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Blossom Gold Files Notice of Intent with the BLM to Initiate Exploration Drilling on the Kamma Claims West of the Rosebud Project
TORONTO, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blossom Gold Inc. (“Blossom” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU) is pleased to announce that the Company, through its
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blossom Gold Inc. (“Blossom” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU) is pleased to announce that the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Blossom Gold (Nevada) Inc., has filed a Notice of Intent (\"NOI\") with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (\"BLM\") for exploration activities on the Company's Kamma Claims west of the Rosebud Project (\"Rosebud\" or the \"Project\") in Pershing County, Nevada. The BLM review and approval process is expected to take between 15 and 30 days. Blossom has completed initial geologic mapping and surface outcrop sampling and has collected magnetic and gravity measurements from recently conducted airborne geophysical survey. Blossom is in the process of securing an additional drill rig for further exploration of the Kamma Claims. Under the NOI, Blossom plans to conduct follow-up reverse circulation (“RC”) drilling, beginning with eight drill site locations representing a disturbance of less than one acre. Pending the expected approval of the NOI, the Company will continue surface exploration and initiate the necessary work on access and drill pad construction while working to secure the RC rig and targeting the commencement as soon as possible but no later than Q3 2026. The Kamma Claims are 100%-owned by Blossom Gold and occupy a graben setting closely analogous to the Rosebud Claim Block. The claims host the most significant historic placer production in the area and yet have seen little modern exploration, representing meaningful upside optionality for a new discovery outside the Rosebud Project. Work completed to date suggests the Kamma Claims are prospective for hosting potential primary structures that provide the plumbing for mineralization to the adjacent Hycroft Mine, including the Vortex silver discovery, which is among the most promising high-grade silver systems in the region. For context, Figure 1 outlines Blossom Gold’s three unpatented claim blocks totaling ~1809 acres surrounded by Hycroft claims. Figure 2 is an image of the Hycroft Mine dumps seen from the Kamma Claims, and Figure 3 shows the Kamma Claims proximity and fault similarities to the Hycroft Mine. The 2026 Kamma Claims two-year exploration budget includes the geologic mapping and geophysics already completed, the initial RC drilling campaign contemplated under the NOI and follow up p...