Tinka Resources updates exploration on Peru projects

Tinka Resources Ltd. [TSXV: TK; OTCQB: TKRFD] provided an update on the company’s exploration activities at its 100%-owned projects in Peru, and of certain corporate activities.

Key highlights: Drilling update at Silvia gold-copper project – Two diamond drill holes have now been completed at the Silvia project, testing beneath outcrops of high-grade gold-copper surface mineralization at Area A, one of three priority targets in the Silvia NW area. Both holes were drilled from the same platform to a downhole depth of approximately 250 metres. Assay results are awaited. A third hole is in progress from a platform 100 metres north, to a planned downhole depth of 400 metres. A fourth hole is expected to commence during December for completion in January 2026.

Colquipucro silver project re-evaluation – The company is carrying out a reassessment of the Colquipucro silver deposit, 2 km from the company’s flagship Ayawilca zinc project and part of the same mineralized district. The most recent Mineral Resource was completed in 2016, with an estimated 14.3 million ounces (Indicated) and 13.2 million ounces (Inferred) in a potential open pit (using a silver price of US$24/oz). With silver currently at or near record highs (>US$60/oz), the company believes this is the appropriate time for a reassessment of the project.

Tinka appointed Ms. Wilma Lee as Corporate Secretary of the company, commencing December 1, 2025. As part of her remuneration package, the company will issue to Ms. Lee 100,000 stock options for 5 years duration with each option exercisable at $C0.44.

The company has retained the services of Oak Hill Financial Inc. to provide, among other things, investor relations, business and capital markets advisory services to the company.

Dr. Graham Carman, President and CEO, stated: “We are excited by the progress made so far with the initial drill program at Silvia, testing beneath skarn and porphyry style gold-copper mineralization in surface outcrops. The first two holes are complete, and we eagerly await the assay results from the laboratory now expected early 2026. We wish to thank our local stakeholders for their enthusiastic assistance and hard work aiding the Company with the logistical requirements for this initial drill program.

“The Colquipucro silver deposit is somewhat of a forgotten asset within our portfolio. The last time the company carried out drilling at Colquipucro was in 2015. With silver prices having more than trebled, and with our much-improved knowledge of the geology of the Ayawilca district as a result of multiple studies, this is the perfect time for a reassessment of this project. Planned work includes a reinterpretation of the geology of the deposit, and a review of the available metallurgy and silver recovery assumptions.”

“We welcome Ms. Wilma Lee as an Officer of the company in her role as Corporate Secretary. We also wish to sincerely thank Ms. Mariana Bermudez for 20 years of diligent service to Tinka, and we wish her the very best in her future endeavours.”

Silvia project: The first two drill holes have been completed at Silvia NW Area A, testing below outcrops of gold-copper bearing skarn and possible porphyry mineralization exposed in a high-altitude valley floor. Scree and colluvium cover much of the valley floor and slopes at Area A, so the full extent of the skarn beyond the sporadic outcrop is uncertain. S25-001 was drilled on a west-dipping orientation at 55 degrees dip to a depth of 257 metres, while S25-002 was drilled on a similar orientation at 70 degrees dip to a depth of 258 metres. Assays are awaited, and will be disclosed in early 2026 once received and interpreted. A third hole is in progress, also inclined to the west from a drill platform 100 metres further to the north, to a planned depth of 450 metres.

The company is carrying out a reassessment of the Colquipucro silver deposit, 2 km from the company’s flagship Ayawilca zinc project and a part of the same mineralized district. The May 2016 Colquipucro Mineral Resource estimate was reviewed in the 2024 Ayawilca Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and was determined to be current but was not included in the economic analysis section of the report (see reference in notes below).

The Colquipucro resource database includes 8,700 metres of drilling in 49 drill holes. The Mineral Resources were estimated to be contained within several north-dipping high-grade lenses surrounded by a low-grade halo. Overall, the known deposit is 550 metres in the north-south direction by 380 metres in the east-west direction, and up to 75 metres thick. The silver mineralization comes close to, or is at, surface, and is therefore potentially amenable to open pit mining. Silver mineralization is mostly in a disseminated, oxidised form (following oxidation of sulphides and dissolution of hydrothermal carbonates) and hosted by quartz-rich sandstone (quartzite), though minor sulphides occur at depth. Whilst there has been no drilling at Colquipucro since 2015, the understanding of the geology of the deposit has improved particularly with relation to the structural controls of the district. High-grade silver mineralization is believed to be controlled by a number of east-west trending, north-dipping thrust faults which cut the sandstone and underlying limestone.

Oak Hill is a Toronto-based investor relations and capital markets advisory firm that has been engaged to, among other things, heighten market and brand awareness for the company as well as to broaden the awareness of the company within the investment community via email and phone campaigns. The agreement with Oak Hill is effective as of January 6, 2026 and has an initial period of four months. The agreement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval. Oak Hill will be paid a monthly fee of $12,000, plus applicable taxes.

Tinka is an exploration and development company focused on base and precious metals projects in Peru. The company’s flagship property is the Ayawilca zinc-silver-tin project which has substantial mineral resources of zinc (with silver-lead credits) and tin in separate zones.

The nearby Silvia gold-copper project is the current focus of exploration drilling. The company filed a NI 43-101 technical report on an updated PEA for the Ayawilca Project on April 15, 2024.