Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX:SLS) (OTCQB:SLSSF) has released assay results from several holes with the goal of expanding mineral resources and detecting a new, more concentrated porphyry center that could potentially extend to the south of the Warintza East discovery at the Warintza Project in southeastern Ecuador. The key findings, illustrated in Figure 1 and presented in Tables 1-2, are outlined below.

Mr. Jorge Fierro, Vice President, Exploration, commented in a press release: “Drilling to date confirms Warintza East as a significant porphyry deposit that adjoins Warintza Central and remains open for expansion, with a particular direction of focus to the south where extensional and step-out drilling is targeting higher grade mineralization associated with a newly identified southern porphyry center.”

Highlights from the results are as follows:

Warintza East was discovered in July 2021, with only eight holes completed prior to the cut-off for inclusion in the Warintza Central Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”)¹ in April 2022. Subsequent drilling has significantly expanded the dimensions of the deposit to the north, east and south, where it remains open. Recent drilling has now validated a southern vector toward stronger soil anomalism, identifying a second porphyry center producing higher grade mineralization and opening up further expansion potential in this direction.

• SLSE-23 was collared in the middle of the Warintza East drill grid and drilled north, returning 626m of 0.50% CuEq² from surface within a broader interval of 746m of 0.46% CuEq², expanding the footprint to the north where it remains open

• SLSE-24 was collared at the southeastern limit of the grid and drilled southwest into an open volume, returning 156m of 0.52% CuEq² from near surface within a broader interval of 410m of 0.30% CuEq², extending mineralization to the southwest where it remains open

• SLSE-20 was collared in the middle of the drill grid and drilled east, returning 292m of 0.45% CuEq² from surface within a broader interval of 900m of 0.30% CuEq², expanding the footprint to the east where it remains open

• SLSE-21 was collared at the southeastern limit of the grid and drilled east, returning 198m of 0.40% CuEq² within a broader interval of 1,040m of 0.33% CuEq² from surface, extending mineralization to the east where it remains open

• SLSE-25 was collared from a new central platform and drilled vertically with a small drill rig specifically used for infill purposes, returning 110m of 0.46% CuEq² from 32m depth within a broader interval, upgrading this area with near surface, high-grade mineralization

• Identification of a second porphyry center in SLSE-28, with visual interpretation suggesting potential for some of the strongest grades to date at Warintza East – the new porphyry center is located south of SLSE-22, which exited a weakly mineralized dyke into stronger mineralization over its final 40m, consistent with increased grades observed from SLSE-16 in this area (192m of 0.70% CuEq² from 350m depth within a broader interval of 712m of 0.45% CuEq² – refer to press release dated January 17, 2023)

Table 1 – Assay Results

Notes to table: True widths of the mineralized zone are not known at this time.

Table 2 – Collar Location

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