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Emerita Reports Albion Process Achieves 81% Gold and 96% Silver Recovery from Post Flotation Material Samples at IBW Project
TORONTO, March 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerita Resources Corp. (TSX-V: EMO; OTCQX: EMOTF; FSE: LLJA) (the “Company” or “Emerita”) is pleased to announce results from metallurgical tests using the Albion hydrometallurgical process and has achieved 81% recovery of gold and 96% recovery of silver at its wholly-owned Iberian Belt West Project (“IBW” or the “Project”). These results exceed the previously reported metallurgical results (see press release dated May 27, 2025), which reported gold r
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