SolGold PLC Announces Espejo Project Update

High-Potential Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Target Identified

BISHOPSGATE, UK / ACCESSWIRE / December 8, 2023 / SolGold (LSE:SOLG)(TSX:SOLG) is pleased to provide an update on its exploration activities at the Espejo Project ("Project"), part of the SolGold-ENAMI strategic exploration alliance ("SEA") in Northern Ecuador. The Espejo Project, situated approximately 20km northeast of the Company's Cascabel Project, has identified a promising porphyry Cu-Au-Mo target.

The Espejo Project, positioned within the Northern Andean Copper-Gold Belt, is located along the Toachi Fault. This fault is a deep-seated, arc-parallel tectonic structure bisecting the length of the Northern Ecuador Cordillera Occidental ("NECO") trend. The Project is in close proximity to the Company's Alpala and Tandayama-America porphyry copper-gold deposits. This region is renowned for hosting various major exploration projects and notable porphyry deposits such as SolGold's Cascabel (2.66Bt @ 0.37% Cu, 0.25 g/t Au) and Llurimagua (1.55Bt @ 0.51% Cu, 10 ppm Mo) (Figure 1).

SolGold's geological team, supported by expert advisors, believes the under-explored Toachi Fault zone in the NECO trend is a highly prospective area for the discovery of significant Cu, Cu-Au, and Cu-Mo porphyry deposits, alongside high-grade epithermal Ag and Au-Ag deposits.

Recent Developments at the Espejo Project

The Espejo Project now includes a newly identified porphyry Cu target at Anomaly 4, in addition to Anomalies 1, 2, and 3, initially characterized as three porphyry Cu targets (See News Release dated 28 June 2022 by Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc., now known as SolGold Canada Inc., ).

Recent exploration at Anomaly 4 has revealed a 2km x 1.5km area with porphyry intrusive rocks exhibiting Cu, Mo, and Cu/Zn soil geochemical anomalies (Figures 2-5). These findings include zones of outcropping B-type quartz veining within intrusive diorite and granodiorite rocks associated with biotite (± magnetite) potassic alteration overprinted by chlorite-sericite intermediate argillic alteration. Anomaly 4 also shows classic porphyry geochemical zonation, alteration, and mineralisation patterns, along with evidence of related epithermal and skarn Au-Ag systems. Rock sampling has yielded encouraging results, including significant Au, Ag, and Cu grades in various mineralized forms.