Nineteen companies released lead and/or zinc results from drilling programs in Mexico during the third quarter of 2026. Sothern Silver Exploration’s Cerro Las Minitas advanced project in Durango produced the best lead results from carbonate replacement mineralization, with 35 m grading 4.9% Pb, whereas Luca Mining´s Campo Morado volcanogenic massive sulfides mine sourced the best zinc intercept with 183.7 m grading 1.7% Zn. In 2025 Mexico produced 412,000 tonnes of zinc and 172,000 tonnes of lead, a two to one ratio that can be gleaned from the percentage-meter numbers from the table below.

Twelve of the nineteen properties present intermediate sulfidation epithermal mineralization, including Don David, Las Coloradas, Tahuehueto, Copalito, San Marcial, San Acacio, Gavilanes, Cruz de Plata, Columba, Alamos Silver, Cusi and Zacatecas Silver. Copalquín presents mainly low sulfidation epithermal mineralization, but the zinc rich intercept is of a more restricted intermediate sulfidation mineralization. Cosalá, La Parrilla and La Unión present mainly carbonate replacement mineralization (CRD style). Finally, Adelita is a skarn distal to a porphyry copper system.