Key facts
| Company | Rio Silver Inc. (TSXV: RYO) |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Silver |
| Location | Peru |
| Stage | Early exploration |
News releases13 on file
RIO SILVER INC. REPORTS: INITIAL SILVER – GOLD – LEAD RECOVERIES OF 85 %, 74 % AND 77% RESPECTIVELY FROM THE MARIA NORTE IN CENTRAL PERU
Initial flotation metallurgical testing at the Maria Norte silver-gold-lead property in the Huachocolpa Mining District, central Peru, returned recoveries of 85% silver, 74% gold and 77% lead. A composite surface sample from a quartz-lead sulphide vein graded 3.00 g/t gold, 4.32 oz/t silver, 4.05% lead and 1.61% lead oxide, producing a 25:1 concentrate at 14.57 g/t gold, 53.64 oz/t silver and 54.1
Study resultsRio Silver Provides Corporate Update Highlighting Continued Operational Progress at Maria Norte
A corporate update on the Maria Norte Project in Peru outlined recent operational milestones, including permission to commence site activities, continued progress toward formal community authorization, access preparation and portal planning, and a metallurgical optimization program underway to refine processing flowsheet design. Rio Silver stated it is in the strongest operational position in its
CorporateRio Silver Secures Community Permission to Commence Site Activities at Maria Norte, Peru
Permission from the local community has been received to begin planned site activities at the Maria Norte Project in Peru's Huachocolpa District, allowing Rio Silver Inc. to start establishing infrastructure for exploration and development. Next steps include mobilizing personnel, advancing access and portal preparation work including camp construction, metallurgical optimization programs, and sur
CorporateRio Silver Inc. Invites Investors to Meet Management at PDAC 2026, the World’s Premier Mining Convention
Rio Silver Inc. will exhibit at Booth 3013 at the PDAC Convention 2026, held March 1–4 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 222 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, Ontario. Management will be available to discuss the silver-dominant Maria Norte Project in Peru, including community authorization milestones, metallurgical programs and processing optimization, access preparation and staged deve
CorporateRio Silver Highlights Underexplored Silver-Gold Potential at Maria Norte Within a Proven Peruvian Mining District
Geological context was provided for the Maria Norte Project in Peru, which hosts the Castor, Maria, Pamela and Jess Veins plus roughly 500 metres of the Las Animas vein set, lying about 600 metres from vein extensions of Silver X Mining's adjacent Tangana Mining Unit, separated by a regional fault. Mineralized exposures traced to date extend up to approximately 1,000 metres, and one dump sample re
NewsRio Silver Launches Metallurgical Program to De-Risk Processing and Optimize Silver Recoveries at Maria Norte
Metallurgical testwork has begun at Rio Silver's Maria Norte Project in Peru, with representative samples from the Maria Vein submitted to Asesor Procesos Metalurgicos in Trujillo to characterize silver mineralization, evaluate recovery, and design a preliminary flow sheet aligned with third-party toll-milling scenarios. Check samples will subsequently go to Certimin in Lima for independent verifi
Study resultsRio Silver Initiates Process to Access High-Grade Silver Surface Mineralization and Enable Underground Access at Maria Norte
Permitting has begun to allow physical access at the Maria Norte Project in Peru, with applications underway with the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) for mining activity authorization and with SUCAMEC for explosives use and purchase permits; approvals are expected in Q2, subject to regulatory review. Independent NI 43-101 verification sampling by James A. McCrea, P.Geo. in June 2025 returned 86
Drill resultsRio Silver Highlights High-Grade Silver up to 6.26 g/t Au and 991 g/t Ag (28.9 oz per metric tonne) over 0.70 metres at Maria Norte and Advances a Clear Near-Term Development Path in Peru
Verification sampling at the Maria Norte gold-silver-lead-zinc Project in central Peru returned 991 g/t silver over 0.7 metres and 869 g/t silver over 0.5 metres from surface vein channel samples, plus 396 g/t silver from a historic waste dump grab sample. Four samples were collected by independent author James A. McCrea, P.Geo. during a June 2025 site visit and analyzed by Centimin S.A. in Lima;
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