HIGH GRADE INTERCEPTS EXPAND NAPOLEON RESOURCE AREA ANOTHER 100 METERS TO THE SOUTH

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Vizsla Silver Corp. (TSXV: VZLA) (OTCQB: VIZSF) (Frankfurt: 0G3) ("Vizsla" or the "Company") is pleased to provide additional results from three new drill holes targeting the Napoleon Vein resource area ("Napoleon") at its flagship Panuco silver-gold project ("Panuco" or the "Project") located in Mexico.

Highlights

• Step-out drilling to the south of the Napoleon resource area highlights increased precious metals grades and widths towards the Ojo de Agua Zone
• First reporting of Hangingwall Vein along the Napoleon Vein Corridor with locally significant grades and widths

           Notable intercepts include:

• NP-21-190: 1,902 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq) (1,058 g/t silver, 9.12 g/t gold, 0.70 % lead and 1.75 % zinc) over 2.33 metres true width (mTW) from 257.55m and,
  
  655 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq) (161.4 g/t silver, 5.14 g/t gold, 0.42 % lead and 1.02 % zinc) over 4.53 metres true width (mTW) from 415m

Vizsla President and CEO Michael Konnert commented: "The main Napoleon vein is continuing to grow towards to the south with high grades and wide intercepts. Today's results including a 100-metre step to the south, increase the overall Napoleon resource area footprint to 1,920 metres which remains open towards Ojo de Agua, a priority zone for future expansion potential. In addition, drilling has continued to intersect a parallel vein in the hangingwall to Napoleon that has potential to add resources to the Company's maiden estimate early next year. 2021 has been an incredible year of growth for Vizsla and these results indicate we can look forward to more rapid growth in 2022."

Napoleon Drilling Detail
Today's results suggest the main Napoleon Vein may be opening up again to wider widths with higher grades along strike and down plunge to the south. Holes NP-21-190 returned 4.53 mTw grading 655 g/t AgEq, adding ~100 metres to the Napoleon resource area footprint (total strike length now 1,920 meters).

These results support Vizsla's interpretation of a shallowly plunging panel of high-grade, precious metals rich mineralization to the south, and continue highlight this area as a high priority for future drilling.

Drilling along the main Napoleon Vein has regularly intercepted a near-surface vein in the hangingwall to the east of the main structure. This vein is observed to dip to the east at ~45° and is typically narrower than the main Napoleon Vein, however, locally can return better widths with high grades (see Figure 2). In other areas the hangingwall structure is not well mineralized or has been logged as a fault or host rock. This, combined with the fact that drilling to date has only targeted the main Napoleon Vein, highlights a variable distribution of mineralization along the Hangingwall Vein. Moving forward Vizsla plans to target these locally higher-grade areas where there exists the potential to delineate economic resources.

Notable Hangingwall Vein results include;

• NP-21-190:
• 1,902 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq) (1,058 g/t silver, 9.12 g/t gold, 0.70 % lead and 1.75 % zinc) over 2.33 metres true width (mTW) from 257.55m
• NP-20-53:
• 4,052 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq) (2,960 g/t silver, 13.00 g/t gold, 0.57 % lead and 1.90 % zinc) over 0.64 metres
• NP-21-85:
• 1,679 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq) (45 g/t silver, 17.20 g/t gold, 0.21 % lead and 1.18 % zinc) over 1.49 metres

A table of select Hangingwall Vein intercepts is included in Table 2.

Table of New Napoleon Vein Intercepts

Drillhole	From		To	Estimated true width	Gold	Silver	Lead	Zinc	Silver Equivalent	Zone
	(m)		(m)	(m)	(g/t)	(g/t)	(%)	(%)	(g/t)
NP-21-190	257.55		259.90	2.33	9.12	1,058	0.70	1.75	1,902	HW
And	415.00		423.50	4.53	5.14	161	0.42	1.02	665
NP-21-197	313.80		320.5	4.27	1.12	55	0.05	0.86	177
Incl.	313.80		215.35	0.99	3.27	73	0.08	3.30	452

Table 1:

Drillhole intersections from the Napoleon Vein Resource area not previously reported.

Note:

All numbers are rounded. Silver equivalent is calculated using the following formula: Silver-equivalent = ((Au_g/t x 52.48) + (Ag_g/t x 0.5289) + (Pb_ppm x 0.0013) + (Zn_ppm x 0.0013)) / 0.5627. Metal price assumptions are $17.50 oz silver, $1,700 oz gold, $0.75 pound lead and $0.85 pound zinc, recoveries assumptions are 96% gold, 94% silver, 78% lead and 70% zinc based on similar deposit types.

