Silver Explorer Options New Concession Near Flagship Project in Mexico

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Regency Silver Corp. (RSMX:TSX.V; RSMXF:OTCQB) announced it has entered into an agreement to option a 100% undivided interest in the La India mineral concession located just 10 kilometers north of the company's Dios Padre property, according to a January 20 release.

The La India concession spans approximately 4,823 hectares in the Yecora district of Sonora, Mexico. The vendors, who are local prospectors with no direct ties to the company, have previously sold the Mulatos and La India mine concessions in the area, the company said. The La India claim is situated over geological formations similar to those hosting Dios Padre.

Early Cretaceous andesitic volcanic rocks are near late Cretaceous plutonic rocks associated with Laramide-age porphyries in the district. The property features localized zones of argillic, advanced argillic, and pervasive silicification, which are typical indicators of hydrothermal alteration linked to gold-silver mineralized systems, such as the nearby La India and Mulatos gold mines, the release noted.

"This transaction is a strategic step for Regency," said Regency Chief Executive Officer Bruce Bragagnolo. "The La India option significantly expands our land holdings in the district and underscores our commitment to the Dios Padre area. The success of our drilling at Dios Padre supports our hypothesis that we are operating within a large porphyry system in the Dios Padre district."

To exercise the option, Regency Silver said it must make an initial payment of US$60,000 and additional payments totaling US$580,000 over five years, along with taxes estimated at US$145,000.

The company will also make a one-time cash payment of US$1 million to the vendors upon the publication of a National Instrument 43-101 resource, which estimates that the area within the La India concession boundaries contains at least 1 million ounces (Moz) of gold or its silver equivalent in the measured or indicated categories. This payment will be reduced by any amounts paid for taxes or as option payments. The vendors will receive a 2% net smelter return royalty, which the company can reduce by half by paying US$1 million.

2026 Drilling Program

Earlier this month, Regency announced the commencement of its 2026 drilling program at Dios Padre. The initial drilling efforts will focus on the area surrounding Hole REG 25-26, which intersected sulfide-specularite-supported breccia across several zones within a broad, non-continuous interval of approximately 240 meters. These breccia zones appear to be influenced by a series of Quartz-Feldspar porphyries and range in size from 5 to 50 meters, according to the company, the company said.

Hole REG 25-26 intersected mineralization about 150 meters down-dip from the historic Dios Padre silver mine workings and roughly 225 meters up-dip from drill hole REG-25-25. Previous results include REG 23-21 with 38 meters of 7.36 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, REG-22-01 with 35.8 meters of 6.84 g/t gold, 0.88% copper, and 21.82 g/t silver, and REG 23-14 with 29.4 meters of 6.32 g/t gold. Assays for Hole REG 25-26 are currently in progress.

John Newell  of John Newell & Associates gave the stock a Speculative Buy rating.

Regency stated that Hole REG 26-27 is the first hole of the 2026 segment of its ongoing drill program and will target 50 meters above the strongest mineralization observed in REG-25-26. At least four holes, each between 500-650 meters in length, will be drilled near REG-25-26 to further explore the intersected mineralization and determine its orientation.

"The initial phase of the 2026 drill program will focus on testing the areas around Hole REG 25-26," said Director and Head Geologist Mike Tucker. "The objective is to systematically establish the dip and strike of the breccia with additional holes up and down-dip, as well as subsequent holes along strike to confirm the orientation of the zones before stepping out more aggressively. Hole REG 25-26 helps to validate our hypothesis in observing multiple porphyry dykes with adjacent sulfide-specularite-supported breccias, indicating their key role in driving the mineralized zones. Mapping these porphyry dykes systematically through the current drill campaign will be critical to helping us rapidly expand this newly discovered zone."

With drilling funded, permits secured, and a strengthened geological framework, Regency Silver stated it is entering the new year focused on advancing systematic step-out drilling at Dios Padre, refining structural and porphyry controls on mineralization, and translating geological confidence into expanded discovery scale.

Mine Has a 400-Year Legacy

The historic Dios Padre mine has a 400-year legacy, reportedly having produced approximately 16 Moz of silver from 500,000 tonnes of ore.

