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Calgary, Alberta – TheNewswire – January 8, 2026 - Sonoro Energy Ltd. (" Sonoro " or the “ Company ”) (TSXV:SNV) is pleased to announce that Mr. Robert Bensh will be joining the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Mr. Bensh’s will also be appointed as a Director of the Company upon completion of submissions to and approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV).

Mr. Bensh is a Texas energy executive, investor, and strategic advisor with more than two decades of experience across upstream, midstream, LNG, and global energy trading. He has founded, scaled, and led multiple energy ventures spanning the United States, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, with deep expertise in crude oil, refined products, LNG, infrastructure development, and complex cross-border transactions. Robert has worked extensively with governments, national oil companies, multilaterals, and private capital, combining commercial execution with geopolitical and energy-security insight.

Mr. Greg Renwick will step down as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Sonoro. Mr. Renwick will continue acting as a Consultant to Sonoro having made valued contributions to projects in Bahrain and Iraq that Sonoro continues to develop.

Sonoro will issue Mr. Bensh 500,000 common shares as a signing bonus and 1,500,000 common share options at a price of 5 cents with a term of five years. The Company will also issue an additional 4,300,000 common share options to Board members, management, consultants and employees under the same terms.

Ms. Sara Akbar, Sonoro’s Chairwomen of the Board says “Mr. Renwick has been a valued  executive and Director during his time at Sonoro and I look forward to having Greg assist us in the Middle East with his vast knowledge base. I welcome Mr. Bensh and my continued working relationship with him as he  brings many years of oil and gas experience in North America and internationally that will be extremely helpful for the success of Sonoro”.  

The management changes and options issuance are subject to TSXV Venture Exchange approval.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain information in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Any statements that are contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as "may," "should," "anticipate," "expects," "estimates," "seeks" and similar expressions. In particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this news release contains forward-looking information regarding: the ability of the parties to negotiate satisfactory terms for, and to execute, the Definitive Agreement; the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the completion of the Proposed Transaction, including receipt of TSX Venture Exchange, regulatory and shareholder approvals; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, general business, economic, competitive, political, and social uncertainties; delay or failure to receive applicable approvals; and the results of operations.

Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation, risks associated with oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and transportation, loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of resource and reserve estimates, environmental risks, competition from other producers, inability to retain drilling rigs and other services, delays resulting from or inability to obtain required regulatory approvals, changes in legislation including but not limited to income tax, environmental laws and regulatory matters, the effectiveness of the technology to be employed by the Company, the Company’s ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Sonoro's operations or financial results are included in Sonoro’s reports on file with Canadian securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR+ website (www.sedarplus.ca) or by contacting Sonoro. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and Sonoro does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by securities law.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release .

For further information, please contact the company at:

On behalf of the Board of Directors

of Sonoro Energy Ltd.

Dean Callaway, CFO and Director

info@sonoroenergy.com

+1.403.262.3252

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