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Blossom Gold Adds World-Class Exploration Expertise to its Senior Executive Team with the Appointment of Dr. John DeDecker as Vice President, Exploration
TORONTO, April 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blossom Gold Inc. (formerly, 1290448 B.C. Ltd.) (“Blossom” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU) is pleased to announce
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, April 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blossom Gold Inc. (formerly, 1290448 B.C. Ltd.) (“Blossom” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John DeDecker as Vice President, Exploration effective April 20, 2026. Dr. John DeDecker brings distinguished academic foundation and over a decade of hands-on industry experience to the Blossom Gold team. He holds a B.S. in Geology from North Carolina State University, an M.S. in volcanology and igneous petrology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines, where his doctoral research tackled fundamental questions in the genetic modelling of world-class unconformity-related uranium deposits. John is also an internationally recognized expert in hydrothermal geochemistry, volcanic stratigraphy, and epithermal deposits. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Exploration at Eskay Mining Corporation, leading exploration for Au-Ag-rich VMS deposits in one of British Columbia's most prolific mining camps, and has consulted across a broad range of deposit types including epithermal Au-Ag, Carlin-type gold, sedimentary-hosted vanadium, skarn, and CO2 sequestration prospects. Rick Winters, CEO of Blossom, remarked: \"We are very pleased to announce John's appointment as Vice President, Exploration, and I speak for the entire Blossom team when I say we couldn't be more excited to have someone of his caliber joining our senior leadership team. His exceptional academic background, genetic model-driven exploration philosophy, and proven track record leading large-scale drill programs make him an outstanding addition to our senior leadership team. John's breadth of experience across a wide range of deposit types, but especially epithermal deposits, will be invaluable as we continue to rapidly advance the Rosebud Project.” John DeDecker, Blossom’s Vice President, Exploration, commented: “I am excited to be joining Blossom having completed petrography and minerology on the low-grade and high-grade mineralization as a consultant to Blossom. We are working on a low to intermediate sulfidation, epithermal system and the exploration work is finding its stride. We currently have three rigs turning at site, with a fourth expected in two to three weeks. We have completed all metallurgical PQ core holes and will b...