Aftermath Silver Outlines Drill Plan for Challacollo Silver-Gold Project, Chile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2025
(AAG2025 – NR #12)
Aftermath Silver Outlines Drill Plan for Challacollo
Silver-Gold Project, Chile
Vancouver, BC, September 23, 2025 – Aftermath Silver Ltd. (the “Company” or “Aftermath Silver ”)
(TSX-V: AAG) (OTCQX: AAGFF) is pleased to provide an outline of planned drilling for the Challacollo
Ag-Au project in Region 1 of northern Chile. Challacollo is a highly prospective low-sulphidation epithermal
Ag-Au vein deposit containing a substantial silver resource (see Table 1 below).
Aftermath is planning an initial 7 to 10-hole diamond core program for Q4 2025 (up to 2,000m total drilling).
Previous drilling concentrated on the principal vein (Lolón Vein) to a depth of about 200 m below surface.
The oxidation level at Challacollo bottoms at approximately 200 m below surface. The down-dip extent of
the mineralized structures remains unknown. Gold and base metal grades are generally observed to increase
at depth.
Ralph Rushton, President and CEO of Aftermath said: " We're excited to kick off our exploration at the
Challacollo silver-gold project, which gives Aftermath further silver exposure in addition to our flagship
Berenguela Project in Peru. Our objective at Challacollo is to expand and increase the mineral resource
and this is the first step toward that goal. I look forward to reporting on the results of the drilling toward
the end of this year."
Planned Drilling
The main objective of the planned program is to investigate the potential to a) expand the existing resource
at Challacollo by extending some of known veins down dip and along strike, b) initial drill testing of
previously known but untested veins and susp ected new veins on Aftermath's land package , and c) twin
some previous RC holes to obtain supplementary geological and metallurgical information. Specifically:
• Lolón North: The northern sector of the Lolón vein is still unexplored and is partially covered by
colluvial deposits. In the northern sector, which corresponds to the last vein outcrops, silver
mineralization may continue to depth. Drilling is targeted to cut the main vein at a vertical depth of
60 meters:
• Lucy North: silver-bearing veins identified to the west of the main Lolón vein. Drilling will also
target disseminated silver in the host rock. The structures have a similar orientation to the Lolón
vein and are located north of the Lucy vein:
• Palermo North: a replacement breccia with galena and significant silver values located to the north
of the Palermo North vein projection:
• Millsite vein: Testing for a structurally downthrown vein offset to the east of Lolón. Interpretation
suggests the mineralized should be encountered below 250 meters.
About Challacollo
Challacollo is located in Region I in Northern Chile, 130 km southeast of the major port city of Iquique and
50 km south of the town of Pica. The project is approximately 30 km east of the Pan American Highway,
via Teck Resources’ Quebrada Blanca Copper Mi ne access road. The project is 139 km southeast of the
major Pacific port city of Iquique. High voltage power transmission lines are located 15 -30 km from the
property, in part to service nearby mines of Collahuasi and Quebrada Blanca. The Project includes water
rights.
Table 1. 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
Notes on the Challacollo Mineral Resource Estimate
• CIM Definition Standards (2014) were used for reporting the Mineral Resources.
• The effective date of the estimate is 30 November 2020.
• The Qualified Person is Dinara Nussipakynova, P.Geo., of AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd.
• Mineral Resources are constrained by an optimized pit shell at a long-term metal price of US$20/oz
Ag with recovery of 92% Ag and metal price of US$1,400/oz Au with recovery of 75%.
• Silver equivalency formula is AgEq (g/t) = Ag (g/t) + 57.065 *Au (g/t).
• The open pit mineral resources are based on a pit optimization using the following assumptions:
⎯ Plant feed mining costs of US$3.5/t and waste mining cost of $2.5/t.
⎯ Processing costs of US$17/t and General and Administration costs of $2.5/t.
⎯ Edge dilution of 7.5% and 100% mining recovery.
⎯ 45-degree slope angles
⎯ Cut-off grade is 35 g/t AgEq g/t.
• The underground mineral resources are reported within Datamine MSO stopes based on the
following assumptions:
⎯ Mining costs of US$35/t.
⎯ Processing costs of US$17/t and General and Administration costs of US$2.5/t.
⎯ Minimum width of 2.5 m
⎯ No dilution or mining recovery.
⎯ Cut-off grade is 93 AgEq g/t
• Bulk density used was 2.47 t/m3
• Drilling results up to 31 December 2016.
• Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
• The numbers may not compute exactly due to rounding.
• Mineral Resources are depleted for historic mined out material.
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
the technical content of this news release and has approved the technical information provided in this
news release and the form and context in which it appears.
About Aftermath Silver Ltd
Aftermath Silver Ltd is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on silver and critical metals, and
aims to deliver shareholder value through the discovery, acquisition and development of quality mineral
projects in stable jurisdictions. Aftermath has developed a pipeline of projects at various stages of
advancement. The Companies projects have been selected based on growth and development potential.
Berenguela Silver-Copper-Manganese Project. The Company has an option to acquire a 100% i nterest
in Berenguela. The project is located in the Department of Puno, in southern central Peru. The company
recently completed its second round of drilling at Berenguela and is planning to advance the project through
engineering studies. PEA level engineering is currently underway.
Challacollo Silver-Gold Project. The Company owns a 100% interest in the Challacollo epithermal silver-
gold project through a binding agreement with Mandalay Resources, see Company news release dated June
27th, 201. The company will aggressively seek to grow the mineral resource.
About Aftermath Silver Ltd.
Aftermath Silver Ltd. is a leading Canadian junior exploration company focused on silver, and aims to
deliver shareholder value through the discovery, acquisition and development of quality silver 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.
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Ralph Rushton
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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 or business
conditions. In addition, forward‐looking statements are subject to various risks, including but not limited to
operational risk; political risk; currency risk; capital cost inflation risk; that data is incomplete or
inaccurate. The reader is referred to the Company’s filings with the Canadian securities regulators for
disclosure regarding these and other risk factors, accessible through Aftermath Silver’s profile at
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute “forward -looking information”
within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that
express or involve discussions with respect to interpretation of exploration programs and drill results,
predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects”, “is expected”,
“anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”, “projects”, “estimates”, “assumes”, “intends”, “strategies”,
“targets”, “goals”, “forecasts”, “objectives”, “budgets”, “schedules”, “potential” or variations thereof
or stating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken,
occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of
historical fact and may be forward-looking statements or information.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual
results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward‐looking statements. Although
the Company believes the expectations expres sed in such forward‐looking statements are based on
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 ex ploration results; continued availability of capital and financing;
differing results and recommendations in the Feasibility Study; and general economic, market or business
conditions. In addition, forward‐looking statements are subject to various risks, including but not limited to
operational risk; political risk; currency risk; capital cost inflation risk; that data is incomplete or
inaccurate. The reader is referred to the Company’s filings with the Canadian securities regulators for
disclosure regardin g these and other risk factors, accessible through Aftermath Silver’s profile at
www.sedar.com.