Aya Gold & Silver Inc. announced high-grade silver drill results from its at-depth drill exploration program at the Zgounder Silver Mine in the Kingdom of Morocco. Highlights (all intersections are in core lengths): In the Central Zone from the 1,950m level: hole DZG-SF-24-065 intercepted 2,870 grams per tonne (?g/t?) silver (?Ag?) over 6.5 meters (?m?), including 7,229 g/t Ag over 2.0m, hole DZG-SF-24-057 intercepted 1,252 g/t Ag over 4.0m, hole DZG-SF-24-070 intercepted 896 g/t Ag over 6.0m, including 3,820 g/t Ag over 1.0m. In the Western Zone from the 2,000m level: hole DZG-SF-24-027 intercepted 7,631 g/t Ag over 1.5m, hole DZG-SF-24-056 intercepted 625 g/t Ag over 14.0m, including 2,677 g/t Ag over 2.0m, hole DZG-SF-24-060 intercepted 2,005 g/t Ag over 3.0m, hole DZG-SF-24-064 intercepted 403 g/t Ag over 12.5m, hole DZG-SF-24-067 intercepted 935 g/t Ag over 8.5m, including 4,440 g/t Ag over 1.5m.

In the Eastern Zone from the 1,950m level: hole DZG-SF-24-082 intercepted 656 g/t Ag over 12.0m, including 928 g/t Ag over 6.0m. Exploration holes near the granite contact: ZG-SF-24-123 intercepted 5,696 g/t Ag over 2.5m, ZG-SF-24-110 intercepted 523 g/t Ag over 13.0m including 4,638 g/t Ag over 1.0m, ZG-SF-24-142 intercepted 522 g/t Ag over 14.5m including 1,356 g/t Ag over 4.5m. 15,200m of the 2024 underground exploration program drilled year to date.

For core drilling, all individual samples represent approximately one meter in length of core, which is halved. Half of the core is kept on site for reference, and its counterpart is sent for preparation and assaying to African Laboratory for Mining and Environment in Marrakech, Morocco. All samples are analyzed for silver, copper, iron, lead, and zinc using Aqua regia and finished by atomic absorption spectroscopy (?AAS?).

Samples grading above 200 g/t Ag are reanalyzed using fire assaying. For definition drilling using T28 drilling equipment, all individual samples represent 1.2m in length. Samples are assayed at either the Zgounder Mine laboratory or at Afrilab.

At Afrilab, all samples are analyzed for silver, copper, iron, lead, and zinc using Aqua regia and finished by AAS. Samples grading above 200 g/t Ag are reanalyzed using fire assaying. At ZMSM, all samples are analyzed for silver only using Aqua regia and finished by AAS.

Rigorous quality controls (QaQc) are applied at both locations.