MONTREAL, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSX: AYA; OTCQX: AYASF) (“Aya” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce additional 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 Eastern Zone near the open-pit area: Hole ZG-RC-24-277 intercepted 2,425 g/t grams per tonne (“g/t”) silver (“Ag”) over 17.0 meters (“m”), including 6,311 g/t Ag over 5.0m Hole ZG-RC-24-228 intercepted 1,356 g/t Ag over 20.

0m, including 1,799 g/t Ag over 14.0m Hole ZG-RC-24-345 intercepted 876 g/t Ag over 16.0m, including 2,018 g/t Ag over 5.

0m Hole ZG-RC-24-154 intercepted 711g/t Ag over 19.0m, including 1,229 g/t Ag over 7.0m In the Central Zone from the 1,950m level: Hole DZG-SF-24-219 intercepted 321 g/t Ag over 21.

0 m, and 396 g/t Ag over 11.0m Hole DZG-SF-24-293 intercepted 1,119 g/t Ag over 6.0m, including 2,432 g/t Ag over 2.

5m At depth near the granite contact: Hole ZG-SF-24-206 intercepted 1,071 g/t Ag over 3.5m, and 1,299 g/t Ag over 3.5m including 3,640 g/t Ag over 1.

0m Hole ZG-SF-24-218 intercepted 636 g/t Ag over 11.0m including 1,560 g/t Ag over 4.0m 34,809m of the 2024 exploration program drilled year to date “Today’s high-grade silver drill results, particularly from holes ZG-RC-24-277 and ZG-RC-24-228, confirm the continuity of silver mineralization at Zgounder,” said Benoit La Salle, President .