{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"158639","rtpr_id":"nGNX4cdDLx-20261001","ticker":"LGD","exchange":"TSX","all_tickers":["LGD"],"title":"Liberty Gold Strengthens Treasury with Final US$2.6 Million in Non-Dilutive Proceeds as Black Pine Advances","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-01T16:30:00.090Z","article_body":"VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold\nCorp. (TSX: LGD; OTCQX: LGDTF) (“Liberty Gold” or the “Company”) is\npleased to announce receipt of the final staged payment of US$2.6 million\nrelated to the previously announced sale of its 72.1% interest in the TV Tower\ncopper-gold project (“TV Tower”), located in Biga Province, northwest\nTürkiye. See press releases dated April 17, 2024\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=3yhG9VbwJq0jmqvIzJB3VLgsn0xlXCRZGNSEXVUUVOuu0DCrwAiyw9M9VnQI__nIns4YYeqQnVZcLzEQ0rFV_cuAEPLnRcHof8Xbulwax6lB2BRGKlh0TtL8lkJkNbBfk3bEo96m3OW9fsfWtXwr-A==),\nOctober 7, 2024\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=XoO5Btbvbbc-9RhVhsL4zAqtQSGD8dwXrw88xv4QEN7z8WQ5fKpHn_ZwHN5daaPiJ9J0y3qjtFqHO1Y5m5b96PLbIUt8TVDEzUc4VlkMe9mIZkhCElhhiaGxg2_QYB6VkerM524qzDkzKBlJZcWSBxfAx1nkkqWL8u_DifSsouZfYfkTTQSe_hleLnQlAYPv)\nand October 2, 2025\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=XoO5Btbvbbc-9RhVhsL4zG3mSCV2yLFBYJjVhJ3rGUok0UG3K5i8VcESzKYthswxO86T4YeB8uDC30a0zIilkCqJzJucaeFHMzcG4HYSNKcBu-oP7ZnXgEpSodKLp7gyROJzNuEdJrvRisgc2a1FB35zWug9MSbcfexjJAImbaiCbOpHml5zwmgXD0ibW_K7).\n\nReceipt of the payment completes the total US$8.5 million consideration\npayable to Liberty Gold under the transaction. The sale converted a non-core\nasset into non-dilutive capital, enabling the Company to maintain its focus on\nadvancing the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project (“Black Pine”) in southeastern\nIdaho.\n\nSince the sale was announced in 2024, Liberty Gold has completed a feasibility\nstudy for Black Pine and is advancing the project through formal mine\npermitting. Black Pine has been designated a Covered Project under the U.S.\nfederal FAST-41 program. Engineering, project optimization and financing work\nare advancing in parallel to support a disciplined path toward a future\nconstruction decision.\n\nJon Gilligan, President and CEO of Liberty Gold, commented: “The final TV\nTower payment completes the monetization of a non-core asset and adds US$2.6\nmillion to our treasury. Over the past two years, Black Pine has moved from\nprefeasibility to a completed feasibility study and a defined permitting\nprocess.\n\n“Our priority is to carry that progress through the next stage of project\ndevelopment. We are advancing the engineering, permitting and financing work\nneeded to support a disciplined construction decision.”\n\nABOUT LIBERTY GOLD\n\nLiberty Gold is a U.S.-focused gold company advancing Black Pine, its 100%\nowned oxide gold project in Idaho, located within the Great Basin, one of the\nworld’s most productive and mining-friendly gold regions. Black Pine is a\nlarge-scale, past-producing, run-of-mine heap leachable gold deposit advancing\nthrough permitting toward a potential construction decision. The Company’s\nstrategy is centered on advancing high-quality, long-life gold assets, with a\nclear focus on technical simplicity, strong environmental performance, project\nexecutability, collaborative permitting processes, and value creation. This\nreflects Liberty Gold’s commitment to the discipline of delivery. The\nCompany is led by an experienced team with a track record of discovery,\ndevelopment, and delivering sustained long-term value.\n\nFor more information, visit libertygold.ca\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=pzpoZAuKuLkwR-F47Yyx0LggxCSmzoLpafkmczkiPfXfmFG0CCvFDeNdY8I9Z7vQn9QqBElHg68_Iw7ZeW9oeg==) or\ncontact:\n\nSusie Bell, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications\nPhone: 604-632-4677 or Toll Free 1-877-632-4677\ninfo@libertygold.ca\n\nThis news release contains “forward-looking information” and\n“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities\nlaws, including statements or information concerning, future financial or\noperating performance of Liberty Gold and its business, operations, properties\nand condition; planned de-risking activities at Liberty Gold’s mineral\nproperties; federal and state permitting timelines, future updates to the\nmineral resource, the potential quantity, recoverability and/or grade of\nminerals; the potential size of a mineralized zone or potential expansion of\nmineralization; proposed exploration and development of Liberty Gold’s\nexploration property interests; future water rights acquisitions; the results\nof mineral resource estimates or mineral reserve estimates and preliminary\nfeasibility studies; and the Company’s anticipated expenditures.\n\nForward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of\nwords such as \"seek\", \"anticipate\", \"plan\", \"continue\", \"planned\", \"expect\",\n\"project\", \"predict\", \"potential\", \"targeting\", \"intends\", \"believe\",\n\"potential\", and similar expressions, or describes a \"goal\", or variation of\nsuch words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results \"may\",\n\"should\", \"could\", \"would\", \"might\" or \"will\" be taken, occur or be achieved.