Zacatecas Silver Announces Investor Relations Engagement
Zacatecas Silver Announces Investor Relations Engagement
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 16, 2026 -- Zacatecas Silver Corp. (TSXV: ZAC; OTC: ZCTSF; Frankfurt: 7TV)
(“Zacatecas” or the “Company”) announces that it has engaged Ryan Johnson to serve as Vice President, Corporate
Communications. Mr. Johnson will support the Company’s corporate communication and marketing strategy and provide
marketing and public relations advisory and consulting services, including coordinating marketing initiatives, news flow and
events, and facilitating introductions to media, digital and social media marketing contacts and other communications service
providers.
In consideration of the services, the Company will pay Mr. Johnson C$8,000 per month plus applicable taxes. The engagement
is month-to-month and may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days’ notice. The engagement is subject to TSX
Venture Exchange Approval.
Mr. Johnson and the Company are not related parties and deal at arm’s length. Mr. Johnson does not own, directly or
indirectly, any securities of the Company, nor does he have any right or intention to acquire such securities.
Mr. Johnson bring over 19 years of capital market experience focused on corporate communications, investor relations, and
digital marketing for public issuers. He has extensive experience in managing integrated multi-channel marketing campaigns
and has advised companies through financings and corporate transactions, working closely with management teams, boards,
and counsel on disclosure-compliant communications.
About Zacatecas Silver Corp.
Zacatecas Silver is a multi-asset precious metals exploration company with a portfolio of six projects across Mexico, spanning
Zacatecas, Sonora, Morelos, and Oaxaca.
The Zacatecas Silver Project is located in Zacatecas State, within the highly prospective Fresnillo silver belt, which has
produced over 6.2 billion ounces of silver. The Company holds 7,826 hectares of ground prospective for low-sulphidation and
intermediate-sulphidation silver-base metal mineralization. A Mineral Resource Estimate at the Panuco deposit comprises
3.41 million tonnes at 187 g/t AgEq for 20.5 million ounces AgEq (see news release dated May 31, 2023). The property is 25
km southeast of MAG Silver's Juanicipio Mine and Fresnillo PLC's Fresnillo Mine, and shares boundaries with Defiance Silver
and Endeavour Silver.
Esperanza is an advanced stage, attractive low-cost, low-capital-intensity and low-technical-risk growth project located in
Morelos state, Mexico. The Company announced a Mineral Resource Estimate at Esperanza consisting of a Measured and
Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 45.4 million tonnes at 0.79 g/t AuEq (0.76 g/t gold and 8.5 g/t silver) for 1.15 million
ounces AuEq (1.11 million ounces gold and 12.37 million ounces silver) and an Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 11.2
million tonnes at 0.57 g/t AuEq (0.53 g/t gold and 11.2 g/t silver) for 208 thousand ounces AuEq (190 thousand ounces gold
and 4.02 million ounces silver) (see news release dated June 22, 2026).
The Company also holds four exploration properties in Sonora and Oaxaca. Oso Negro (Sonora) is an undrilled, high-grade low
sulphidation epithermal system with multiple veins mapped over more than 3 km of strike length. Cumaro (Sonora) is situated
along trend from Coeur Mining’s El Picacho development and hosts extensions of proven low sulphidation vein systems with
high-grade channel sampling results. La Lola (Sonora) is a large, underexplored 1,183-hectare property anchored by the La
Barra vein, a 5 km structure reaching up to 40 m in width. Ejutla (Oaxaca) comprises 10,603 hectares in the Taviche-
Miahuatlán region near the former Fortuna Silver San José Mine, hosting multiple vein systems and alteration zones
anomalous in gold, silver, and Carlin-style pathfinder elements.
On behalf of the Company
Eric Vanderleeuw
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(519) 729 2440
Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of
this news release. These statements reflect management’s current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations. They are
not guarantees of future performance. Zacatecas Silver cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain
and that actual performance may be affected by many material factors, many of which are beyond their respective control.
Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to Zacatecas Silver’s limited operating history, its
proposed exploration and development activities on Zacatecas Properties and the need to comply with environmental and
governmental regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the
estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. Except as required
under applicable securities legislation, Zacatecas Silver does not undertake to publicly update or revise forward-looking
information.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.