Table of Select Napoleon Hangingwall Vein Intercepts

Drillhole	From		To	Estimated true width	Gold	Silver	Lead	Zinc	Silver Equivalent	Zone
	(m)		(m)	(m)	(g/t)	(g/t)	(%)	(%)	(g/t)
NP-21-43	80.90		81.90	0.89	3.32	205	0.36	1.02	534
NP-21-46	86.95		87.5	0.49	5.03	50	0.15	1.49	554
NP-21-47	92.00		92.50	0.46	0.99	43	0.06	0.02	138
NP-21-49	No Significant Values
NP-21-51	82.40		83.50	0.42	6.88	2,278	0.21	0.51	2,800
NP-21-53	88.15		88.85	0.64	13.00	2,960	0.57	1.90	4,052
NP-21-54	92.85		94.35	1.33	0.44	54	0.09	0.43	104
NP-20-59	82.05		82.35	0.24	3.39	46	0.00	0.00	361
NP-21-72	No Significant Values
NP-21-76	93.90		94.50	0.54	0.71	57	0.63	2.10	182
NP-21-79	97.90		99.50	1.49	1.82	209	0.62	1.72	420
NP-21-80	No Significant Values
NP-21-83	92.50		94.00	1.49	17.20	45	0.21	1.18	1,679
And	101.55		103.20	1.53	1.80	234	0.64	2.08	451
NP-21-84	76.50		80.90	3.98	2.58	90	0.19	0.85	349
NP-21-87	83.35		85.45	2.04	0.96	64	0.16	1.70	193
NP-21-90	42.70		43.25	0.50	0.20	47	0.45	1.92	118
NP-21-94	No Significant Values
NP-21-99	No Significant Values
NP-21-102	No Significant Values
NP-21-110	32.35		33.75	1.34	0.50	129	0.22	0.52	185
NP-21-116	No Significant Values
NP-21-133	114.50		114.85	0.34	0.92	273	0.47	0.99	376
NP-21-142	114.00		114.65	0.55	1.58	410	0.52	1.50	579
NP-21-148	118.90		119.2	0.28	1.06	294	0.20	0.58	393
NP-21-157	123.60		129.05	4.36	0.47	168	0.16	0.55	218
NP-21-167	144.45		144.75	0.24	0.31	144	0.36	2.29	226
NP-21-186	50.00		52.85	1.48	1.09	384	0.22	0.23	472
NP-21-191	202.30		204.10	1.76	0.21	34	0.16	1.09	80
NP-21-203	140.4		141.65	1.21	0.22	34.7	0.31	1.14	87

Table 2:

Select drillhole intersections from the Napoleon Hangingwall Vein.

Note:

All numbers are rounded. Silver equivalent is calculated using the following formula: Silver-equivalent = ((Au_g/t x 52.48) + (Ag_g/t x 0.5289) + (Pb_ppm x 0.0013) + (Zn_ppm x 0.0013)) / 0.5627. Metal price assumptions are $17.50 oz silver, $1,700 oz gold, $0.75 pound lead and $0.85 pound zinc, recoveries assumptions are 96% gold, 94% silver, 78% lead and 70% zinc based on similar deposit types.

Drill Collar Information

Prospect	Drillhole	Easting	Northing	Elevation	Dip	Azimuth	Hole Depth
Napoleon	NP-21-190	403,724	2,586,660	444	-55.0	271	520
	NP-21-197	403,652	2,586,545	428	-56.5	270	400.9
	NP-21-203	403,602	2,586,640	430	-49.7	276	279

Table 3:

Drill hole details. Coordinates in WGS84, Zone 13

About the Panuco project

The newly consolidated Panuco silver-gold project is an emerging high-grade discovery located in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, near the city of Mazatlán. The 6,754.1-hectare, past producing district benefits from over 75 kilometres of total vein extent, a 500 ton per day mill, 35 kilometres of underground mines, tailings facilities, roads, power and permits.

The district contains intermediate to low sulfidation epithermal silver and gold deposits related to siliceous volcanism and crustal extension in the Oligocene and Miocene. Host rocks are mainly continental volcanic rocks correlated to the Tarahumara Formation.

Note:

Two new claims have been acquired adding 149.9 hectares of new area. 4,103.5 hectares previously reported as part of the Panuco project have been removed from the total hectares due to 4 claims being located at a significant distance from the project. These hectares remain as 100% owned by Vizsla Silver.

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Drill core and rock samples were shipped to ALS Limited in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico and in North Vancouver, Canada for sample preparation and for analysis at the ALS laboratory in North Vancouver.  The ALS Zacatecas and North Vancouver facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 certified. Silver and base metals were analyzed using a four-acid digestion with an ICP finish and gold was assayed by 30-gram fire assay with atomic absorption ("AA") spectroscopy finish. Over limit analyses for silver, lead and zinc were re-assayed using an ore-grade four-acid digestion with AA finish.

Control samples comprising certified reference samples, duplicates and blank samples were systematically inserted into the sample stream and analyzed as part of the Company's quality assurance / quality control protocol.

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The Company's disclosure of technical or scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Martin Dupuis, P.Geo., Vice President of Technical Services for Vizsla Silver. Mr. Dupuis is a Qualified Person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.

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