\nForward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is\nbased upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the\nstatements are made including, among others, assumptions about future prices\nof gold, and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates,\nfavourable operating conditions, political stability, timely receipt of\ngovernmental or regulatory approvals, including any stock exchange approvals;\nreceipt of a financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licenses and\npermits and obtaining required licenses and permits, labour stability,\nstability in market conditions, availability of equipment, results or timing\nof any mineral resources, results or timing of any baseline studies, resource\nconversion, pre-feasibility study,  mineral reserves, or feasibility study;\nthe availability of drill rigs, successful resolution of disputes and\nanticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and\nevents that are not within the control of Liberty Gold and there is no\nassurance they will prove to be correct.\n\nSuch forward-looking information, involves known and unknown risks, which may\ncause the actual results to be materially different from any future results\nexpressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, risks\nrelated to the interpretation of results and/or the reliance on technical\ninformation provided by third parties as related to the Company’s mineral\nproperty interests; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be\nrefined; current economic conditions; state and federal permitting processes,\nfuture prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates;\nthe costs and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of equipment\nor processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to\nperform; the timing and success of exploration activities generally; the\ntiming or results of the publication of any mineral resources, mineral\nreserves or feasibility studies; delays in permitting; possible claims against\nthe Company; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in\nobtaining governmental approvals, financing, timing of the completion of\nexploration as well as those factors discussed in the Annual Information Form\nof the Company dated March 25, 2026, in the section entitled \"Risk Factors\",\nunder Liberty Gold’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.\n\nAlthough Liberty Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could\ncause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those\ndescribed in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that\ncause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or\nintended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be\naccurate as actual results, and future events could differ materially from\nthose anticipated in such statements. Liberty Gold disclaims any intention or\nobligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a\nresult of new information, future events or otherwise, except for material\ndifferences between actual results and previously disclosed material\nforward-looking information, or as otherwise required by law.\n\nExcept for statements of historical fact, information contained herein or\nincorporated by reference herein constitutes forward-looking statements and\nforward-looking information. Readers should not place undue reliance on\nforward-looking information. All forward-looking statements and\nforward-looking information attributable to us is expressly qualified by these\ncautionary statements.\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/42dd2f04-04a3-4185-a297-9fda3b3aeb31)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX4cdDLx-20261001","title":"Liberty Gold Strengthens Treasury with Final US$2.6 Million in Non-Dilutive Proceeds as Black Pine Advances","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"LGD","created":"2026-10-01T16:30:00.090Z","tickers":["LGD"],"exchange":"TSX","article_body":"VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Gold\nCorp. (TSX: LGD; OTCQX: LGDTF) (“Liberty Gold” or the “Company”) is\npleased to announce receipt of the final staged payment of US$2.6 million\nrelated to the previously announced sale of its 72.1% interest in the TV Tower\ncopper-gold project (“TV Tower”), located in Biga Province, northwest\nTürkiye. See press releases dated April 17, 2024\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=3yhG9VbwJq0jmqvIzJB3VLgsn0xlXCRZGNSEXVUUVOuu0DCrwAiyw9M9VnQI__nIns4YYeqQnVZcLzEQ0rFV_cuAEPLnRcHof8Xbulwax6lB2BRGKlh0TtL8lkJkNbBfk3bEo96m3OW9fsfWtXwr-A==),\nOctober 7, 2024\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=XoO5Btbvbbc-9RhVhsL4zAqtQSGD8dwXrw88xv4QEN7z8WQ5fKpHn_ZwHN5daaPiJ9J0y3qjtFqHO1Y5m5b96PLbIUt8TVDEzUc4VlkMe9mIZkhCElhhiaGxg2_QYB6VkerM524qzDkzKBlJZcWSBxfAx1nkkqWL8u_DifSsouZfYfkTTQSe_hleLnQlAYPv)\nand October 2, 2025\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=XoO5Btbvbbc-9RhVhsL4zG3mSCV2yLFBYJjVhJ3rGUok0UG3K5i8VcESzKYthswxO86T4YeB8uDC30a0zIilkCqJzJucaeFHMzcG4HYSNKcBu-oP7ZnXgEpSodKLp7gyROJzNuEdJrvRisgc2a1FB35zWug9MSbcfexjJAImbaiCbOpHml5zwmgXD0ibW_K7).\n\nReceipt of the payment completes the total US$8.5 million consideration\npayable to Liberty Gold under the transaction. The sale converted a non-core\nasset into non-dilutive capital, enabling the Company to maintain its focus on\nadvancing the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project (“Black Pine”) in southeastern\nIdaho.\n\nSince the sale was announced in 2024, Liberty Gold has completed a feasibility\nstudy for Black Pine and is advancing the project through formal mine\npermitting. Black Pine has been designated a Covered Project under the U.S.\nfederal FAST-41 program. Engineering, project optimization and financing work\nare advancing in parallel to support a disciplined path toward a future\nconstruction decision.