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Aftermath Silver: Drilling Continues at Berenguela and Drilling Commences at Challacollo Silver Project.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2025

(AAG2025 – NR #17)

Aftermath Silver: Drilling Continues at Berenguela and Drilling Commences at

Challacollo Silver Project.

Vancouver, BC, December 10, 2025. Aftermath Silver Ltd. (the “Company” or “Aftermath Silver”)

(TSX-V: AAG) (OTCQX: AAGFF) is pleased to announce that a targeted follow-up drill campaign

of 4,000m of diamond core drilling and 2,000m of RC drilling has started at its Berenguela silver-

copper-manganese project in Puno province, southern Peru.

Drilling is also begin ning this week at Aftermath's Challacollo silver-gold project in Region 1,

northern Chile, where approximately 1,000 - 2,000m of core drilling is planned (see Aftermath NR

dated September 23, 2025).

Ralph Rushton, President and CEO, commented “Aftermath is focused on drilling both Berenguela

and Challacollo, and considering the current silver price these programs should further highlight

Aftermath’ s exposure to silver. At Challocollo we're focused on investigating the potential to

expand the current resource. At Berenguela our objective is to follow up on the high copper grades

encountered on the eastern side of the resource (see new release dated Feb.27, 2025) and to infill

drill the area which is the most likely location of initial mining operations in the future. With the

prices of silver and copper climbing, it's an opportune time for us to be following up at Berenguela

and to advance Challacollo. I look forward to reporting the first assays from both programs in Q1

2026."

Berenguela Ag-Cu-Mn project

Berenguela is Aftermath's flagship project. Recent drilling has focused on infilling of the previous

NI 43 101 mineral resource (MRE) to convert inferred to measured and indicated resources. A new

MRE was published on December 4, 2025 (see NR dated CDec. 4, 2025 linked here). The current

drill program has three objectives:

1. To explore untested areas in the east and south-east zone of the known mineralisation where

the 2024-2025 drill campaign and historic drilling encountered high copper grades. This

includes the ‘Copper East’ target, identified in 2024/25 which returned longest copper

intercept drilled to date at 156m grading 1.12% Cu, 290 g/t Ag and 7.3% Mn, and the

highest silver intercept to date at 1.95m @ 14,252 g/t (1.43% Ag) from 29.30 to 31.25m

(news release dated Feb 27, 2025)

2. To upgrade part of the indicated resources to measured resources primarily in the western

and central domains where future mining is likely to initiate;

3. To further define the mineralization between the central and northern areas;

4. Collection of a bulk sample of mineralization by RC drilling for future metallurgical

testwork.

Aftermath has retained AK Drilling of Lima to complete the current planned drilling. AK will be

using a D800 drill rig which requires less site preparation and can drill in areas of steeper

topography.

About Berenguela

The host stratigraphy at Berenguela comprises folded thickly bedded, light grey limestones and

dolomitized limestones. Several large bodies of black massive, patchy, and fracture -controlled

manganese oxide replacement mineralization with associated silver, copper, and zinc enrichment,

occur in the folded limestones. Mineralization largely follows stratigraphy and is typically

conserved as eroded synform or antiform remnants, usually exposed at surface and with fold axes

trending 105-120 degrees. Drilling and resource modelling shows the mineralization to extend for

roughly 1,500m along strike and up to 400m wide.

Berenguela Mineral Resource Estimate

Table 1. Berenguela Ag-Cu-Mn deposit Mineral Resource Estimate at 137.40 USD NSR.

Resource

Classification

Tonnage

Mt

Grade Contained Metal

Ag Mn Cu Zn Ag Mn Cu Zn

g/t % % % Moz Mt Mlb Mlb

Measured 8.49 101 8.97 0.89 0.32 27.7 0.76 166.9 60.0

Indicated 43.06 68.5 5.04 0.58 0.33 94.9 2.17 550.2 312.5

Measured

and Indicated 51.55 73.9 5.69 0.63 0.33 122.5 2.93 717.1 372.4

Inferred 14.33 47.6 3.28 0.37 0.25 22.0 0.47 118.4 80

Source: Aftermath Silver News Release " Aftermath Silver Berenguela Silver-Copper-Manganese Project: Contained

Silver in Measured and Indicated Resources Increases by 21% to 122.5 Moz, with 22.0 Moz of Silver in Inferred

Resources" dated December 4, 2025 available here: https://aftermathsilver.c om/news-releases/aftermath-silver-

berenguela-silver-copper-manganese-project-contained-silver-in-measured-and-indicated-resources-increases-by/

