Aftermath Silver Appoints Chief Operating Officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2026
(AAG2026 – NR #04)
Aftermath Silver Appoints Chief Operating Officer
Vancouver, BC, February 2, 2026 – Aftermath Silver Ltd. (TSX -V: AAG "The Company") (OTCQB:
AAGFF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Danny Keating as Chief Operating Officer
(“COO”). Mr Keating is a Mining Engineer with 30 years of experience in mine development,
processing and project execution. His appointment strengthens the Company’s operational
leadership as Berenguela enters a key phase of technical evaluation and de-risking.
Michael Parker, a director of the company and Aftermath's current COO and Qualified Person, has
been appointed to the role of Technical Director leading the Peruvian team and overseeing the
exploration and development of Aftermath's Chilean projects.
Danny Keating – Chief Operating Officer
Mr Keating has held senior executive roles, including CEO of TSX -V-listed Giyani Metals, an
advanced manganese battery metals company, as well as leadership positions with Alufer Mining,
Dynamic Mining and ASX-listed Lindian Resources. He began his career with Anglo American and
Gold Fields and later worked in investment banking and corporate finance with Collins Stewart
and ABN AMRO.
Ralph Rushton, President and CEO of Aftermath Silver, commented:
“Aftermath is entering a transformational phase, supported by a strong balance sheet and a high-
confidence silver-copper-manganese resource base. The results of our infill drilling and updated
resource have provided the technical foundation to advance our engineering studies at
Berenguela, an important milestone for the Company and our shareholders. We expect a steady
stream of news as we drill test the eastern targets and follow-up on our recent high-grade silver-
copper-manganese intercepts which included 156 metres from surface grading 290g/t Ag, 1.12%
Cu and 7.3% manganese (see Aftermath news release dated Feb. 27, 2025) . We will also be drill
testing a very prospective skarn target located 4 km from Berenguela. Concurrently, we will be
drilling at our Challacollo silver project in Northern Chile.
Danny’s appointment as C hief Operating Officer enhances our ability to effectively execute our
planned engineering studies . His experience in project evaluation, mine development and EV
battery-related metals, positions Aftermath extremely well as we advance the engineering work,
further de-risk Berenguela and demonstrate the project economics."
Adoption of New Option Plan
The Company wishes to report that it has adopted, and the TSX Venture Exchange has approved,
a 10% fixed stock option plan (the “ Plan”) that will allow the Company to grant up to
33,785,972 stock options to eligible participants under the Plan. The Plan is the only security-
based compensation plan of the Company currently in place.
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 for m 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 project. The Company owns 100% interest in the Berenguela Ag-
Cu-Mn project located in the Department of Puno, in southern central Peru. A current NI
43-101 mineral resource estimate was published on December 4, 2025 and a NI43 -101
Technical Report was published January 16, 2026. The Company is currently drilling at
Berenguela.
• Challacollo Silver -Gold project. The Company owns a 100% interest in the Challacollo
silver-gold project which was acquired 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 C ompany’s web page). The Company is currently
drilling at Challacollo.
• Cachinal Silver-Gold project. The Company owns a 100% interest in the Cachinal Ag -Au
project, located 2.5 hours south of Antofagasta. On September 16, 2020, the Company
released a CIM compliant Mineral Resource and accompanying NI 43-101 Technical Report
(available on SEDAR and on the Company's web page).
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
"Ralph Rushton"
Ralph Rushton
CEO and Director
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