initiated in Year -1 (pre-stripping period) and will be completed in Year 9. The initial ore heap leaching rate (Years 1 to 3) is 7,500 tpd (2.74 Mta). In Year 4 the crushing rate will increase to 15,000 tpd (5.5 Mtpa) and this rate is maintained to the end of the mine life. The El Tigre Mine is planned to be a contract mining operation. Over the LOM, 68.3 Mt of waste rock will be mined, with 40.3 Mt ore, for a total of 108.6 Mt at a strip ratio of 1.7:1.

After-Tax net present value (using a discount rate of 5%) of $456 million with an After-Tax IRR of 65.7% and Payback Period of 1.4 years over 10-year mine life recovering a total of 43 million payable silver equivalent ounces or 509 thousand payable gold equivalent ounces, consisting of 9 million silver ounces and 408 thousand gold ounces. Total Project undiscounted after-tax cash flow of $625 million with initial capital costs of $86.8 million, which includes $9.3 million of contingency costs, over an expected 18-month build. An expansion capital allocation of $20.1 million is planned in year 3 with sustaining capital costs of $6.2 million over the life of mine (“LOM”). Following are tables and figures showing key assumptions, results, and sensitivities.

Table 5: El Tigre PFS Key Economic Assumptions and Results(1-2)

Figure 3: PFS El Tigre Cash Flow Profile by Year

Figure 3 above highlights the after-tax cash flows of $625 million associated with the El Tigre Project.  The economics of the Project have been evaluated based on the base case scenario $38/oz silver price and gold price of $3,200/oz.  As illustrated in the following sensitivity tables, the Project remains robust even at lower commodity prices or with higher costs.

Table 6: El Tigre PFS Gold and Silver Price

 Table 7: El Tigre PFS Operating Cost and Capital Cost Sensitivities 

 

Table 7: El Tigre PFS Operating Cost and Capital Cost Sensitivities 

 

 

Capital and Operating Costs

 

The El Tigre Project has been envisioned starting at a processing rate of 7,500 tonnes per day for years 1-3 and then 15,000 tonnes per day by year 4 after 1.5 years of construction for ramp up in year 3.

The process plant is comprised of conventional three (3) stage crushing to an optimum -3/8 inch (10 mm) crush size. The crushed material will be conveyed and loaded on the lined pad areas. A series of pumping and piping will allow irrigation of the stacked heap material and subsequent production of pregnant solution to flow to the respective impoundment pond. The pregnant solution will be pumped to the recovery facility consisting of the Merrill – Crowe process (zinc precipitation) and refinery to produce the gold and silver dore for marketing. The process barren solution will be recycled (with NaCN addition) and pumped back to the heap for further leaching. The process plant location will be adjacent to the pad and pond infrastructure area.

Water will be supplied from dewatering wells. Power to the El Tigre Property will be supplied by the national grid via a 72 km 34.5 kV overhead power line. The routing of the power line will be from Nacozari de Garcia. Overhead power lines will connect 13.8 kV, three phase and 60 Hz via a sub-station located near the process plant area. Expansion capital includes the cost to increase the process plant capacity from 7,500 tonnes per day to 15,000 tonnes per day as noted in Year 4 of operation.

Life of Mine (LOM) capital costing is listed below in Table 8, indicating Initial, Expansion and Sustaining Capital:

Table 8: LOM Capital Cost Estimate

 

Mining

 

The El Tigre Mine is planned to be a contract-operated mine. The Mining Contractor will undertake all drilling, loading, hauling, and mine site maintenance activities. A separate Blasting Contractor will provide blast hole loading, charging and detonating services using an ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixture. The Owner will provide overall mine management and technical services, such as mine planning, grade control, geotechnical, and surveying services. It is expected that mid-sized diesel hydraulic excavators and diesel-powered front-end loaders will be used. The anticipated truck size is 91 tonnes, similar to the CAT 777 truck, although alternate truck sizes may eventually be used.

