SOMA EXTENDS THE CORDERO DEPOSIT WITH NEW VEINS 250 M SOUTH OF THE ATENAS ZONE

Highlights embrace the next drill intercepts:

• CVDDH-25-013: 9.4 g/t Au over 1.35 m, together with 16.5 g/t Au over 0.75 m
• CVDDH-25-015: 7.7 g/t Au over 1.5 m, together with 23.0 g/t Au over 0.5 m
• CVDDH-25-015: 6.6 g/t Au over 1.5 m, together with 19.8 g/t Au over 0.5 m
• CVDDH-25-018: 10.3 g/t Au over 1.0 m, together with 20.5 g/t Au over 0.5 m
• Drilling confirms the Cordero Deposit stays open alongside strike and at depth
• Drilling on the Cordero Viejo Zone provides 518 m of Strike Size to the Cordero Deposit

Soma Gold Corp. (TSXV: SOMA,OTC:SMAGF) (WKN: A2P4DU) (OTC: SMAGF) (the “Firm” or “Soma”) is happy to announce drill outcomes from the “Cordero Viejo” Zone, situated 250 m south of the Cordero Deposit on the Bagre Venture in central Colombia (Determine 1). Nineteen diamond drill holes from floor have been accomplished, totaling 5,587 m (Determine 2). The 2025 drill program was designed to infill historic drilling and to find out the dip and strike extent of the Cordero Viejo vein system.

The deposit extension is hosted by the El Carmen Inventory, a composite intrusion comprised of coarse-grained tonalite, diorite, and gabbroic phases, which additionally hosts the Cordero Deposit. The quartz veins happen as laminated fault-fill veins inside a sinistral brittle-ductile shear zone and are interpreted as conjugate shears inside a steeply dipping, north-striking regional shear zone. This controlling shear zone additionally hosts the Los Mangos Deposit, situated 3.0 kilometres to the north. The quartz veins on the Cordero Viejo Zone are interpreted to be the subsequent set of en echelon vein segments south of the Atenas Zone on the Cordero Deposit.

The veins have undergone repeated reactivation and show three distinct phases of improvement: early barren quartz veins, sphalerite + galena + pyrite + gold mineralization managed by microfractures; and brittle fracturing alongside vein margins full of quartz + pyrite + tellurides + gold. Gold mineralization happens throughout the latter two phases of vein improvement. The ultimate stage of brittle fracturing and micro-breccia is often related to pyrite and high-grade gold mineralisation. Subsequently, the veins are crosscut by aphanitic mafic dykes and late brittle faults. The brittle faults within the space usually exhibit dextral strike-slip displacement and offset the quartz veins from lower than a metre to tens of metres. These late brittle faults generally dismember the mineralized veins into brief strike-length segments, making continuity troublesome to discern from drill knowledge.

Soma’s Vice President of Exploration, Chris Buchanan, said, “Cordero Viejo is south of the Cordero Deposit and outdoors the 43-101 useful resource launched in 2023 (see information launch dated January 5, 2023). The 2025 drill plan included what we’ve got realized about vein geometry and orientation patterns within the Cordero deposit and efficiently delineated new veins down dip of the historic workings. We’re excited to proceed exploration on this vein system and to deliver these new sources into the 2026-2027 mine plan.”

Desk 1 presents the composited assay outcomes from eighteen of the finished drill holes on the Cordero Viejo Zone. Assay outcomes are pending for one of many just lately accomplished drill holes. Assays within the drilling vary from under detection to a most grade of 23.0 g/t Au. A complete of 51 samples have been >1.0 g/t Au. The drilling at present covers roughly 518 m of strike size and delineates mineralised quartz veins for about 350 m down dip.

Desk 1: Composites from the Cordero Viejo drill program

A protracted part of the drill intercepts is offered in Determine 3. The quartz veins kind in a number of segments because of their geometry, cross-cutting faults, and late mafic dykes. Underground drilling is ongoing on this space to proceed exploring for vein segments down dip from the present mine workings. CDVDDH-25-015 was focused to check the down plunge extent of what seems to be a south-southeast plunging high-grade ore shoot. The opening intersected three 1.0 to 1.5 m large quartz veins with high-grade gold values. The widest quartz vein intercept within the gap is 6.6 g/t Au over 1.5 m, together with a person pattern of 19.8 g/t Au at a depth of 269.3 m (Plate 1). The true width of this vein is roughly 1.3 m. The extent of the vein phase found on this drill gap is at present unknown and would be the goal of 2026 infill drilling because the ore shoot is delineated with further drilling.

