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Silver One Resources TSXV: SVE / OTCQX: SLVRF / FSE: BRK1
Introduction
Silver One Resources Inc. is a silver-focused exploration and development company with projects in Nevada and Arizona. Its flagship asset is the 100 percent owned Candelaria Silver Project in Nevada, a past-producing silver mine with historical open-pit production, heap-leach pads, existing disturbed ground, road access, power access, water access, and a large updated NI 43-101 resource. The company’s secondary assets are the Cherokee silver-copper-gold project in Nevada and the Phoenix Silver project in Arizona. Silver One says it owns 100 percent interests in Candelaria, Phoenix Silver, and Cherokee.
The bull case is simple: Silver One controls a large past-producing silver asset in Nevada, with a current Candelaria resource base of around 108.18 million ounces AgEq Measured and Indicated plus 29.46 million ounces AgEq Inferred. The project is now moving beyond pure exploration. Silver One has completed key geotechnical drilling, metallurgical drilling, heap-leach auger drilling, and a property-wide ZTEM geophysical survey as part of work designed to support its Pre-Feasibility Study, resource conversion, engineering design, and future permitting.
The most interesting part of Silver One is the heap-leach angle. The old leach pads already contain meaningful silver resources, and metallurgical testing using non-cyanide technology showed potential to recover over 60 percent of silver from Candelaria’s historic heap-leach pads, compared with earlier cyanide recovery ranges of 29 percent to 40 percent. This could be very important because the leach pads may provide a potential lower-risk, staged development path before the full open-pit and underground resource is developed.
The main risk is also clear: Silver One does not yet have a published PEA, PFS, reserve, capex estimate, AISC estimate, mine plan, or production schedule. The resource is real, the jurisdiction is excellent, the project is past-producing, and the company is funded after a major financing, but the market still needs to see whether Candelaria can become an economic mine.
Projects / Location / MRE / Grades
Project 1: Candelaria Silver Project, Nevada (Flagship Development Asset)
| Item | Details |
| Main asset | Candelaria is Silver One’s flagship project. The project is located in central west Nevada, just off paved Highway 95, which connects Las Vegas and Reno. The company states that the past-producing mine site is serviced by paved road, power, and water. That matters because infrastructure can make a major difference for junior mining economics. A silver project with road access, power access, water access, historic mining disturbance, and existing leach pads is a very different risk profile from a remote greenfield discovery. Candelaria is not just an exploration target. It is a historic silver mining district. The project lies within the Candelaria Mining District, which the company describes as historically the richest silver mining district in Nevada. Estimated production from the late 1880s to 1954 was about 22 million ounces of silver, and open-pit mining between 1980 and 1999 produced about 47 million ounces of silver. Kinross produced roughly 13 million ounces of silver from Candelaria between 1994 and 1999. This gives Silver One a strong starting point. The company is not trying to invent a brand-new district from zero. It is trying to restart, reprocess, expand, and revalue a known silver system. |
| Grade feel | Candelaria is not an ultra-high-grade underground silver story like some narrow-vein projects, but it is a large Nevada silver system with multiple development angles. The 2025 resource shows open-pit constrained material, underground material, stockpiles, and heap-leach resources. The open-pit constrained resource is lower grade but potentially scalable. The underground material is higher grade, with M&I underground resources grading 168 g/t silver and 0.27 g/t gold, and inferred underground resources grading 150 g/t silver and 0.24 g/t gold. The heap-leach pads are lower grade, around 42 g/t silver, but they are already mined and placed material. That is why the metallurgy matters so much. If Silver One can show recoveries are strong enough and processing costs are reasonable, the old heap material could become an important early development opportunity. |
| Current study status | Silver One previously discussed a PEA-level study, but the current direction appears to be stronger: the company now states that the economic study at Candelaria is advancing directly to a Pre-Feasibility Study. The company’s 2026 technical work, including heap-leach auger drilling, geotechnical drilling, metallurgical drilling, and ZTEM surveying, is designed to support the PFS, engineering design, resource conversion, and future permitting. Important note: there is no published PEA or PFS yet. Therefore, there is no official mine life, capex, AISC, IRR, NPV, annual production profile, or reserve statement. This is why Silver One is still in the “high potential but not yet de-risked” category. |
