Blossom Gold Inc. (formerly, 1290448 B.C. Ltd.) (“Blossom” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU) is pleased to announce further drill results from its ongoing 2026 exploration program at the Rosebud Open-Pit Heap-Leach Project (“Rosebud” or the “Project”) in Pershing County, Nevada.
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This release builds on exploration results reported on June 30, 2026 and August 12, 2026 and highlights continued expansion and infill success across the South, East and Northwest Zones.
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Thick gold mineralization continues to surround the historic south mined zones and extend up-dip along the South Ridge Fault Zone.
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BG26-031 intersected 44.8m @ 1.22gAu/t from 149.8m, including 3.2m @ 5.06gAu/t from 181.8m.
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RC26-009 intersected 60.1m @ 0.33gAu/t from surface, including 19.6m @ 0.68gAu/t from 40.5m, and RC26-010 intersected 14.6m @ 0.24gAu/t in the oxidized domain of the South Zone.
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BG26-042 intersected 106.8m @ 0.42gAu/t from 74.8m, including 24.2m @ 0.72gAu/t from 156.0m.
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This supports a broad halo of gold mineralization around the historic mine workings.
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- Maiden Northwest Zone hole: BG26-033 intersected 18.5m @ 0.20gAu/t from 38.9m, starting at the upper bedrock contact.
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This may be part of a shallow zone of mineralization extending across the north part of the deposit.
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Four rigs are operating, with 11,585m (38,000 ft) remaining in the 2026 surface program.
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The 8,230m (27,000 ft) underground infill program is expected to begin in Q4 2026, and an updated Mineral Resource Estimate is expected in Q1 2027.
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“The Blossom exploration program is picking up the pace, with 19,911m of drilling completed so far this year.
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Our third batch of results continues to demonstrate the scale of the mineralized system at Rosebud, both around the historic workings and in the areas the underground operation left behind,” said Rick Winters, CEO of Blossom Gold.
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“In the South Zone, BG26-031 returned 44.8m @ 1.22gAu/t, including 3.2m @ 5.06gAu/t, confirming thick gold mineralization around the historic south mined zones.
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Closer to surface, our reverse circulation drilling delivered as well, with RC26-009 intersecting 60.1m @ 0.33gAu/t from surface in oxidized material.
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That is the kind of near-surface mineralization our open-pit, heap-leach vision is built on.
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In the East Zone, BG26-042 intersected 106.8m @ 0.42gAu/t, further defining the broad halo of mineralization around the old mine.
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Our first hole in the Northwest Zone also found gold mineralization starting at the upper bedrock contact, which points to a potential shallow zone across the north part of the deposit.
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“We have four rigs turning 24/7, with 11,585m of surface drilling remaining in the 2026 program.
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Rehabilitation of the underground portal is on track to establish drill bays and begin the 8,230m underground infill program in the fourth quarter.
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Together, these programs will inform the updated Mineral Resource Estimate we expect to deliver in the first quarter of 2027,” added Mr. Winters.
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Three core drill rigs and one RC rig remain devoted to drilling aimed at expanding and upgrading the existing inferred open-pit resource of 70.8 million tons at 0.018opt Au (0.62gAu/t) and 0.189opt Ag (6.49gAg/t) for 1.28 million ounces of gold and 13.4 million ounces of silver (see About Blossom Gold section below for more information).
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In the South Zone, results from diamond drill holes BG26-031, -041, and RC drill holes RC26-009 and -010 combined with previously reported South Zone drill holes, confirm that significant thicknesses of gold mineralization surround the historic south mined zones and continue up-dip along the South Ridge fault zone, with gold grade extending to or near the top of bedrock.
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The oxidized domain extends to depths ranging from 20-75 meters below the surface.
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In the East Zone, results from diamond drill holes BG26-039 and -042, together with previously reported East Zone drill holes, support the presence of a broad halo of gold mineralization surrounding historic mine workings and extending south and westwards along strike towards the South Zone.
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Gold mineralization intercepted by these two drill holes is in the non-oxidized domain.
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These results are similar to previously reported results from Site T in the Northeast Zone and may represent a shallow zone of mineralization extending across the north part of the deposit.
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Additional recent drilling from Site M of hydrothermally altered and mineralized rocks suggests this zone may extend to the northwest of BG26-033.
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Assay results for drill holes from Site M are pending.
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Figure 1 – Rosebud Open-Pit Drilling Zones with Recent Drill Hole Locations
* Mined zones represent stope and backfilled areas from 1997 to 2000 during the Hecla/Newmont Joint Venture operations.
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The Joint Venture mined just under one million tons at 0.44opt Au (15gAu/t).
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“Drilling of the up-dip South Ridge fault zone targets is showing two zones of gold mineralization each hosted by dacite flows and breccia” stated Dr. John DeDecker, VP, Exploration of Blossom.
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“The upper zone is in the oxidized domain and is near-surface, and the lower zone is higher grade, in the non-oxidized domain, and occurs at depth surrounding the historic mine workings.
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The presence of elevated gold grades in dacite is consistent with the interpretation by the former mine geologists that coherent volcanic rocks are more susceptible to fracturing and vein formation than strongly clay and chlorite altered fine-grained tuffaceous rocks are.
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As previously noted, drill hole assay results are reported by zone over the approximately 2km by 1.6km open pit target; the Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, South, and East Zones, as illustrated in Figure 1.
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In the East and South Zones, the target is up dip extension of South Ridge Fault Zone (SRFZ) mineralization above the previously mined orebodies in areas of low drill density owing to the historic focus on high grade underground mineralization.
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Expansion drilling in these zones target the potential to add resource and push the resource pit shell to the north.
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The Southwest Zone is also in the Rosebud Shear Zone domain and targets areas of low drill density to potentially expand the open pit resource to the property boundary in the southwest of the Rosebud claims.
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Drill hole inclination is taken into account to determine the true thickness of mineralized intervals from surface.
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All intervals Blossom reports will be true thicknesses unless otherwise noted.
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