Soma Gold Corp. (TSX-V: SOMA) (WKN: A2P4DU) (OTC: SMAGF) is pleased to announce drill results targeting the “Atenas” Zone of the Cordero Mine on the Bagre Project in central Colombia (Figure 1). Thirty-eight diamond drill holes from underground and surface drill stations have been completed, totaling 6,737 m. The drill program was designed to provide infill drilling to support mining operations and test the dip and strike extent of the Atenas Zone (see Figures 2 and 3). The drilling results outlined in this press release extend the veins 60 m along strike and 160 m down dip.

• 11.2 g/t Au over 3.2 m, incl. 54.3 g/t Au over 0.55 m
• 18.4 g/t Au over 2.85 m, incl. 43.7 g/t Au over 1.0 m
• 14.6 g/t Au over 2.2 m, incl. 31.1 g/t Au over 0.8 m
• 27.5 g/t Au over 3.6 m, incl. 100.0 g/t Au over 0.55 m
• 13.1 g/t Au over 1.52 m, incl. 22.2 g/t Au over 0.83 m
• 45.2 g/t Au over 5.55 m, incl. 101.1 g/t Au over 2.4 m

Figure 1: Location Map of the Cordero Mine (CNW Group/Soma Gold Corp.)

Figure 2: Plan view map of the diamond drill holes at the Atenas Zone (CNW Group/Soma Gold Corp.)

Figure 3: Long section of the Atenas Zone with drill results (CNW Group/Soma Gold Corp.)

Plate 1: Pictures of high-grade gold intercepts in the Atenas Zone of the Cordero Mine (CNW Group/Soma Gold Corp.)

The Cordero Deposit is hosted in the El Carmen stock and consists of coarse-grained tonalite, diorite, and gabbroic phases. The quartz veins form as laminated fault-filled veins within a sinistral brittle-ductile shear zone. They are interpreted as conjugate shears within a steeply dipping, north-striking regional shear zone. The controlling shear zone also hosts the Los Mangos Deposit, located 2.8 kilometres to the north. The quartz veins in the Cordero Deposit form a series of en echelon segments that consistently step to the right along strike. The veins have been repeatedly reactivated and exhibit three distinct phases of development: early barren quartz veins, sphalerite + galena + pyrite + gold mineralization controlled by microfractures, and brittle fracturing along the margins of the veins filled with quartz + pyrite + tellurides + gold. Gold mineralization occurs during the latter two phases of vein development. The final stage of brittle fracturing and micro-breccia is commonly associated with high gold grades. Subsequently, the veins are crosscut by aphanitic mafic dykes and numerous brittle faults. The brittle faults are generally dextral and offset the quartz veins from <1.0 m to tens of metres. The late brittle faults commonly dismember the mineralized veins into short strike-length segments, the continuity of which is difficult to discern from drill data. The Cordero Deposit is informally divided into five main zones: Atenas, Cordero, Venus, Venus Gap, and Victoria Ramp zones.

Soma’s Vice President of Exploration, Chris Buchanan, stated, “The Atenas Zone, located at the southern end of the Cordero Deposit, has been a key focus of our drilling efforts to support mining operations by increasing contained gold ounces and improving confidence in the resource. The current drill results have exceeded our expectations for the zone and returned some of the highest-grade assays in the deposit. We’re excited to continue exploring the high-grade shoot that is developing in the upper portions of the vein set.”

Table 1 presents the composited assay results from thirty-six completed drill holes at the Atenas Zone. Assay results are pending for four of the recently completed drill holes.  Assays range from below detection to a maximum grade of 315.7 g/t Au. Twenty of the samples returned high-grade gold values greater than 20 g/t. The drilling currently covers approximately 425 m of strike length between the southernmost drill intercept (BASDDH-23-031) and the northernmost intercept (ATEDDH-25-005). These drill holes extend the strike length of the Atenas zone by 60 m. LATDDH-25-001 and LCRDDH-25-010 extend the known dip of the vein system 85 m down dip from Level 4.5, the current mining level. The dip extent was also extended 75 m up dip, for a total increase of 160 m along the dip of the zone.

Table 1: Composites from the Atenas Zone of the Cordero Deposit

A long section of the drill intercepts is presented in Figure 3. The high-grade intercepts delineate multiple segments of the vein system, separated by cross-cutting faults and late mafic dykes. Underground drilling is ongoing in this area to continue exploring for vein segments down dip from the current mine workings.

BASDDH-25-036 was an exploration drill hole that was targeted to test shallow, up dip extensions of the Atenas Zone. The hole intersected a high-grade quartz vein with an intercept of 45.2 g/t Au over 5.55 m, including individual samples of 25.7 g/t, 98 g/t, 101.1 g/t, and 315.7 g/t Au. The true width of this vein is 3.15 m. This vein segment discovered in this drill hole is part of a vein set in the upper portion of the zone and forms a high-grade ore shoot with an apparent shallow, south-southeast plunge. Plate 1 presents pictures of the high-grade intercept in BASDDH-25-036.

In addition to supporting mining operations at Cordero Mine, Soma’s exploration team continues to evaluate numerous small-scale mines near the El Limon Mine and Machuca Project. Drilling is ongoing at the Colossa and Colossa 2 informal mines. Additionally, the Company is working on drill permits for the copper anomaly at the Escondida Mine. Drilling at these targets is scheduled to begin in December 2025. Soma also continues to work with local communities on the Machuca Property as part of its ongoing ESG program.

The Otú fault system extends for over 100 km, from Aris’s Segovia-Remedios mines (TSX:ARIS) in the south to Nechi in the north, where it is buried beneath younger sedimentary overlap sequences. Soma’s property holdings now cover more than 56 km of this regional structure. High-grade gold mineralization occurs along the entire strike length of the Otú Fault. The high-grade gold occurs in brittle-ductile to brittle quartz veins formed during the later stages of deformation along the Otú Fault. Across the district, quartz veins typically display orientation patterns that suggest the veins form in conjugate faults associated with brittle faulting on the Otú Fault. Notable deposits along this trend include Segovia-Remedios, La Aurora, El Limon, Le Ye, Los Mangos, and Cordero. The Machuca Property is located along a critical segment of this regional fault structure and displays multiple indications of high-grade gold mineralization.

ABOUT SOMA GOLD

Soma Gold Corp. (TSX-V: SOMA) is a mining company focused on gold production and exploration. The Company owns two adjacent mining properties in Antioquia, Colombia with a combined milling capacity of 675 tpd. (Permitted for 1,400 tpd). The El Bagre Mill is currently operating and producing. Internally generated funds are being used to finance a regional exploration program.

With a solid commitment to sustainability and community engagement, Soma Gold Corp. is dedicated to achieving excellence in all aspects of its operations.

The Company also owns an exploration property near Tucuma, Para State, Brazil that is currently under option to Ero Copper Corp.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

“Geoff Hampson”
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman