Liberty Gold Announces Intention to Spin-Out Goldstrike/Antimony Ridge Project, Southwest Utah to Create a New U.S. Strategic Metals Company New Discovery of A Third High-Grade Surface Zone at Antimony Ridge with Sample
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News Release 25-03 February 11, 2025
Liberty Gold Announces Intention to Spin-Out Goldstrike/Antimony Ridge
Project, Southwest Utah to Create a New U.S. Strategic Metals Company
New Discovery of A Third High-Grade Surface Zone at Antimony Ridge with Sample
Grades +3% Sb; Mineralized Horizon Strike Length Now Exceeds 2 kilometres in
Outcrop, with Soil Geochemical Anomalies over a 5-kilometre Zone
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD; OTCQX:LGDTF) (“Liberty Gold” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce the discovery of a third zone of high -grade antimony
mineralization at Antimony Ridge. As a result, the Company intends to “spin-out” the Goldstrike
Project with the Antimony Ridge discovery into a separate entity. This creates for shareholders,
an interest in both Liberty Gold, moving Black Pine Oxide Gold through permitting into production
and in “NewCo”, a new United States (“U.S.”) strategic metal focussed exploration & development
company initially based on the high-grade antimony discovery at Antimony Ridge . Full details of
the proposed arrangement will be released in d ue course and it is expected to be subject to
customary conditions, including shareholder, regulatory and court approval.
Antimony Ridge Highlights
• Discovery of a new +400 meter (“m”) long, third zone of coarse-grained, high-grade antimony
(“Sb”) oxide mineralization, located ~1.5 kilometres (“km”) west of the previously identified high-
grade mineralization (see previous news releases dated September 5, 2024 and November 18,
2024).
• The silicified breccia bodies, which host the antimony mineralization have now been mapped in
outcrop over a cumulative strike length of more than 2 km, with anomalous antimony values in
soils indicating an additional ~3 km of potential strike length of mineralized bodies.
• Surface samples from the new discovery show significant antimony values, up to +3% Sb and
up to 0.68 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”). Large areas of surface outcrop remain unsampled
and are the focus of currently active field programs.
• Metallurgical r esults from two surface samples of high- grade oxide mineralization tested
indicate that an overall antimony recovery of between 51% and 76% could be achieved using
combined gravity and flotation circuits, with the final grade of the antimon y concentrate
potentially ranging from 45% to 50% Sb.
• 3 drill sites surrounding the historic Lejaiv (antimony) Mine at Antimony Ridge are permitted
and ready to drill. Additional drill site permit applications over the wider extent of the antimony
mineralization have been initiated.
• New mineral claims totalling ~2 square kilometers (“km2”) have been staked over the southern
soil anomalies, bringing the total claim block area at Antimony Ridge to ~10 km2, 100% owned
by Liberty Gold, with no royalty burden on any metals.
Cal Everett, CEO and Director of Liberty Gold: "Antimony Ridge is an exciting, emerging story that is
demanding more attention with every high -grade assay coming out of the lab. We believe that
separating Liberty Gold into two independent entities will unlock significant shareholder value and
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maximize market exposure to both the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project in Idaho and to the new Antimony
Ridge discovery at our Goldstrike Project in Utah. Terms of the spin-out concept are being finalized now.
This f irmly establishes Liberty Gold , with its flagship Black Pine Project , as a pure -play developer-
producer in Carlin-style, sediment-hosted oxide gold systems and provides all Liberty Gold shareholders
with exposure to a new minerals direction in ‘NewCo’. Of course, ‘NewCo’ also includes a 1 million ounce
oxide gold resource at Goldstrike in addition to the antimony discovery.”
New High-Grade Discovery Zone
In the second phase of field exploration work at Antimony Ridge, completed in December 2024,
surface sampling along the multiple north-west trending soil anomalies, has identified a new zone
of coarse-grained antimony oxide mineralization . Sampling in this zone returned values of up to
3.01% (30,100 parts per million (“ppm”)) antimony and up to 0.68 g/t Au. This new high-grade
discovery is associated with a silicified breccia body located approximately 1.5 km to the west of
the previously high-grade discovery areas around and adjacent to the historic Lejaiv M ine (see
Figure 1).
The new zone, as currently sampled, has a strike length greater than 400 m and is located within
a larger, northwest-trending antimony-in-soil anomaly that is more than 2.5 km long. This zone
has limited outcrop, indicating much of the mineralized zone is likely not exposed at surface and
will require drilling to fully evaluate.