Candelaria Mineral Resource Estimate
Silver One announced the updated NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for Candelaria in May 2025. The company reported that the total project resource, including open-pit, underground, stockpiles, and leach pads, now totals approximately:
| Resource / Item | Details |
| Measured and Indicated | 108.18Moz AgEq |
| Inferred | 29.46Moz AgEq |
| Silver contained in M&I | 103.22Moz Ag |
| Gold contained in M&I | 203.6koz Au |
| Silver contained in Inferred | 28.0Moz Ag |
| Gold contained in Inferred | 70.5koz Au |
The project resource includes:
| Resource Area | Details |
| 1 | Mount Diablo and Northern Belle pit-constrained M&I resource of 22.07Mt at 94 g/t Ag and 0.20 g/t Au, containing 66.754Moz silver and 141.4koz gold, or 70.836Moz AgEq |
| 2 | Pit-constrained inferred resource of 2.96Mt at 68 g/t Ag and 0.18 g/t Au, containing 6.462Moz silver and 17koz gold, or 7.00Moz AgEq |
| 3 | Underground M&I resource of 1.20Mt at 168 g/t Ag and 0.27 g/t Au, containing 6.45Moz silver and 10.2koz gold, or 7.15Moz AgEq |
| 4 | Underground inferred resource of 650,000t at 150 g/t Ag and 0.24 g/t Au, containing 3.136Moz silver and 5.1koz gold, or 3.49Moz AgEq |
The heap-leach resource is also important. The historic leach pad resources include:
| Candelaria Value Layer | Commentary |
| Open-pit constrained silver-gold resource | Large resource base and main development optionality. |
| Higher-grade underground zones | Adds grade and potential future margin uplift. |
| Historic heap-leach material | Potential staged reprocessing opportunity if metallurgical work and PFS support it. |
Project 2: Cherokee Project, Nevada (Exploration Optionality)
| Item | Details |
| Overview | Cherokee is Silver One’s second Nevada project. It is an emerging epithermal silver, gold, and copper district located about 75 kilometres south of the historic Pioche silver-gold-copper-zinc-lead mining camp. The project covers approximately 5,298 hectares, or 52 square kilometres, across a 12-kilometre by 4-kilometre structurally controlled silver-copper-gold system. |
| Investment relevance | This project gives Silver One additional exploration optionality, but it is not the main valuation driver today. The key value driver is Candelaria. Cherokee matters because it adds discovery potential in Nevada and could become more important if drilling identifies a meaningful silver-copper-gold system. |
Project 3: Phoenix Silver Project, Arizona (High-Grade Native Silver Exploration)
| Item | Details |
| Overview | Phoenix Silver is located in Arizona’s Silver Belt, near the major copper-producing area around Globe, Arizona. The project is early stage, but it has produced eye-catching high-grade native silver samples. Silver One reports that one 8.5kg sample returned 459,000 g/t silver, equal to approximately 46 percent silver, using concentrate sampling techniques. The project also has copper-silver showings in the southern portion, with selected samples returning copper values from 0.1 percent to 7.79 percent and silver values between 1 g/t and 1,240 g/t. |
| Investment relevance | This is exciting from a headline perspective, but investors should treat Phoenix as early-stage exploration optionality. The project needs drilling, continuity, scale, and geological confirmation before it can become a serious valuation anchor. |
Share Structure / Ownership / Insiders
Capital Structure
Silver One’s investor page lists the following capital structure as of May 8, 2026:
| Capital Structure Item | Details |
| Issued and outstanding shares | 353,027,340 |
| Warrants | 47,803,620 |
| Options | 15,675,000 |
| Fully diluted shares | 416,505,960 |
| Treasury after recently closed January 2026 financing | approximately C$36M |
The company also completed a major financing after year-end. Its 2025 financial statements state that, subsequent to year-end, Silver One closed a non-brokered private placement of 55,173,000 units at C$0.58 per unit, raising gross proceeds of C$32,000,340.
This is a major positive. Many juniors with good projects struggle because they are constantly underfunded. Silver One now has enough treasury to push meaningful PFS, metallurgical, drilling, and permitting work forward without immediately needing another financing.
Ownership / Strategic Shareholders
Silver One lists the following strategic shareholders:
| Holder | Ownership / Notes |
| Eric Sprott | 15.61 percent |
| Jupiter Fund Management | 4 percent |
| Commodity Capital | 3.6 percent |
| Libra Advisors | 3.47 percent |
| Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF | 1.8 percent |
| Directors and management | 2 percent |
Ownership feel: Eric Sprott’s large position is a strong credibility signal. The negative is that directors and management ownership is only around 2 percent, which is lower than ideal. So the shareholder base is strong, but management ownership is not extremely high. Overall, insider and strategic ownership is good, but direct management ownership is moderate.
