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SOMA GOLD SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR SENSOR-BASED SORTING FACILITY AT ITS EL BAGRE OPERATION
SOMA GOLD SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR SENSOR-BASED SORTING FACILITY AT ITS EL BAGRE OPERATION Can...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nSOMA GOLD SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR SENSOR-BASED SORTING FACILITY AT ITS EL BAGRE OPERATION\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nVANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 19, 2025 /CNW/ - Soma Gold Corp. (TSXV: SOMA) (WKN: A2P4DU) (OTC: SMAGF) (the \"Company\" or \"Soma\") is pleased to announce that, following positive additional bench-scale sensor-based sorting (\"SBS\") test work, it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase and install a sensor-based sorting facility at its flagship El Bagre operation in Antioquia, Colombia. The total project budget for the pilot installation is approximately US$2.2 million. Commissioning of the sorting facility is targeted for the first half of 2026.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe recent test was intentionally performed on feed material with a lower average grade, targeting similar objectives as the initial test work, to assess the efficacy of sorting material across the range of grades encountered at Soma's operations in Colombia. A 990 kg bulk sample was split into three sub-samples: a coarse sample (-60 mm +25 mm), a middling sample (-25 mm +10 mm), and a combined sample (-60 mm +15 mm).\nThe data for the coarse fraction indicates 40% mass rejection and 97% metallurgical recovery, while the data for the middling sample indicates 50% mass rejection and 84% metallurgical recovery. The data for the combined feed test indicates 55% mass rejection and 95% metallurgical recovery, and the gold grade of the sorted material was upgraded by 62.5%. These results continue to demonstrate that mineralized material from the Cordero Mine is amenable to sensor-based sorting and that SBS technology can achieve desired gold grade targets with high mass rejection while minimizing the amount of metal lost to the reject stream.\nMark Bren, Soma's VP Operations, states, \"We are pleased with the results of sensor-based sorting test work on material from the Cordero complex in Colombia. Our expectation is that we will experience similar results with material from satellite operations, including formalization targets and small, contractor-operated projec...