¹John Newell of John Newell & Associates described the mine as a high-sulfidation/porphyry mineralized system with significant growth potential. He characterized the exploration company as a "compelling exploration play," highlighting its experienced leadership advancing a gold-silver discovery during a historic precious metals bull market. Regency Silver stands out, he noted, with multiple avenues for value creation due to the presence of gold, silver, and copper at Dios Padre.

Following a recent news release, Newell updated Streetwise Reports on the company's chart status: "After a long decline and base-building phase, Regency Silver appears to be breaking out of a declining wedge, a pattern that often marks the start of a new uptrend. The pickup in volume as price turns higher suggests selling pressure is exhausted and buyers are beginning to reassert control."

In a November 20 video, Bragagnolo mentioned that Regency's current focus is on gold. The project already boasts a significant amount of silver, as evidenced by the 2023 NI 43-101-compliant estimate showing an inferred resource of 11,375,000 ounces of silver equivalent (Au eq), represented by 1,384,000 tons at 255.64 g/t of Ag eq.

¹John Newell provided an update on the company on January 28, 2026. He stated that, "With new drilling confirming scale and continuity, and a chart that has shifted from base-building to early breakout behavior, Regency Silver is beginning to look like a company moving into its next phase."

Looking at the chart, Newell commented, "Based on the updated chart, near-to intermediate-term technical targets are now defined at approximately CA$0.45, CA$0.65, and CA$0.95. On a longer-term basis, if the broader precious metals cycle continues to strengthen and drilling at Dios Padre continues to deliver, the larger technical structure supports the potential for substantially higher prices over time."

Newell gave the stock a Speculative Buy rating.

The Catalyst: Precious Metals Hit New Highs

Gold and silver prices surged to new all-time highs this week, coinciding with the first anniversary of Donald Trump's return to the White House, according to a January 20 report by BullionVault.

This extended 2026's streak of record-breaking performances, as precious metals analysts, following last year's significant miss, have issued the most optimistic forecasts seen this century, the report noted. The 2026 Forecast Survey, compiled and released by the London Bullion Market Association, indicates that professional analysts and traders now expect this year's average daily gold price to increase by nearly 40% from 2025, while the annual average price of silver is anticipated to double. These predictions represent the most bullish average forecasts in the LBMA's Survey since the early 2000s.

The notably "outlandish" forecasts from former banking and refining executive Ross Norman — one of the longest-standing and most successful precious metals forecasters in the LBMA competition — are surpassed by three other analysts in gold, one in silver, four in platinum, and two in palladium, BullionVault said.

The current consensus gold forecast, predicting a rise of US$1,310 throughout 2026 to US$4,742, follows analysts' average miss of 2025's gold price increase of US$1,045 per ounce by nearly US$700, marking a record miss in both dollar and percentage terms, according to the report. Last year's LBMA Survey consensus also fell short of silver's annual average outcome of US$40 per Troy ounce by a record, coming in US$8 below. Now, the 2026 predictions, on average, foresee a rise of 98.8% to over US$79.50. With silver fixing in London at midday today, around US$95.60 per Troy ounce, nine of the 26 silver forecasts in this year's LBMA competition have already seen the industrially useful precious metal surpass their high-point prediction.

New geopolitical uncertainties are driving gold prices to US$5,000 per ounce more quickly than expected, which will likely require a revised forecast, according to Ernest Hoffman writing for Kitco News on January 20.

However, the easing of physical market disruptions is expected to lead to a sell-off in silver once it reaches US$100, according to David Wilson, director of commodities strategy at BNP Paribas. "Gold thrives on uncertainty," Wilson told Bloomberg on Monday, according to Hoffman's report. "We saw it throughout last year, consistently hitting highs, and we continue to see that uncertainty influencing the market now."

Ownership and Share Structure²

Members of Regency Silver's management team and its board own about 5% of the company. Of this total, CEO Bragagnolo, the largest shareholder overall, owns 3.79%. One institution, Palos Management Inc., holds 0.11%. Retail investors own the remainder.

After the December financing, Regency Silver has 120 million shares outstanding. Its market cap is CA$29.46 million. Its 52-week range is CA$0.09–0.30 per share.