People / Management
| Person | Role | Background | Management Feel |
| Gregory Crowe | President and CEO, Director | Gregory Crowe has over 30 years of experience in exploration and mining across North America, South America, Asia, and Africa. He previously served as President and CEO of Entrée Gold from 2002 to late 2015, where he helped transform Entrée from early-stage exploration into an advanced development company involved in the Oyu Tolgoi district with Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill. The company states that he played a key role in raising over US$200 million and completing acquisitions and transactions. | This is one of the stronger parts of the Silver One story. Crowe has experience building a junior resource company around a major development asset. He has capital markets experience and has worked through complex project development and partnership environments. |
| Carmen Amezquita | CFO and Corporate Secretary | Carmen Amezquita is a CPA, CA with more than 15 years of mining industry experience. She has worked as CFO and Controller of several public mining companies and has audit and assurance experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers. | Strong enough for a junior developer. As Silver One moves toward PFS, financing discipline and cost control will become increasingly important. |
| Raul Diaz | VP Exploration, Director | Raul Diaz is an exploration geologist with 35 years of experience. Much of his career was with Peñoles, where he discovered several mines, including the Mezcala/Bermejal deposit, part of Goldcorp’s Los Filos operation in Mexico, and Capajorco in Peru. He also served as VP Exploration and Director of First Mining Finance. | Very useful geological background. His discovery experience is relevant for Candelaria expansion, Cherokee, and Phoenix Silver. |
| Luke Norman | Chairman | Luke Norman has more than 15 years of experience in venture capital markets and has been responsible for capital raises in excess of US$300 million. He also co-founded Gold Standard Ventures. | Strong capital markets background. This matters because Silver One will need market support through PFS, permitting, and future funding. |
| Claudia Tornquist | Director | Claudia Tornquist has experience in mining business development, M&A, financing, and major company experience. She previously served as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Sandstorm Gold and as General Manager at Rio Tinto. She was also a former director of Kennady Diamonds, which was sold to Mountain Province for C$176 million. | Strong M&A and strategic mining background. This adds credibility if Candelaria eventually attracts strategic interest. |
| Ken Engquist | Director | Ken Engquist has 30 years of leadership experience advancing mineral projects from exploration through start-up and operations. His background includes COO roles at Western Copper and Gold and First Mining Gold, and project work involving Nevsun’s Timok copper project, South32’s Hermosa zinc project, and Tinka Resources’ Ayawilca zinc project. | This is important because Silver One needs more than exploration talent now. It needs development, permitting, engineering, and operational discipline. |
Risks / Catalysts / Timeline
Key Risks
| Risk | Why It Matters |
| No PEA/PFS economics yet | There is no published NPV, IRR, capex, AISC, mine life, annual production estimate, or reserve. This is the biggest missing piece. |
| Metallurgical risk | The non-cyanide recovery results are promising, but no commercial metal-leach operation using these proprietary leach solutions exists yet, according to the company’s 2025 metallurgical update. |
| Heap-leach recovery risk | Lab and column results may not perfectly translate into field performance. |
| Permitting risk | Nevada is strong, but permitting still matters, especially for reprocessing, pits, heaps, water, and environmental controls. |
| Financing risk | The company is well funded for studies, but eventual construction capital could be large. |
| Dilution risk | Fully diluted shares are already above 416 million, and future development could require more equity. |
| Resource-to-reserve risk | Current resources are not reserves and do not yet demonstrate economic viability. |
| Cost inflation risk | Mining, processing, labour, equipment, power, reagents, and engineering costs may rise before development. |
| Commodity price risk | The project is highly sensitive to silver price assumptions. |
| Execution risk | Silver One must now move from resource definition and metallurgy into PFS, permitting, engineering, and eventually construction decisions. |
Catalysts
| Timeline | Catalyst |
| 2026 | Completion and interpretation of Candelaria ZTEM survey |
| 2026 | Heap-leach auger drill assays and updated resource model |
| 2026 | Metallurgical test results from heap-leach and fresh mineralization samples |
| 2026 | Exploration RC drilling for resource expansion and new targets |
| 2026 | Second drill rig scheduled to accelerate exploration drilling |
| 2026/2027 | Candelaria PFS progress |
| 2026/2027 | Potential updated Candelaria resource |
| 2027 onward | Potential development decision if PFS economics are strong |
| Medium term | Possible strategic investment, royalty/stream financing, partnership, or M&A interest if silver market strengthens |
| Medium term | Phoenix Silver drilling and Cherokee exploration updates |
Expected Timeline to Full Production
| Year / Period | Expected Progress |
| 2026 | This is a technical de-risking year. The key focus is PFS work, metallurgy, resource conversion, heap-leach drilling, geotechnical work, ZTEM interpretation, and exploration drilling. Silver One has already completed core drilling, auger drilling, and the ZTEM survey, with data processing, sample analysis, and metallurgical work continuing. |
| 2027 | If the PFS advances successfully, 2027 could become the major decision year. Investors will want to see whether the heap-leach opportunity can support an early-stage development plan and whether the full Candelaria resource can support a larger open-pit/underground operation. |
| 2028 onward | If the PFS is positive, permitting progresses, and financing is available, Silver One could move toward construction planning and potential production. At this stage, the production timeline remains speculative because the company has not yet published a formal development schedule. |
Valuation Summary
Important Note
Silver One does not yet have a published PEA, PFS, mine plan, production schedule, AISC, capex, or cash flow model. Therefore, any FCF valuation at this stage is highly speculative and illustrative only. This model assumes successful PFS outcomes, permitting, construction, and execution. Real numbers will come from the actual PFS, which is targeted for Q4 2026. Readers should treat this as a sensitivity exercise only, not as investment advice.
