Northwire Canada EditionWednesday, August 12, 2026
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Drill Results

Sorrento identifies copper-in-soil trend at Lord Baron

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Executive Summary

  • Sorrento Resources identified a ~2.25 km strike‑length copper anomaly on its 100% owned Lord Baron project in Newfoundland, providing a new focus area for geophysical surveys and diamond drilling.
  • The large‑scale soil program collected 1,005 samples across four grids; 101 samples are anomalous in copper (≥102.6 ppm) and 51 are anomalous in gold (≥23.8 ppb).
  • Historical drilling on the property has been oriented away from the newly defined anomaly, suggesting significant upside potential for future drilling programs.

Key Details

  • Program Scope: 1,005 soil samples collected over four separate grids; largest soil sampling effort ever undertaken on Lord Baron.
  • Anomalous Copper Samples: 101 samples exceed 102.6 ppm Cu (90th percentile).
  • Anomalous Gold Samples: 51 samples exceed 23.8 ppb Au (95th percentile).

Little Bay Head Grid

  • 667 samples at ~150 m × 50 m spacing; overlaps four historic soil grids.
  • 77 Cu‑anomalous samples (≥102.6 ppm), highest value 2,140 ppm Cu.
  • 34 Au‑anomalous samples (≥23.8 ppb), highest value 223 ppb Au.
  • Anomaly length ≈ 2.25 km, width up to ~175 m; coincident with mapped geological structures and historic geophysical anomalies.

Ferndale & Swatridge Grid

  • 86 samples at ~100 m × 250 m spacing covering Ferndale occurrence and east of Swatridge occurrence.
  • 8 Cu‑anomalous samples (≥102.6 ppm), highest 731 ppm Cu.
  • 6 Au‑anomalous samples (≥23.8 ppb), highest 159 ppb Au.
  • Anomaly area ≈ 750 m × 500 m, open to the south and east; overlaps an east‑west fault with historic stream sediment Cu anomalies.

Additional Project Context

  • Lord Baron comprises 15 mineral licences (256 claims) covering ~6,400 ha on the Springdale Peninsula.
  • Host rock: Lush’s Bight group (Cambro‑Ordovician ophiolitic metavolcanics) with high base‑metal sulphide showings density.

Notable Quotes

“We are very excited with the results of our summer soil sampling program. To have a soil anomaly over two km in strike length is very promising and provides us an area of focus for geophysical surveys and diamond drilling.” – Alex Bugden, President & CEO, Sorrento Resources Ltd.


Qualified Person: Alex Bugden, P.Geo., NI 43‑101 qualified person.

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