Liberty Gold Advances Black Pine with 2026 Drill Program Focused on Early Production and Project Execution

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX: LGD; OTCQX: LGDTF) (“Liberty Gold” or the “Company”) outlines its 2026 drill program at the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project (“Black Pine” or the “Project”) in southeastern Idaho, with approximately 40,000 metres (“m”) of approved reverse circulation (“RC”) drilling with an additional 10,000 m of RC drilling planned contingent on results, all to support early production confidence and project execution readiness, aligned with advancing Black Pine towards a construction decision. The 2026 drill campaign is focused on three priorities: Early Production Confidence: Infill drilling to upgrade resources from indicated to measured classification within the initial 2-3 years of the mine plan to increase production confidence in that key operating period.