Sonoro Gold Corp. reported assay results from an additional 10 drill holes completed at its Cerro Caliche gold project in Sonora, Mexico. Results reflect drilling conducted at El Colorado and Buena Suerte gold mineralized zones where intercepts include 1.52 meters averaging 9.57 grams of gold per tonne (“g/t Au”), 28.95 meters averaging 1.021 g/t Au and 10.67 meters averaging 1.183 g/t Au.

As with drilling results announced on May 17, 2022, current intercepts are also situated outside of the pit shells used to calculate the mineral resource estimate as part of an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) announced May 9, 2022, for a proposed heap leach mining operation. Results from seven additional drill holes completed at the Abejas gold mineralized zone are still pending and will be announced next month, concluding the Phase IV drilling program at Cerro Caliche. Geological data from this latest drilling campaign will be included in a further updated resource estimate scheduled to be announced in the summer of 2022.

The updated technical report will also assess the potential economic impact of the new drilling data on the proposed heap leach mining operation. Five drill holes were completed at El Colorado extending mineralization approximately 30-meters along the northwestern side of the estimated resource pit shell. Shallow gold mineralization was cut in all five drill holes with drill holes SCR-313, SCR-314 and SCR-315 returning multiple higher-grade intercepts.

Drill hole SCR-315 tested for a possible extension of the mineralization contained within the northernmost extent of the pit shell and beginning at 7.62 meters, it intercepted 10.67 meters averaging 1.183 g/t Au, including 1.52 meters averaging 3.27 g/t Au and 4.57 meters averaging 1.087 g/t Au, including 1.53 meters averaging 2.28 g/t Au. Approximately 50 meters northwest of the previously reported drill hole SCR-307, which intercepted 9.14 meters of 9.577 g/t Au, drill hole SCR-313 tested the outside perimeter of the pit shell, intercepting 21.34 meters of 0.557 g/t Au, including 3.04 meters of 1.523 g/t Au. Located approximately 300 meters east of El Colorado, five drill holes extended the Buena Suerte vein system to the southwest with drill holes SCR-318, SCR-319 and SCR-320 located immediately outside the resource pit shell boundary.

Drill hole SCR-318 cut strong gold mineralization intercepting 1.52 meters averaging 9.57 g/t Au and 28.95 meters averaging 1.021 g/t Au, including 1.53 meters averaging 2.07 g/t Au, as well as 3.05 meters averaging 2.706 g/t Au. Drill hole SCR-320 intercepted 4.57 meters averaging 0.851 g/t Au, including 1.53 meters averaging 2.11 g/t Au. Drill holes SCR-316 and SCR-317 are located further south with assay results of only short uneconomic intervals, possibly due to an unmapped fault having shifted vein extensions to other positions.