The Firm intends to proceed drilling the Cordero Viejo Mine from floor in 2026. The intent of the Part 2 drilling shall be to enhance the arrogance stage of the useful resource, check the down-dip extent of the south-southeast plunging ore shoot, and discover for extra down-dip quartz veins to develop the useful resource.

Along with supporting mining operations at Cordero Mine, Soma’s exploration crew continues to judge quite a few small-scale mines close to the El Limon Mine and Machuca Venture. The Part 1 drill program on the Colossa and Colossa 2 casual mines has been accomplished, and the drill rig is being demobilized to the El Bagre mill complicated for preventative upkeep. Moreover, the Firm is awaiting the issuance of drill permits for the copper anomaly on the Machuca Venture and for the just lately acquired Escondida Mine. These targets are scheduled for drilling in late December of 2025 and Q1 2026.

Soma additionally continues to work with the native communities throughout the complete property package deal as a part of its ongoing ESG program.

The Otú fault system (“Otú Fault”) extends for over 100 km, from Aris’s Segovia-Remedios mines (TSX:ARIS) within the south to Nechi within the north, the place it’s buried beneath youthful sedimentary overlap sequences. Soma’s property holdings now cowl greater than 56 km of this regional construction. Excessive-grade gold mineralization happens in late-stage brittle-ductile to brittle quartz veins alongside the complete strike size of the Otú Fault. These quartz veins fashioned throughout the newest phases of deformation alongside the Otú Fault. Throughout the district, quartz veins sometimes show orientation patterns that recommend they fashioned in conjugate faults related to brittle faulting on the Otú Fault. Notable deposits alongside this development embrace: Segovia-Remedios, La Aurora, El Limon, Le Ye, Los Mangos, and Cordero. The Machuca Property is situated alongside a crucial phase of this regional fault construction and shows a number of indications of high-grade gold mineralization.

QA/QC Assertion

Soma follows a complete QA/QC program to make sure the reliability of assay knowledge collected from its exploration applications. All samples are sawn, or break up in half, with one half being returned to the core field for storage. The second half-core is positioned in a labelled plastic bag with a tag, doc, and sealed for cargo. Batches of samples are shipped to Actlabs Colombia SAS (Actlabs) in Rio Negro with safety tags and a documented chain of custody.

Pulps of every pattern are ready in Rio Negro. Pulp samples are then shipped to Actlabs Canada for multi-element evaluation. All samples are analyzed utilizing package deal 1E3, an ICP-MS evaluation that gives the focus of 51 components. Hearth assay evaluation for gold and Silver is accomplished by Actlabs in Rio Negro. Thirty-gram aliquots of every pattern are analyzed for gold utilizing an ordinary fireplace assay with an atomic absorption end, package deal 1A2. Overlimit samples are subjected to a further fireplace assay with a gravimetric end, package deal 1A3-30, to find out the gold focus.

A complete QA/QC program has been applied to watch the reliability of assay knowledge collected throughout exploration applications. This system contains the common insertion of licensed blanks, duplicates, and authorized OREAS requirements. Assays of the QA/QC samples are mechanically in comparison with the licensed worth and normal deviations within the database.

Certified Individual Assertion

Mr. Chris Buchanan, P.Geo, is Soma’s Vice-President of Exploration and a Certified Individual as outlined by Nationwide Instrument 43-101. Mr. Buchanan has reviewed the technical info disclosed on this press launch.

ABOUT SOMA GOLD

Soma Gold Corp. (TSXV: SOMA,OTC:SMAGF) is a mining firm centered on gold manufacturing and exploration. The Firm owns two adjoining mining properties in Antioquia, Colombia with a mixed milling capability of 675 tpd. (Permitted for 1,400 tpd). The El Bagre Mill is at present working and producing. Internally generated funds are getting used to finance a regional exploration program.

With a strong dedication to sustainability and neighborhood engagement, Soma Gold Corp. is devoted to reaching excellence in all facets of its operations.

The Firm additionally owns an exploration property close to Tucuma, Para State, Brazil that’s at present below choice to Ero Copper Corp.

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