TORONTO, Feb. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerita Resources Corp. (TSX – V: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF; FSE: LLJA) (the “Company” or “Emerita”) enters 2025 following a year of notable achievements in 2024, and is pleased to provide a summary of these key developments, along with an outlook on the expected developments for the coming year.

2024 in Review Iberia Belt West Project (“IBW” ) The Company drilled throughout 2024 with consistent positive drill results that continue to drive expansion of La Romanera mineral resource and the delineation of El Cura deposit. Emerita released results of two phases of metallurgical tests for La Romanera and La Infanta deposits demonstrating that commercial grade concentrates can be produced from IBW using traditional flotation methods at recoveries similar to producing operations in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. The final published results (below) represent the bulk grades of each of the deposits (La Infanta and La Romanera) which indicate the likely production domains for the future mining operations (see news released dated October 31, 2024 for details ).

These results were reported as follows: La Infanta Deposit (Normalized Data) Copper Concentrate: 20.2% Cu Grade, 4.45 g/t Au, 1,503 g/t Ag and 1.

8% mass pull. Copper recoveries: 42.4% Lead Concentrate: 35.

5% Pb and 8.82% Cu Grade, 0.85 g/t Au, 524 g/t Ag and 7.

1% mass pull. Lead recoveries: 78.3% Pb with 39.

7% Cu recovery. Zinc Concentrate: 52.9% Zn Grade, 0.

51 g/t Au, 84 g/t Ag and 8..