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BLACKROCK SILVER AWARDS CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS TO NEWFIELDS FOR PERMIT DESIGNS ON THE TONOPAH WEST PROJECT
Blackrock Silver's Nevada subsidiary, Blackrock Gold Corp., has signed a service agreement with NewFields Mining Design & Technical Services, LLC to prepare construction-level designs for permitting an exploration decline, test mining and 50,000 tonnes (55,000 tons) bulk-sample extraction at its Tonopah West project in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada. Designs are anticipated by year end, with submission to Nevada's Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation expected in January 2027, and approvals expected to take about 240 to 270 days after submission.
CorporateBLACKROCK SILVER ANNOUNCES GRADUATION TO THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE
Common shares will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange at the market open on October 15, 2026 under the symbol BRC, with a voluntary delisting from the TSX Venture Exchange effective the same date. Listings on the OTCQX (BKRRF) and Frankfurt Stock Exchange (AHZ0) continue. Under its at-the-market program, Blackrock Silver has sold 4,804,900 common shares at an average price of $1.17 for gross proceeds of $5,611,488 and net proceeds of $5,413,800.
CorporateBLACKROCK SILVER ACQUIRES TONOPAH EAST PROJECT INCREASING LANDHOLDINGS BY 45% IN TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT
A purchase agreement with Nevada Select Royalty, Inc., a subsidiary of Gold Royalty Corp., will see Blackrock's subsidiary Blackrock Gold Corp. acquire the Tonopah East project, 146 unpatented mineral claims on the eastern margin of the Fraction caldera in west-central Nevada, for US$48,344.37 in cash plus a 3.0% net smelter returns royalty and reimbursement of claim maintenance fees. The 12.1 square kilometre parcel increases landholdings from 26.6 to just under 39 square kilometres. Closing is anticipated on or about September 30, 2026.
AcquisitionBLACKROCK SILVER ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINE WEST TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Christine West has been appointed as an independent director to Blackrock Silver's board. West is a finance executive with 30 years of mining industry experience, including sixteen years at Endeavour Silver Corp. as Director, CFO and VP Controller, and prior roles at Portal Resources, Nevada Pacific Gold and Pacific Opportunity Capital. In connection with the appointment, the Company granted her 32,520 deferred share units at a deemed price of $1.23 per DSU, vesting in full after one year.
ManagementBLACKROCK SILVER EXTENDS SILVER AND GOLD TO NORTHWEST AT TONOPAH WEST
Drilling at the Tonopah West project in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada extended the inner mineralized high-grade corridor 600 metres northwest along the Denver vein system, confirmed by holes TXC26-192A, -199, -200 and -201. TXC26-200 returned 0.49 m of 1,096.0 g/t AgEq (797.0 g/t Ag, 2.77 g/t Au) from 673.00 m, and TXC26-190 cut mineralized granodiorite up to 28 g/t silver and 0.29 g/t gold. Assays for 12 holes are pending.
NewsBlackrock Silver Announces Inclusion into the GDXJ
Blackrock Silver will be added to the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) effective at the close of trading on September 18, 2026, as part of the fund's semi-annual review and rebalance. The GDXJ had approximately US$9.2 billion in net assets as of September 11, 2026. The company said it is focused on de-risking its Tonopah West silver-gold project in west-central Nevada, with initial underground development targeted for 2027.
CorporateBLACKROCK SILVER RECEIVES CONDITIONAL APPROVAL TO LIST ON THE TSX AND ESTABLISHES ATM PROGRAM AS LONGER TERM FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVES
Conditional approval has been received to list Blackrock Silver's common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the shares to be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange upon final approval and continuing to trade under the symbol BRC. The company also established an at-the-market equity program allowing sales of up to C$50,000,000 of common shares through Research Capital Corporation as lead agent, with a 2.5% cash commission, effective until September 18, 2027. Net proceeds, if any, are intended for exploration and development at Tonopah West in Nevada, working capital and general corporate purposes.
CorporateBLACKROCK SILVER ENGAGES GLOBAL FRONTIER ADVISORS TO ADVANCE U.S. CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY AT TONOPAH WEST
Global Frontier Advisors LP, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic advisory firm, has been engaged to help Blackrock Silver pursue federal and state support, non-dilutive capital and tax incentive programs following silver's November 2025 designation as a U.S. critical mineral. Potential pathways include Defense Production Act programs, the U.S. Department of Energy, EXIM Bank, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and Nevada state incentives, for the 100%-owned Tonopah West silver-gold project in west-central Nevada. The company anticipates breaking ground on underground development in 2027 and test mining and a bulk sample in 2028.