Figure 1: Plan map of Antimony Ridge With Soil Anomalies and Mineral Claim Boundaries
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Antimony Mineralization
The mineralization at Antimony Ridge occurs at surface as large, bladed to massive disseminated
stibiconite in a multi- phase, silicified breccia with gold (see Figure 2). Stibiconite, is an antimony
oxide formed from the in-situ oxidation of stibnite, the primary antimony sulfide mineral. Many of
the surface exposures of stibiconite have a core of primary stibnite when broken apart. It is
expected that the near -surface antimony oxide mineralization would transition into primary
antimony sulfide down dip, below the limit of shallow surface oxidation.
Figure 2: Bladed crystals of white antimony oxide (stibiconite) with grey/black cores of antimony
sulphide (stibnite), from a surface exposure of high-grade antimony mineralization in a silicified
breccia host rock
The known high- grade mineralized zone is hosted within a laterally extensive silicified breccia
developed along the intersection of high-angle normal faults where they cut through a sequence
of Eocene to Miocene lacustrine limestones, epiclastics and tuffs that regionally dip 20-25 degrees
to the northeast.
Soil sampling conducted by Liberty Gold in 2015 exhibits pronounced north-west oriented linear
trends anomalous in antimony (see Figure 1), as well as strong values continuing to the south of
the known occurrences. Field follow-up to map and sample these areas in detail, is a key next step
in the exploration program currently in progress.
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Early Metallurgical Test Results
In December 2024, two ~20-kilogram samples of high-grade antimony oxide mineralization were
sent to the Kappes, Cas siday & Associates laboratory in Reno, Nevada, for preliminary
metallurgical test work. The samples were taken from surface outcrop, 75 m apart along the same
mineralized trend as the historic Lejaiv Mine. The antimony content of the two oxide samples were
similar at ~5% Sb. Mineralogical test work and elemental analysis indicate that both samples are
very largely comprised of antimony oxide, with minor to trace antimony sulfide, as suspected from
field observations.
Preliminary metallurgical test work was conduct ed using gravity and flotation methods , both
separately and combined. Limited optimization work was attempted at this early stage. Results
indicate that an overall antimony recovery of between 51% and 76% could be achieved using both
gravity and flotation. The grade of the final antimony concentrate would likely range from 45% to
50% Sb.
Test work results are available through this link:
https://libertygold.ca/images/news/2025/February/KCATestWork02112025.pdf
A further, more comprehensive metallurgical test program on both antimony oxide and sulphide
will follow-up on the proposed surface exploration drill program.
Next Steps
1. Formation of ‘NewCo’: Full d etails of the proposed arrangement will be released in due
course.
2. Additional Surface Sampling & Field Mapping: Conduct a third phase of surface mapping and
detailed sampling guided by soils data and portable XRF to further delineate the high-grade
antimony and gold horizons. Refine existing geologic mapping to define the structural controls
and to determine the presence of additional mineralized zones. The next phase of exploration
will include a regional detailed IP geophysical survey.
3. Drill Program Development: Submittal of a "Notice of Intent" drill permit application in Q1
with the Bureau of Land Management to evaluate the lateral and depth extent of high-grade
mineralized antimony and gold zones with a first pass surface drill program of up to 5,000 m
from 16 drill sites.
4. Funding: Work has begun to engage with the current round of grants with the U.S. and
Canadian Governments to act as potential funding partners.
5. Antimony Processing: Initial studies are underway to understand the nature and location of
suitable processing facilities ei ther as part of the Antimony Ridg e asset or through toll
processing to process the material. Furthe r studies are exploring options of U.S. based
treatment facilities to handle a future potential antimony concentrate.
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QUALIFIED PERSON
Peter Shabestari, P.Geo., Vice -President Exploration, Liberty Gold, is the Company's designated
Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43- 101
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43 -101") and has reviewed and validated that
the information contained in the release is accurate.
ABOUT LIBERTY GOLD
Liberty Gold is focused on exploring for and developing open pit oxide deposits in the Great Basin
of the United States, home to large -scale gold projects that are ideal for open -pit mining. This
region is one of the most prolific gold-producing regions in the world and stretches across Nevada
and into Idaho and Utah. The Company is advancing the Black Pine Project in southeastern Idaho,
a past-producing, Carlin-style gold system with a large, growing resource and strong economic
potential. The C ompany is also actively de- risking and expanding the Goldstrike Project in
southwestern Utah, a past -producing oxide gold system, which now includes the newly staked
Antimony Ridge Prospect. Antimony Ridge presents an opportunity for additional resource
expansion through ongoing trenching and sampling programs.
For more information, visit libertygold.ca or contact:
Susie Bell, Manager, Investor Relations
Phone: 604-632-4677 or Toll Free 1-877-632-4677
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