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Aztec Minerals Announces Exploration Plans for Cervantes Gold-Copper Project in Mexico

Vancouver, Canada — May 28, 2025 — NewsWall — Aztec Minerals Corp. has announced plans for a two-phase 2025 exploration program at the Cervantes porphyry gold-copper project in Sonora, Mexico. The program will focus on surface exploration and potential follow-up drilling.

The initial phase includes reconnaissance outcrop sampling and geological mapping of targets at the 3,649-hectare project. The program is focused on the California East, California North, and Brasil target areas.

The surface exploration, being conducted through June 2025, involves field teams examining outcrops and subcrop float to explore new areas of mineralization and alteration. Subject to the results of phase 1, Aztec anticipates planning a potential follow up drilling program after the regional rainy season (July – October) to expand the California Au target and potentially include first pass drilling in the Brasil target area.

The project, located 160 km east of Hermosillo, Sonora, lies within the Laramide porphyry copper belt and along an east-west trending gold belt. Highlights of the project include a large property with good infrastructure, seven prospective mineralized zones, distinct geophysical anomalies, and extensive gold mineralization at the California target.

Highlights from previous drill programs include:

  • 137m @ 1.49 gpT Au incl 51.7m @ 3.42 gpT Au, 119m @ 0.091% copper in CAL22-005
  • 165m @ 1.00 gpT Au incl 24.4m @ 4.25 gpT Au, 160m @ 0.065% copper in CAL22-004
  • 152m @ 0.87 gpT Au, incl 33.5m @ 2.05 gpT Au, 123m @ 0.095% copper in CAL22-012
  • 160m @ 0.77 gpT gold incl 80m @ 1.04 gpT gold, 0.11% copper in 18CER010
  • 139m @ 0.71 gpT gold incl 20m @ 2.10 gpT gold, 0.16% copper in 17CER005
  • 94m @ 1.04 gpT Au incl 15.2m @ 3.96 gpT Au, 55m @ 0.36% copper in CAL22-001
  • 118m @ 0.63 gpT gold incl 43m @ 1.18 gpT gold, 0.16% copper in 17CER003
  • 100m @ 0.75 gpT Au incl 9.14m @ 3.087 gpT Au, 138m @ 0.10% copper in CAL22-006
  • 122m @ 0.60 gpT gold incl 62m @ 0.88 gpT gold, 0.06% copper in 18CER007
  • 170m @ 0.42 gpT gold incl 32m @ 0.87 gpT gold, 0.06% copper in 18CER006

Additional exploration targets include Purisima East, Estrella, Purisima West, Jasper, and California North.

Allen David Heyl, VP Exploration of Aztec, is the Qualified Person under NI43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosures in this release. Simon Dyakowski is the Chief Executive Officer of Aztec Minerals Corp. He can be reached at (604) 685-9770 or info@aztecminerals.com.

Source: Aztec Minerals Corp.