Key Illustrative Assumptions
• Heap-leach focus: early staged production of approximately 2.5 Moz Ag per year payable from 27.25 Moz recoverable.
• Full project scale: approximately 5–7 Moz AgEq per year average payable, leveraging the 138 Moz resource.
• AISC: US$18/oz AgEq, assuming benefit from existing infrastructure and metallurgical upside.
• Taxes: approximately 25–30%.
• Corporate G&A and sustaining costs: approximately US$5–8M per year.
• Fully diluted shares: 416.5 million.
• FCF multiples used: 10x, 15x, and 20x, representing a typical bull-market valuation range for silver producers and developers.
Scenario 1: Heap-Leach Focus Lower-Risk Early Cash Flow
| Silver Price | Estimated Annual After-Tax FCF | 10x FCF EV | 15x FCF EV | 20x FCF EV | Approximate Per-Share Value FD |
| US$150/oz | US$22–25M | US$220–250M | US$330–375M | US$440–500M | C$0.70–C$1.00+ |
| US$200/oz | US$28–32M | US$280–320M | US$420–480M | US$560–640M | C$0.90–C$1.40+ |
Scenario 2: Full Project Scale Open-Pit, Underground, and Heaps
| Silver Price | Estimated Annual After-Tax FCF | 10x FCF EV | 15x FCF EV | 20x FCF EV | Approximate Per-Share Value FD |
| US$150/oz | US$45–60M | US$450–600M | US$675–900M | US$900M–1.2B | C$1.40–C$2.80+ |
| US$200/oz | US$65–85M | US$650–850M | US$975M–1.275B | US$1.3B–1.7B | C$2.50–C$4.50+ |
Summary & Quick Scorecard
| Category | Criteria / Commentary | Overall | |
| Management | Previous successful project, discovery, mine build, or company sale: Yes Exploration to development: Yes Big mining company experience: Yes Strong capital markets track record: Yes | ✅ Strong | |
| Projects | High grades: Mixed – underground and Phoenix samples are high grade, but the main Candelaria open-pit and heap-leach resource is moderate to low grade. MRE size: Yes Optionality: Yes – heap leach, open pit, underground, Cherokee, Phoenix Silver Existing infrastructure: Yes Past production: Yes | ✅ Strong | |
| Cost Structure | Low AISC: Unknown Low capex / existing infrastructure: Potentially yes, but not confirmed Heap-leach early production potential: Yes, if metallurgy and PFS support it | ⚠️ Too early | |
| Share Structure Discipline | Fully diluted shares: 416,505,960 Fully diluted market cap USD: approximately US$158M Treasury: approximately C$36M | ✅ Strong | |
| Insider / Ownership | Eric Sprott ownership: 15.61 percent Directors and management: 2 percent Strategic shareholders: Strong | ✅ Good | |
| Location | Nevada and Arizona are strong mining jurisdictions. Candelaria is located in Nevada, a Tier 1 mining jurisdiction, with historic production, road access, power, water, and existing disturbed mine infrastructure. | ✅ Strong | |
RT Rating, Commentary
Silver One Resources is not on our watchlist.
We rate this as 4 out of 5 stars for now.
Silver One has many things we like: a large silver resource, Nevada location, past production, existing infrastructure, heap-leach optionality, strong treasury, Eric Sprott ownership, and experienced management. Candelaria is not just a dream exploration story. It is a real past-producing silver asset with a serious resource base and a clear path toward a PFS.
The reason we cannot rate it higher yet is simple: the economics are not published. There is no PEA, no PFS, no reserve, no AISC, no capex, no mine life, and no formal production plan. Until those numbers arrive, the market is still guessing.
The key unlock is the Candelaria PFS. If the PFS shows that the heap-leach pads can be reprocessed economically and the larger open-pit/underground resource can support attractive long-term production, Silver One could rerate meaningfully. If the PFS disappoints on recovery, cost, capex, or permitting complexity, the stock could struggle.
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