Metallurgy

 

A detailed metallurgical test program was carried out by McClelland Laboratories, Inc., Sparks, Nevada on six (6) El Tigre starter pit samples. The program included crushing, coarse bottle rolls, and column testing at both 80% passing 3/8 inch and 1/2 inch (10 and 12 mm) crush size for five (5) of the six samples. One low grade sample was only crushed to 80% passing 1-1/2 inch (38 mm) as an indication of low grade leachability. The leach samples comprised of drill core sample representing the starter pit and during the testing process it became apparent that the presence of transition and sulphide zones are in the starter pit thus affecting the base design recoveries.  This variable test program (column and coarse bottle roll) estimated oxide average gold and silver respective metallurgical recoveries of 86% Au and 48% Ag at the 3/8 inch (10 mm) crush. The transition and sulfide zones had estimated recoveries of 59% Au and 43% Ag. Further percolation testing also confirmed no requirement for agglomeration of the crushed material is required prior to loading on the leach pad.

Mineral Reserves

 

The Mineral Reserves are summarized in Table 9. Note that 85% of Total Probable and Proven tonnes are contained within Oxide material (15% in Sulphide or Transition) with 83% gold recovery.

 

The Mineral Reserves are the portion of the Mineral Resource that has been deemed economically mineable by the surface mining production plan.  The Mineral Reserves consist only of Mineral Resources classified as Measured or Indicated converted to Proven and Probable.  Inferred Mineral Resources are considered as waste in the PFS.

Table 9: PFS Mineral Reserves Summary (1-7)

 

Mineral Resource Estimate Summary

 

The basis for the PFS is the Mineral Resource Estimate completed by P&E for the El Tigre Project located in Sonora State, Mexico, which has an effective date of June 20, 2025. Changes over the previous 2024 MRE, are due to 1) change in cut- off grade, 2) additional drilling completed on the underground Mineral Resource, 3) extensive relogging was completed to improve confidence in UG and 4) more selective modeling was utilized in high-grade veins. A summary of the Mineral Resource Estimate is provided in Table 10 below.

Mineral Resource Estimate Highlights

  • 113% Increase in Grade of Out-of-Pit M&I Resource (543 g/t AgEq vs 255) over 2024 MRE
  • 6% Increase in Contained Ounces M&I Resources (314 Moz AgEq vs 283) for a higher grade, more refined underground model
  • 25% Increase in Contained Ounces of In-Pit M&I Resource (190 Moz AgEq vs 152 Moz AgEq) over 2024 MRE due to cutoff changes

 

Table 10: Mineral Resource Estimate (1-14)

 

Exploration Potential

 

The El Tigre historical mine district is located in Sonora, Mexico and lies at the northern end of the Sierra Madre silver and gold belt which hosts many epithermal silver and gold deposits, including Dolores, Santa Elena and Las Chispas. The high-grade epithermal veins dip steeply to the west, and are typically 0.5 m wide, and locally can be up to 5 m in width. Over 25 km of these veins have been mapped along strike on surface at El Tigre. Based on the extensive historical workings, veins are inferred to extend to more than 450 m depth with many reaching strike length of 3 km or more. On the prospective El Tigre Property are both brownfields and greenfields targets defined by extensive Silver Tiger drilling (>120 km) and over 60 discovered small-scale workings in addition to the historic El Tigre Mine. The little drilled Northern Veins have the same geology and structure at the Southern Veins, for which the PEA is based on (Figure 4). Whereas Lluvia de Oro shows potential for Property pit expansion with the conjunction of high grade veins and the host to the Stockwork Zone: the El Tigre Formation.

Figure 4: Plan View Map Showing Northern, Southern and Lluvia de Oro Veins

 

Northern Veins – Historical North El Tigre Mine

 

The Northern Veins have over 10 km of combined strike length confirmed by surface mapping and sampling, drilling, and sampling of historical UG workings. The Northern Veins, a faulted offset of the Southern Veins, exhibit the same structure, mineralogy, grades, orientations, strike length (1-2 km) and width (1-2 m) as the well-defined Southern Veins, and have the potential to be equally endowed. With extensive shallow workings, and promising drill results this area makes a promising brownfields target to expand on. Reconnaissance drilling was conducted on the Northern veins by the Company in 2017 and 2020, before shifting focus to the development of the Vein Area around the historical El Tigre Mine. Significant veins were consistently intercepted in the North proving the continuity and grade seen in the underground historical workings. Anaconda (c. 1982-83) also drilled the Northern Area, as well as completed an exploration drift.

