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Liberty Gold Commences 40,000 Meter Feasibility Drill Program and Bulk Metallurgical Sampling at the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project, Idaho
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD; OTCQX:...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Liberty Gold Commences 40,000 Meter Feasibility Drill Program and Bulk Metallurgical Sampling at the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project, Idaho\n\n\n\n VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD; OTCQX:LGDTF) (\"Liberty Gold\" or the “Company”), has commenced feasibility fieldwork at its Black Pine Oxide Gold Project (“Black Pine”) in southeastern Idaho. This program confirms initiation of a formal feasibility study on Black Pine. Technical data collected will support feasibility-level engineering studies, planned to begin in Q4 2025. In parallel, baseline studies are underway to complete the Company’s extensive environmental dataset, which will underpin preparation of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for Black Pine, also beginning in Q4 2025.\n \n\n\n 2025 WORKPLAN HIGHLIGHTS\n \n\n\n\n One reverse circulation (“RC”) exploration drill is currently active, with a second RC drill rig scheduled to arrive by the end of May. The ~40,000-meters (“m”) drill program is focused on resource upgrade and extensions to mineralization in the Discovery, Rangefront, CD and M Zone areas (See Figure 1: Planned Drillhole Locations). Key objectives include:\n \n\n Drilling for near surface oxide gold mineralization in the Rangefront zone (>1 million ounce resource\n \n 1\n \n ) which remains open in all directions. (See Figure 2: Rangefront zone Section)\n \n\n Infill drilling in the main Discovery zone to convert ounces to the measured category and to confirm geo-metallurgical domain modelling.\n \n\n Drilling along the CD to F Zones for resource conversion to the indicated category and to further delineate the extent of mineralization to the southeast and northwest where it remains open.\n \n\n\n\n A Sonic drill rig has begun a comprehensive drill test of the legacy Heap Leach Pad (“HLP”) to define the characteristics of the material and assess remnant ounces of gold to add to the current mine plan. This program is expected to be approximately 1,200 m over 20 holes, to be completed in two increments, to allow for assay results in advance of drill hole planning for the second part of the study.\n \n\n Two phases of metallurgical studies are planned: Phase 6 is a surface bulk sampling program to sup...