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GLDN 0.055 +0.0% BRON 0.040 +0.0% BTO 5.43 −0.7% ESK 0.365 −2.7% AUMN 0.275 +0.0% GGX 0.040 +0.0% S 0.155 +29.2% NNX 0.035 +0.0% ABX 51.90 −0.6% TTS 2.40 −4.0% FCI 0.400 −9.1% GR 0.075 +0.0% AII 23.38 +12.4% TUNG 1.72 +1.8% LGO 1.01 −2.9% EMM 0.080 +0.0% GLDN 0.055 +0.0% BRON 0.040 +0.0% BTO 5.43 −0.7% ESK 0.365 −2.7% AUMN 0.275 +0.0% GGX 0.040 +0.0% S 0.155 +29.2% NNX 0.035 +0.0% ABX 51.90 −0.6% TTS 2.40 −4.0% FCI 0.400 −9.1% GR 0.075 +0.0% AII 23.38 +12.4% TUNG 1.72 +1.8% LGO 1.01 −2.9% EMM 0.080 +0.0%
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First Andes Silver Announces Grant of Three Exploration Licences in New South Wales, Australia

First Andes Silver expands Australian footprint as Peru soil results confirm multi-kilometre silver anomalies

By The Northwire Desk — AI Analysis Mar 18, 2026 · 08:01 FAS · 0.115 First Andes Silver Ltd.
Executive Summary

The most recent news (March 18, 2026) announces the formal granting of three Exploration Licences in New South Wales, Australia: Carrington, Stony Creek, and Dartmoor. This follows the acquisition agreement from December 2025. The projects cover 454 km² in the Lachlan Orogenic Belt. Historic data highlights high-grade potential, including rock chips up to 6,037 g/t Ag and 85 g/t Au at Carrington, and 980 g/t Ag at Dartmoor. The company is immediately launching a sampling program. This follows the March 2, 2026, news where Phase 1 soil assays at the flagship Santas Gloria project in Peru defined six coherent silver-in-soil anomalies over a 4.3 km aggregate strike length, with peak values of 68.1 ppm Ag.

Material Impact

The news is Routine - Positive. While the Australian licenses represent a significant land expansion, the market was already aware of the pending acquisition since December 2025 and the conditional grant in January 2026. The formal granting is a necessary administrative step rather than a "game-changer" discovery. - Strategic Diversification: The company now has a year-round exploration pipeline, mitigating the "wet season" downtime in Peru. - Validation of Peru: The March 2 soil results are arguably more material as they provide scientific "vectors" for the upcoming 2026 drill program at Santas Gloria, confirming that the high-grade veins seen in 2024/2025 are part of a much larger system. - Financial Cushion: The company recently closed a C$2M financing (Feb 2026) at $0.12, providing the treasury needed to execute these dual-country programs.

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Company Overview

First Andes Silver is a junior explorer focused on silver-rich epithermal systems. - Flagship: Santas Gloria (Peru), 100% owned. It features 23 mapped veins over 12km of strike. - Secondary: NSW Silver Projects (Australia), 100% owned. Focus on VHMS and skarn-hosted Ag-Au-Pb-Zn. - Development Stage: Advanced exploration/Targeting. 2024-2025 drilling confirmed high-grade silver (e.g., 7.43m of 224 g/t AgEq), but a formal resource estimate is still pending.

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