Vancouver, Canada – January 26, 2022 – Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF), announces that the Aztec-Kootenay JV has completed the first 14 holes totaling 2,810.6 metres (m) of the current 5,000 m, 22-hole Phase 2 reverse circulation (RC) drill program at the Cervantes Property in Sonora, Mexico. Drilling commenced in December 2021, took a Christmas break, and resumed in January. Drill samples were shipped to the Bureau Veritas Minerals laboratory in Hermosillo for geochemical analysis and results are anticipated in the next several weeks.