CorporateBLACKROCK SILVER ANNOUNCES FILING OF TONOPAH WEST UPDATED PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL REPORT
An independent technical report titled Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment of Mineral Resource Estimate – Tonopah West Silver-Gold Project, Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada, USA, effective March 25, 2026 and dated May 12, 2026, has been filed on SEDAR+ for Blackrock Silver's 100%-owned Tonopah West silver-gold project. The report was prepared under NI 43-101 and supports the PEA results disclosed in the company's March 31, 2026 news release, with no material differences from that disclosure.
Study resultsBLACKROCK SILVER ANNOUNCES GRANT OF DEFERRED SHARE UNITS
A total of 56,736 deferred share units have been granted to certain recently appointed directors under Blackrock Silver's Omnibus Equity Incentive Compensation Plan. Each DSU entitles the holder to one common share upon settlement, vests fully on April 2, 2027, and settles on the holder's termination of service with the Company.
CorporateBlackrock Silver Announces Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment For Its Tonopah West Project In Nevada; +10 Year Mine Life Fortified By 90% Increase In Indicated Mineral Resources
An updated preliminary economic assessment for the 100%-owned Tonopah West project in Nye and Esmeralda counties, Nevada, shows an after-tax NPV5% of US$437 million, a 28% IRR and a 3.5-year payback over an 11.2-year mine life, using US$31/oz silver and US$2,700/oz gold, with initial capital of US$190 million and AISC of US$17.44 per payable AgEq ounce. Average annual production is 7.1 million payable AgEq ounces. Indicated resources rose 90% to 2.75 million tonnes at 454 g/t AgEq for 40.2 million ounces AgEq, with 82.9 million ounces AgEq inferred.
Study resultsBLACKROCK SILVER ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF BERNARD POZNANSKI AND SUSAN MATHIEU TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bernard Poznanski and Susan Mathieu have been appointed as independent directors to the board of Blackrock Silver Corp. Daniel Vickerman, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, has stepped down as a director in conjunction with the appointments and will continue in his executive role. Poznanski, the company's former external legal counsel, is a corporate and securities lawyer with over 40 years of practice; Mathieu has over 30 years of international mining experience and served on MAG Silver's board for five years.
ManagementBLACKROCK SILVER RECEIVES FIRST OF THREE KEY PERMITS FOR THE TONOPAH WEST PROJECT
The Nevada Department of Environmental Protection, through the Bureau of Air Pollution Control, has issued the Class II Air Quality and Surface Disturbance Permit for the Tonopah West project in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada. The permit allows disturbance of up to 150 acres (60.7 hectares) with dust control measures and runs for five years, with the option to extend or modify. Data collection continues for the Water Pollution Control Permit and Nevada Reclamation Permit modification, with all permits anticipated by mid-2027.
CorporateBLACKROCK SILVER COMMENCES 17,000 METRE TWO-PHASED EXPANSION DRILL PROGRAMS AT TONOPAH WEST PROJECT
Drill rigs have mobilized for two resource expansion campaigns totalling 17,100 metres (56,250 ft) across 30 drill sites at the Tonopah West silver-gold project in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada. The Eastern Expansion Program covers 9,100 m (30,000 ft) in 20 holes targeting shallow mineralization along the Pittsburg-Monarch fault, while the NW Expansion Program covers 8,000 m (26,250 ft) in 10 holes on the Denver and Paymaster veins, including an 800 m step-out hole. Drilling uses an RC/core hybrid method.
Drill resultsBLACKROCK SILVER NAMED TO 2026 TSX VENTURE 50™ LIST OF TOP PERFORMING COMPANIES
Blackrock Silver has been named to the 2026 TSX Venture 50 list, ranking twenty-fifth overall, following a 273% share price appreciation and 353% market capitalization growth in 2025. The ranking weights one-year share price appreciation, market capitalization increase and Canadian consolidated trading value equally. The company states an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Tonopah West project in Nevada is on track for delivery this quarter, with permitting initiatives advancing.
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