\n\nJon Gilligan, President and CEO of Liberty Gold, commented: “The final TV\nTower payment completes the monetization of a non-core asset and adds US$2.6\nmillion to our treasury. Over the past two years, Black Pine has moved from\nprefeasibility to a completed feasibility study and a defined permitting\nprocess.\n\n“Our priority is to carry that progress through the next stage of project\ndevelopment. We are advancing the engineering, permitting and financing work\nneeded to support a disciplined construction decision.”\n\nABOUT LIBERTY GOLD\n\nLiberty Gold is a U.S.-focused gold company advancing Black Pine, its 100%\nowned oxide gold project in Idaho, located within the Great Basin, one of the\nworld’s most productive and mining-friendly gold regions. Black Pine is a\nlarge-scale, past-producing, run-of-mine heap leachable gold deposit advancing\nthrough permitting toward a potential construction decision. The Company’s\nstrategy is centered on advancing high-quality, long-life gold assets, with a\nclear focus on technical simplicity, strong environmental performance, project\nexecutability, collaborative permitting processes, and value creation. This\nreflects Liberty Gold’s commitment to the discipline of delivery. The\nCompany is led by an experienced team with a track record of discovery,\ndevelopment, and delivering sustained long-term value.\n\nFor more information, visit libertygold.ca\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=pzpoZAuKuLkwR-F47Yyx0LggxCSmzoLpafkmczkiPfXfmFG0CCvFDeNdY8I9Z7vQn9QqBElHg68_Iw7ZeW9oeg==) or\ncontact:\n\nSusie Bell, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications\nPhone: 604-632-4677 or Toll Free 1-877-632-4677\ninfo@libertygold.ca\n\nThis news release contains “forward-looking information” and\n“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities\nlaws, including statements or information concerning, future financial or\noperating performance of Liberty Gold and its business, operations, properties\nand condition; planned de-risking activities at Liberty Gold’s mineral\nproperties; federal and state permitting timelines, future updates to the\nmineral resource, the potential quantity, recoverability and/or grade of\nminerals; the potential size of a mineralized zone or potential expansion of\nmineralization; proposed exploration and development of Liberty Gold’s\nexploration property interests; future water rights acquisitions; the results\nof mineral resource estimates or mineral reserve estimates and preliminary\nfeasibility studies; and the Company’s anticipated expenditures.\n\nForward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of\nwords such as \"seek\", \"anticipate\", \"plan\", \"continue\", \"planned\", \"expect\",\n\"project\", \"predict\", \"potential\", \"targeting\", \"intends\", \"believe\",\n\"potential\", and similar expressions, or describes a \"goal\", or variation of\nsuch words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results \"may\",\n\"should\", \"could\", \"would\", \"might\" or \"will\" be taken, occur or be achieved.\nForward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is\nbased upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the\nstatements are made including, among others, assumptions about future prices\nof gold, and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates,\nfavourable operating conditions, political stability, timely receipt of\ngovernmental or regulatory approvals, including any stock exchange approvals;\nreceipt of a financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licenses and\npermits and obtaining required licenses and permits, labour stability,\nstability in market conditions, availability of equipment, results or timing\nof any mineral resources, results or timing of any baseline studies, resource\nconversion, pre-feasibility study,  mineral reserves, or feasibility study;\nthe availability of drill rigs, successful resolution of disputes and\nanticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and\nevents that are not within the control of Liberty Gold and there is no\nassurance they will prove to be correct.\n\nSuch forward-looking information, involves known and unknown risks, which may\ncause the actual results to be materially different from any future results\nexpressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, risks\nrelated to the interpretation of results and/or the reliance on technical\ninformation provided by third parties as related to the Company’s mineral\nproperty interests; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be\nrefined; current economic conditions; state and federal permitting processes,\nfuture prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates;\nthe costs and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of equipment\nor processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to\nperform; the timing and success of exploration activities generally; the\ntiming or results of the publication of any mineral resources, mineral\nreserves or feasibility studies; delays in permitting; possible claims against\nthe Company; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in\nobtaining governmental approvals, financing, timing of the completion of\nexploration as well as those factors discussed in the Annual Information Form\nof the Company dated March 25, 2026, in the section entitled \"Risk Factors\",\nunder Liberty Gold’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.