Separate to the UG PEA mine design (in Southern Veins), a stope-constrained Mineral Resource Estimate has been established in the Northern Veins located north of the PEA Mineral Resource and historically mined for high grade silver (Table 11). A preliminary mine plan outlined in the PEA indicates that a total of 2.95 Mt at an average grade of 343 g/t AgEq containing 31.5 Moz AgEq utilizing longitudinal retreat mining; however, specific costing and scheduling was not completed. A preliminary design shows the potential for a mine life of in excess of 10 years at 290 ktpa (nominally 800 tpd). Infill drilling is needed to prove-up this Mineral Resource, with a Phase1 Drilling 5,000 m drilling program starting Q1 2026 in this area (Figure 5).

Table 11: El Tigre North Mineral Resource

 

 

Figure 5: Isometric View of Northern and Southern (focus of PEA) Veins showing designed Stopes

 

Near-Mine Exploration 

 

With prospective areas down dip of Northern Veins (El Tigre #2) and down dip of PEA focused Southern Veins with the disclosed Exploration Target establishing 1 to 4 million tonnes at 200 to 700 g/t AgEq (Figure 6). These areas are the along strike and dip of defined veins, are defined as “Exploration Potential” in the block model and would require infill drilling to reach Inferred classification. Underground drilling will target much of this Resource with infill and near-mine exploration. Due to higher grade, reduced tonnage UG in 2026 MRE, the exploration target has consequently increased in grade, however, lowered in tonnage.

Figure 6: Longitudinal Projection of Northern and Southern Veins showing exploration potential down dip

 

Historical Lluvia de Oro Mine

 

Reconnaissance mapping and sampling was conducted in the Lluvia de Oro Mine Area by the Company in 2016 and 2020, on the Lluvia de Oro prospect. The El Toro and La Mancha Veins while mapped remain unsampled.

Significant historic UG workings (>500 m in length) were found in Lluvia de Oro with grab sampling completed in a 2020 program returning assays up to 1.90 g/t gold and 1,300 g/t silver (Figure 7).  Importantly, the Lluvia de Oro vein system is contained within the El Tigre formation, the host to the Stockwork Zone of which the 2024 PFS is centered. There is significant potential to extent Stockwork Zone mineralization from the far south of the proprosed pit 5 km to south to Lluvia de Oro.

Exploration work here has the potential to expand the Stockwork Zone pit to the South substantially. Preliminary mapping and sampling have begun in this area with plans to drill in 2027.

Figure 7: Plan View El Tigre Project– Lluvia de Oro  – Southern Veins

 

Surface Rights Agreement

 

The Company owns royalty-free, 100% of the 6,238 hectares land-package encompassing the footprint of proposed mining operation with no Ejido presence.  In addition, the company controls 28,414 hectares of Concessions to conduct exploration along a 25 km strike length of the Sierra Madres.

Mineral Resource Estimate Methodology – El Tigre Project 

 

The databases used for this Mineral Resource update contain a total of 20,149 drill hole collar records that contribute directly to the Mineral Resource Estimate and includes collar coordinates, down-hole survey, assay, lithology and bulk density data. Assay data includes Au g/t, Ag g/t, Cu %, Pb % and Zn % grades. The drilling extends approximately five km along strike. The average length of the diamond drill holes for all veins is 242.9 m, and the average nearest neighbour drill hole collar distance is 14.8 m.

P&E Mining Consultants Inc. collaborated with Silver Tiger geological personnel to develop the mineralization models, grade estimates, and reporting criteria for the Mineral Resources at El Tigre.

Mineralized domains were initially developed by Silver Tiger and were reviewed and modified by P&E. A total of twenty-three individual mineralized vein domains have been identified through drilling and surface sampling. Interpreted mineralization wireframes were developed by Silver Tiger geologists for the El Tigre Veins based on logged drill hole lithology, assay grades and historical records. Silver Tiger identified continuous zones of mineralization from assay grades equal to or greater than 0.30 g/t AuEq and 1.0 gpt AuEq for respective near surface and UG, with observed continuity along strike and down-dip, using a calculated Ag:Au equivalent factor of 75:1. The selected intervals include lower grade material where necessary to maintain wireframe continuity between drill holes. A minimum sample selection of two was used to ensure proper continuity.

A total of 5,542 bulk density values were determined by Silver Tiger from drill hole core. Mineralized bulk density values were assigned for each of the El Tigre Main Veins based on the median vein measurement. For the El Tigre North Veins, a bulk density of 2.65 t/m3 was assigned.

Vein block grades for gold and silver were estimated by Inverse Distance Cubed (“ID3”) interpolation of capped composites using a minimum of four and a maximum of twelve composites. Vein block grades for copper, lead and zinc were estimated by Inverse Distance Squared (“ID2”) interpolation of capped composites using a minimum of four and a maximum of twelve composites.

