Vancouver, Canada – October 25, 2022 – Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF) announces it
has completed the Phase 3 core drilling program at the Cervantes Project in Sonora, Mexico. Initial assay
results from three holes drilled have been received and extend to the North, the broad, high grade gold
mineralized California porphyry target from previous drilling Phase 2 RC drilling completed in early 2022.