Sonoro Energy Ltd. announces new Chief Executive Officer

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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 Benshwill be joining the Company as President and Chief Executive Officereffective immediately. Mr. Bensh’s will also be appointed as aDirector of the Company upon completion of submissions to and approvalfrom the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV).

Mr. Bensh is a Texas energy executive, investor, andstrategic advisor with more than two decades of experience acrossupstream, 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 complexcross-border transactions. Robert has worked extensively withgovernments, national oil companies, multilaterals, and privatecapital, combining commercial execution with geopolitical andenergy-security insight.

Mr. Greg Renwick will step down as the Chief ExecutiveOfficer and Director of Sonoro. Mr. Renwick will continue acting as aConsultant to Sonoro having made valued contributions to projects inBahrain and Iraq that Sonoro continues to develop.

Sonoro will issue Mr. Bensh 500,000 common shares as asigning bonus and 1,500,000 common share options at a price of 5 centswith a term of five years. The Company will also issue an additional4,300,000 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 histime at Sonoro and I look forward to having Greg assist us in theMiddle East with his vast knowledge base. I welcome Mr. Bensh and mycontinued working relationship with him as he  brings many years ofoil and gas experience in North America and internationally that willbe extremely helpful for the success of Sonoro”.  

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

Forward-lookingStatements

Certain information in this news release constitutesforward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Anystatements that are contained in this news release that are notstatements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-lookingstatements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by termssuch as "may," "should," "anticipate,""expects," "estimates," "seeks" andsimilar expressions. In particular, without limiting the generality ofthe foregoing, this news release contains forward-looking informationregarding: the ability of the parties to negotiate satisfactory termsfor, and to execute, the Definitive Agreement; the satisfaction of allconditions precedent to the completion of the Proposed Transaction,including receipt of TSX Venture Exchange, regulatory and shareholderapprovals; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,general business, economic, competitive, political, and socialuncertainties; delay or failure to receive applicable approvals; andthe results of operations.

Forward-looking statements necessarily involve knownand unknown risks, including, without limitation, risks associatedwith oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production,marketing and transportation, loss of markets, volatility of commodityprices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of resource and reserveestimates, environmental risks, competition from other producers,inability to retain drilling rigs and other services, delays resultingfrom or inability to obtain required regulatory approvals, changes inlegislation including but not limited to income tax, environmentallaws and regulatory matters, the effectiveness of the technology to beemployed by the Company, the Company’s ability to access sufficientcapital from internal and external sources. Readers are cautioned thatthe foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance onforward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that theplans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed willoccur. Such information, although considered reasonable by managementat the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actualresults may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-lookingstatements contained in this news release are expressly qualified bythis cautionary statement.

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

Neither the TSXVenture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term isdefined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) acceptsresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of thisrelease.

For further information, please contact the companyat:

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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