ABRA.TO · 2019-11-25 12:00:00

AbraPlata Commences Drilling at Diablillos Silver-Gold Project

Exploration Programs

VANCOUVER, B.C. – November 25, 2019 – AbraPlata Resource Corp. (TSX.V: ABRA; OTCPK: ABBRF)

(“AbraPlata” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling at the Diablillos silver-

gold project, located in Salta province, Argentina.

Oculto Drill Program

A diamond drill program of up to

3,000 metres (approximately 7 or 8

holes) commenced on the Oculto

deposit on November 23, 2019. One

drill rig will be testing the continuity

of gold mineralization associated with

the steeply dipping silicified breccia

structures mapped at surface (Figure

1) into the basement rocks. Drilling is

designed to evaluate the potential for

additional high grade gold

mineralization beneath the current

mineral resource ( Table 1) and into

the basement rocks . There is also

potential for a porphyry copper -gold

body beneath the Oculto high

sulphidation system, which would

have been the driver of mineralising

fluids. Assay results will be issued as

they are received and interpreted.

Rob Bruggeman, Interim CEO of the Company, stated "This is an exciting time for AbraPlata because this is the

first time the Oculto deposit on the Diablillos property has been drilled since 2012. Oculto is already a very

significant silver-gold resource, with more than US$35 million spent to date on exploration. However, because

Oculto was historically evaluated as an open pit deposit, limited drilling has been done at depth. If drilling

indicates the presence of additional high grade gold mineralizat ion at depth, this further strengthens the

potential that Oculto might be better suited to underground mining methods targeting high grade zones,

which may require substantially less initial capex than an open pit mine."

Diablillos Property Overview

The 80 km2 Diablillos property is located in the Argentine Puna region - the southern extension of the

Altiplano of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile - and was acquired from S SR Mining Inc. by the

Company in 2016. There are several known mineral zones on the Diablillos property (Figure 2), with the

Oculto zone being the most advanced with approximately 85,000 metres drilled in 3 06 RC and diamond drill

holes. Oculto is a high -sulphidation epithermal silver -gold deposit derived from remnant hot springs activity

following Tertiarty -age local magmatic and volcanic activity. Comparatively nearby examples of high -

sulphidation epithermal deposits include: El Indio, Chile; Veladero, Argentina; and Pascua Lama, on the Chile -

Argentine border.

Figure 1 - Oculto Plan Map with Lithology and Structures

The Oculto deposit is strongly oxidized down to depths in the order of 300 to 400 metres below surface.

Based on a 2018 Preliminary Economic Assessment prepared by RPA Inc. o f Toronto, Canada, the mineral

resource estimate for the Oculto deposit is as outlined in Table 1. This resource estimate is based on the

assumption that open pit mining will be used at Oculto.

Table 1 - 2018 Mineral Resource Estimate for the Oculto Deposit, Diablillos Project

Category Tonnage

(000 t)

(g/t)

Contained Ag

(000 oz Ag)

Contained Au

(000 oz Au)

Indicated 26,900 93.0 0.85 80,300 732

Inferred 1,000 46.8 0.89 1,505 29

Effective August 31, 2017. Full details of the Mineral Resources are available in a

Company news release dated March 2, 2018, and available on www.SEDAR.com.

Principal controls to alteration and mineralization are predominantly structural with some influence imparted

by lithology. A high grade zone of silver measuring approximately 20 metres thick occurs at a depth of

between 100 and 120 metres below surface and is believed to be a supergene enrichment zone. A broadly

horizontal zone of higher-grade gold mineralization occurs at or near the contact of the Te rtiary volcanic rocks

and the Ordovician basement assemblage. This zone is approximately 30 metres thick and, in place s,

correlates well with the "regolith" breccia that occupies this contact. This contact zone is one of the key

targets for the upcoming drill program, as well as breccias that extend into the basement.

Figure 2 - Diablillos Property Geology

Qualified Person

All scientific and technical information in this news release has been approved by Willem Fuchter, PhD P Geo,

Director of AbraPlata Resource Corp and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About AbraPlata

AbraPlata is focused on exploring and advancing its flagship Diablillos silver -gold property, located in mining -

friendly Salta province, Argentina. Diablillos has an Indicated Mineral Resource containing 80.9M oz silver and

732k oz gold. AbraPlata also ow ns the highly prospective Cerro Amarillo property with its cluster of five

mineralized Cu-(Mo-Au) porphyry intrusions located in a mining camp hosting the behemoth El Teniente, Los

Bronces, and Los Pelambres porphyry Cu -Mo deposits. As well, AbraPlata is e xploring Aguas Perdidas, its

wholly owned Patagonia -style epithermal Au -Ag property. AbraPlata is based in Vancouver, Canada, and is

listed on the TSX-V under the symbol “ABRA”.

ON BEHALF OF ABRAPLATA RESOURCE CORP.

Robert Bruggeman, Interim CEO

For further information concerning this news release, please contact:

Rob Bruggeman

Tel: +1.416.884.3556 Email: [email protected]

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of

the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For further information about AbraPlata, please visit the Company’s website at www.abraplata.com.

Forward Looking Statement

This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements ” under applicable Canadian securities

legislation. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions

that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors

which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by

such forward-looking statements. All statements that address future plans, activities, events or developme nts

that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur are forward-looking information. There can

be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ

materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on

forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any

forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, futu re events or otherwise, except as

required by law.

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