Challacollo Ag-Au Project

About Challacollo

Challacollo is a low -sulphidation epithermal silver -gold system located in Region I in Northern Chile,

130km southeast of the major port city of Iquique and 50 km south of the town of Pica. The project is

approximately 30km east of the Pan American Highway , via Teck Resources’ Quebrada Blanca Copper

Mine access road. High voltage power transmission lines are located 15-30 km from the property, in part to

service nearby mines of Collahuasi and Quebrada Blanca. Challacollo is a highly prospective low -

sulphidation epithermal Silver-Gold vein deposit containing a substantial historic NI43-101 silver resource

(see Table 2). The Project includes water rights.

Aftermath is planning an initial 7 - to 10-hole diamond core program of up to 2,000 metres total drilling.

Previous drilling concentrated on the principal vein (Lolon vein) to a depth of 200m below surface. The

oxidation level at Challacollo bottoms at appr oximately 200m below surface. The down-dip extent of the

mineralized structures remains unknown. Gold and base metal grades are generally observed to increase at

depth. The main objectives for the program are:

1. Investigate potential to expand the existing resource at Challacollo by extending some of known

veins down dip and along strike;

2. Begin initial drill testing of previously known but untested veins and new drill targets, and

3. Confirm several previous RC hole results to obtain supplementary geological and metallurgical

information.

Table 2. Summary of the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Challacollo Silver-Gold Project

Classification Material Type Tonnes

(Kt) Silver (g/t) Gold (g/t) Silver (Koz) Gold

(Koz)

Indicated

Open Pit 5,597 170 0.27 30,639 49

Underground 1,043 134 0.29 4,510 10

TOTAL 6,640 165 0.27 35,150 58

Inferred

Open Pit 2,360 117 0.15 8,912 11

Underground 443 157 0.26 2,232 4

TOTAL 2,803 124 0.17 11,144 15

Source: NI 43-101 technical report for the Challacollo Mineral Resource Estimate prepared by AMC Mining

Consultants (Canada) Ltd, announced on December 15, 2020, titled "Aftermath Silver Announces Mineral Resource

Estimate for Challacollo Silver-Gold Project, Chile, linked here:

https://aftermathsilver.com/site/assets/files/5659/techreport_challacollo_resource_estimate.pdf

Qualified person

Michael Parker, a fellow of the AusIMM and a non-independent director of Aftermath, is a non-independent

qualified person, as defined by National Instrument 43 -101. Mr. Parker has reviewed and approved the

technical content of this news release and the form and context in which it appears.

About Aftermath Silver Ltd.

Aftermath Silver Ltd. is a leading Canadian junior exploration company focused on silver and critical

metals which aims to deliver shareholder value through the discovery, acquisition and development of

quality silver and critical metal projects in stable jurisdictions. Aftermath has developed a pipeline of

projects at various stages of advancement. The Company's projects have been selected based on growth and

development potential.

• Berenguela Silver-Copper-Manganese project. The Company has acquired the rights to a 100%

interest in Berenguela through a binding agreement with SSR Mining and EMX Royalties. The

project is located in the Department of Puno, in southern central Peru. A current NI 43-101 mineral

resource estimate was published on December 4, 2025. A NI43-101Technical Report on the property

will be filed shortly.

• Challacollo Silver-Gold project. The Company completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in the

Challacollo silver-gold project from Mandalay Resources; see Company news release dated August

11, 2022. A NI 43-101 mineral resource was released on December 15, 2020 (available on SEDAR

and the Company’s web page).

• Cachinal Silver-Gold project. The Company owns a 100% interest in the Cachinal Ag-Au project,

located 2.5 hours south of Antofagasta.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Ralph Rushton”

Ralph Rushton

CEO and Director

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within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that

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reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or

developments may differ materially from those in the forward‐looking statements. Factors that could cause

actual results to differ materially from those in forward‐looking statements include, but are not limited to,

changes in commodities prices; changes in expected mineral production performance; unexpected

increases in capital costs; exploitation and exp loration results; continued availability of capital and

financing; differing results and recommendations in the Feasibility Study; and general economic, market

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not limited to operational risk; political risk; currency risk; capital cost inflation risk; that data is

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regulators for disclosure regarding these and other risk factors, accessible through Aftermath Silver’s

profile at www.sedar.com.

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Cautionary Note to US Investors - Mineral Resources

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Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (''NI 43-101'') and the Canadian Institute

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