# Trident Resources Intersects Additional High-Grade Gold at Contact Lake Grading 17.88 g/t Au over 11.25m, including 42.53 g/t over 4.50m from 86m Depth *2026-05-27T03:15:00-04:00* Trident Resources Intersects Additional High-Grade Gold at Contact Lake Grading 17.88 g/t Au over 11.25m, including 42.53 g/t over 4.50m from 86m Depth Vancouver, BC, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- **Trident Resources Corp. (TSXV:**[**ROCK**](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=0b6Pvv8oViZqW-KBYGf-U7sn2wmbmGOTVHbMYPiNVuIeCVijKXMLZvjZfB1AWLHatTceyp7gJBLIaASkit7-UGIvc6TLxUrqNT9e_z48M5I=)**) (OTCQB: **[**TRDTF**](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=ZpdlZ4sf1VqEW_HO8cWl-zMYPCTKXkN7swFfGWdGear5KniP1xlbJ926MebNIAwuSesZ96PimWaTrhLFoQ-g3LLruEZcz4N668TfzDMxfMc=)**) (Frankfurt: 6BP0) ****(“Trident” **or the **“Company”)**is pleased to announce assay results for 8 (eight) diamond drill holes from the 2026 winter drill program at the Contact Lake Gold Project in northern Saskatchewan. All eight holes reported herein were collared on the ice at Contact Lake to target gold mineralization in the BK3 Zone, an area that hosts broad mineralized intervals with well-developed, high-grade gold cores several hundred metres to the east-northeast of the previous mine workings. **Contact Lake Gold Property Map:** [http://www.tridentresourcescorp.com/_resources/maps/contact-lake-property-map.jpg](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=h5rkJTm4fVvdqcH0RG0p8dX66FdNc91cmfHZleCoSR9RjMq15t_VQLXgnDu60d2eAqDCWBb-SkH11OtDa0sUQFn31fKkhDWIdqENtDF3cwE49taZqwswKDmuh9y_PFVMXL5TxI8-ehLof6Vw7V-mnPNQTlciGu0NugRDAbHaiGZbJX5I30UHL3GZ36NPrRqJ7y2AQoQr4I9w1KQ_0IsxxrQIiw_t25cOPV6L16L7OsRlPPbweoqOMh414KAg-h74) **Highlights:** - - Hole CL26042 returned **17.88 g/t gold (Au) over 11.25m**from 86.00m - including 31.36 g/t Au over 6.25m from 91.00m - including 42.53 g/t Au over 4.50m from 91.00m - including a single assay value of 350.00 g/t Au over 0.50m from 93.50m - - Hole CL26035 returned **93.44 g/t Au over 1.00m**from 202.50m - - All holes reported intersected gold mineralization; assays are pending for the final seven drillholes from the 2026 Contact Lake winter program - - The winter drill program comprised 10,127m in 29 holes at Contact Lake, and 3,142m in 11 holes at the adjacent Preview Deposit area - - The Summer 2026 drill program will commence in June and continue into the fall with an anticipated +20,000m of additional drilling - These latest results reinforce the excellent potential for continued discovery of high-grade gold at the Contact Lake target area, where gold mineralization is both laterally and vertically extensive and remains open for expansion in all directions. Jon Wiesblatt, CEO and Director, stated:_“These results at Contact Lake further demonstrate the strong continuity of mineralization and, more importantly, reinforce the rapidly growing scale of the project. The presence of multiple parallel mineralized shear zones, combined with consistent high-grade gold intercepts, supports our belief that Contact Lake and the surrounding area have the potential to evolve into a new gold camp in Canada.”_ _“As drilling continues to expand the footprint of mineralization, we are building confidence in the size, quality, and broader district-scale opportunity at Contact Lake. The project is increasingly drawing comparisons to other major Canadian high-grade discoveries, including the Dixie Project in Red Lake and Eskay Creek in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle.”_ _“We would also like to thank the Saskatchewan government for their support with the TMEI rebate which will be invested in our projects in the province. With over $28 million in the treasury, Trident is fully-funded through 2026 and beyond, positioning us to aggressively advance drilling and promptly grow our gold resources. We expect to release additional assay results in the coming weeks, concurrent with the commencement of the even larger summer drill program consisting of a planned +20,000m.”_ **Summary of Drilling: ** The results in this release are from holes CL26030, CL26035, CL26037, CL26038, CL26039, CL26040, CL26041 and CL26042. The holes reported in this release targeted mineralization in the BK3 Zone, where separate splays of the Bakos shear display variably intense shearing and alteration with gold mineralization present within the shear, immediately above in the hanging wall and at depth below in the footwall of the structure. The BK3 zone has returned significant gold-bearing intervals at a range of depths from near surface to greater than 350m depth. Assays are pending for the final seven (7) holes from the 2026 winter program that tested the Contact Lake Deposit area. **Figure 1: Contact Lake Drill Collar Location Map** [https://www.tridentresourcescorp.com/_resources/images/Figure1-Contact-Lake-Drill-Collar-Location-Map.png](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=smJAPCyeLsZ4xDzgqXodavO5u34Uzw1onBUUhb-BdfrWCDHwl3NDU5-4e45iz3lYkQnQAMlsfRAj9mNSo7-V2ZfLjS-nIwvHOW