Sonoro Gold Corp.

VANCOUVER, Canada, Sept. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoro Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP) (“Sonoro” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the promotion of Oscar Armando González Peña to Vice President, Exploration, as well as the promotion of Melvin Herdrick to Senior Vice President, Mexico. For the past nine years, Oscar González has served as Exploration Manager and Chief Geologist at Sonoro Gold, contributing significantly to the delineation of the mineral resource at the Company’s flagship Cerro Caliche gold project.

His extensive expertise of the region’s geology and epithermal systems has been critical to the project’s recent concession acquisitions and advancement of the current drilling campaign. Mr. González has 23 years’ experience in mineral exploration including project management, resource evaluation, permitting and community relations. Prior to joining Sonoro Gold, he was involved in the geological exploration and resource development for multiple mineral projects held by Fresnillo plc, Kimber Resources, Yamana Gold Inc, and Premier Gold Mines. Mel Herdrick has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Mexico after serving as Vice President, Exploration since 2018.

Mr. Herdrick has over 50 years’ experience as a professional geologist with a strong background in evaluating the technical feasibility of mineral deposits. Prior to joining Sonoro Gold, Mr. Herdrick served as chief geologist at Phelps Dodge and Vice-President, Geology at Pediment Gold Corp. where he led discovery and exploration programs on multiple gold, silver and copper sites throughout Mexico. About Sonoro Gold Corp. Sonoro Gold Corp. is a publicly listed exploration and development Company holding the development-stage Cerro Caliche project and the exploration-stage San Marcial project in Sonora State, Mexico.

The Company has highly experienced operational and management teams with proven track records for the discovery and development of natural resource deposits. To keep up-to-date on Sonoro’s developments, please join our online communities on X , Facebook , LinkedIn , Instagram , and YouTube and visit Sonoro’s website and subscribe to receive the latest news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. On behalf of the Board of SONORO GOLD CORP. Per: “Kenneth MacLeod” Kenneth MacLeod President & CEO For further information, please contact: Sonoro Gold Corp.

com Forward-Looking Statement Cautions: This press release may contain "forward-looking information" as defined in applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, permitting for and viability of a proposed open-pit, heap leach mining operation at Cerro Caliche, all as part of the future plans and objectives of the Company, constitute forward looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding project permitting and the Company’s intention to develop and operate the proposed Cerro Caliche gold mine.

Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable based on current circumstances, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "aims", "potential", "goal", "objective", "prospective" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "can”, "could" or "should" occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events.