\n\nAlthough Liberty Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could\ncause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those\ndescribed in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that\ncause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or\nintended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be\naccurate as actual results, and future events could differ materially from\nthose anticipated in such statements. Liberty Gold disclaims any intention or\nobligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a\nresult of new information, future events or otherwise, except for material\ndifferences between actual results and previously disclosed material\nforward-looking information, or as otherwise required by law.\n\nExcept for statements of historical fact, information contained herein or\nincorporated by reference herein constitutes forward-looking statements and\nforward-looking information. Readers should not place undue reliance on\nforward-looking information. All forward-looking statements and\nforward-looking information attributable to us is expressly qualified by these\ncautionary statements.\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/42dd2f04-04a3-4185-a297-9fda3b3aeb31)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-01T16:30:00.127584438Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790872200127},"received_at":"2026-10-01T16:30:00.179Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"147264","press_release_id":"158639","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Metals & Mining","sector":"Materials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Liberty Gold received the final US$2.6 million staged payment from the sale of its 72.1% interest in the TV Tower copper-gold project, completing US$8.5 million in total consideration.\n\nThe company framed the proceeds as non-dilutive treasury support, allowing it to focus on the Black Pine oxide gold project in southeastern Idaho.\n\nBlack Pine has progressed from prefeasibility to a completed feasibility study and is advancing through permitting, including FAST-41 Covered Project designation, with engineering and financing work underway toward a construction decision.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Final TV Tower payment tops up the treasury non-dilutively as Black Pine advances through permitting toward a construction decision."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"final_payment_usd":2600000,"total_consideration_usd":8500000,"tv_tower_interest_sold_pct":"72.1%"}},"quotedText":"The final TV Tower payment completes the monetization of a non-core asset and adds US$2.6 million to our treasury.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Jon Gilligan","role":"President and CEO"},{"name":"Susie Bell","role":"VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications"}],"products":["TV Tower copper-gold project","Black Pine Oxide Gold Project"],"companies":[{"name":"Liberty Gold Corp.","ticker":"LGD","relationship":"filer"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"US$2.6 million","context":"final staged payment from TV Tower sale"},{"amount":"US$8.5 million","context":"total consideration for TV Tower sale"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Receipt of a previously announced US$2.6 million final staged payment from a non-core asset sale is mildly positive for the treasury but is a routine, non-dilutive cash inflow rather than a market-moving event."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"LGD"},"globalImportance":15,"audienceRelevance":12,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"micro-cap exploration/developer","eventGravity":"routine staged-payment receipt","householdBrandBoost":0,"retailFavoriteBoost":0}},"event_type":"operations_update","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"bullish","material_impact_score":2,"narrative":"Liberty Gold received the final US$2.6 million staged payment from the sale of its 72.1% interest in the TV Tower copper-gold project, completing US$8.5 million in total consideration.\n\nThe company framed the proceeds as non-dilutive treasury support, allowing it to focus on the Black Pine oxide gold project in southeastern Idaho.\n\nBlack Pine has progressed from prefeasibility to a completed feasibility study and is advancing through permitting, including FAST-41 Covered Project designation, with engineering and financing work underway toward a construction decision.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"final_payment_usd":2600000,"total_consideration_usd":8500000,"tv_tower_interest_sold_pct":"72.1%"}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Jon Gilligan","role":"President and CEO"},{"name":"Susie Bell","role":"VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications"}],"products":["TV Tower copper-gold project","Black Pine Oxide Gold Project"],"companies":[{"name":"Liberty Gold Corp.","ticker":"LGD","relationship":"filer"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"US$2.6 million","context":"final staged payment from TV Tower sale"},{"amount":"US$8.5 million","context":"total consideration for TV Tower sale"}]},"model_name":"glm-5.3-flashx","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-10-01T16:30:05.045Z","global_importance":15,"audience_relevance":12,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"micro-cap exploration/developer","eventGravity":"routine staged-payment receipt","householdBrandBoost":0,"retailFavoriteBoost":0}},"durationMs":4852,"modelName":"glm-5.3-flashx"}}