 

For the El Tigre Veins, blocks within 30 m of three or more drill holes/channels were classified as Measured Mineral Resources, and blocks within 60 m of three or more drill holes/channels were classified as Indicated Mineral Resources. All additional estimated blocks within 180 m of a drill hole were classified as Inferred Mineral Resources.

The sensitivity of the Mineral Resource Estimate to changes in cut-off grade was examined by summarizing tonnes and grade at varying cut-off grades for the Out-Of-Pit Mineral Resources. The results suggest that the Mineral Resource models are relatively insensitive to small changes in cut-off grade.

P&E QPs consider that the block model Mineral Resource Estimates and Mineral Resource classification represent a reasonable estimation of the global Mineral Resources for the El Tigre Project with regard to compliance with generally accepted industry standards and guidelines, the methodology used for estimation, the classification criteria used and the actual implementation of the methodology in terms of Mineral Resource estimation and reporting. The Mineral Resources have been estimated in conformity with the requirements of the CIM “Estimation of Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserves Best Practices” guidelines (2019) as required by the Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Instrument 43-101. Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.

 

 

“In the backdrop of all-time high silver and gold prices we are completing detailed engineering and proceeding to build the Stockwork Zone Project. The underground at El Tigre is a standalone bolt-on project and we intend to complete development for this low capex underground project and advance towards production as quickly as possible.”

– Glenn Jessome, President & CEO, Silver Tiger Metals

 

 

Procedure, Quality Assurance / Quality Control and Data Verification 

The diamond drill core (HQ size) is geologically logged, photographed and marked for sampling. When the sample lengths are determined, the full drill core is sawn with a diamond blade drill core saw with one half of the drill core being bagged and tagged for assay. The remaining half portion is returned to the drill core trays for storage and/or for metallurgical test work.

The sealed and tagged sample bags are transported to the Bureau Veritas facility in Hermosillo, Mexico. Bureau Veritas crushes the samples (Code PRP70-250) and prepares 200-300 gram pulp samples with ninety percent passing Tyler 200 mesh (Code PUL85). The pulps are assayed for gold using a 30-gram charge by fire assay (Code FA430) and over limits greater than 10 grams per tonne are re-assayed using a gravimetric finish (Code FA530). Silver and multi-element analysis is completed using total digestion (Code MA200 Total Digestion ICP). Over limits greater than 100 grams per tonne silver are re-assayed using a gravimetric finish (Code FA530).

Quality assurance and quality control procedures monitor the chain-of-custody of the samples and includes the systematic insertion and monitoring of appropriate control materials (certified reference materials, blanks and duplicates) into the sample strings. The results of the assaying of the QA/QC material included in each batch are tracked to ensure the integrity of the assay data.  All results stated in this announcement have passed Silver Tiger’s QA/QC protocols.

Qualified Persons

 

Mineral Resource Estimate: Dave Duncan P. Geo. VP Exploration of Silver Tiger and Charles Spath P.Geo., VP of Technical Services of Silver Tiger, and Fred Brown, P.Geo., RM-SME Senior Associate Geologist of P&E Mining Consultants and Eugene Puritch, P.Eng., FEC, CET, President of P&E Mining Consultants have reviewed and approved the technical aspects of the press release and are the Qualified Persons as defined under National Instrument 43-101.

PEA and PFS: Andrew Bradfield, P. Eng., COO of P&E Mining Consultants, Eugene Puritch, P.Eng., FEC, CET, President of P&E Mining Consultants, David J. Salari, P. Eng. President of D.E.N.M. Engineering Ltd, and James Smith, P. Eng., Senior Geotechnical Engineer at WSP have reviewed and approved the technical aspects of the press release and are the Qualified Persons as defined under National Instrument 43-101.

About Silver Tiger 

 

Silver Tiger is constructing the El Tigre Stockwork Zone Project, a silver and gold project located in Sonora, Mexico. The project is 100% owned by Silver Tiger and covers over 28,000 hectares. The previous Technical Report titled Pre-Feasibility Study of the El Tigre Silver-Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico dated October 22, 2024 is available on SEDAR+ and under the Corporation’s profile as well as on the Silver Tiger website at www.silvertigermetals.com

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Access the Silver Tiger Metals Inc. Company Profile on VRIFY at: https://vrify.com

Posted January 20, 2026

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