Liberty Gold stretches Black Pine’s reach in Idaho

AI desk brief

Liberty Gold reported drill extensions beyond the current resource boundary at its Black Pine gold project in Idaho, with hole LBP1347 cutting 18.3m at 1.27 g/t Au from 233.2m within a broader 144.8m intercept grading 0.36 g/t. The company says early-2026 drilling has expanded the mineralization footprint at Rangefront, remains open to the north, and could support a resource increase ahead of an updated resource due in 1H27.\n\nBlack Pine is being advanced toward a possible 2028 construction decision under FAST-41 permitting coordination. Liberty’s September feasibility study outlined a 16-year open-pit heap-leach mine averaging 202,000 oz/yr in the first five years, with 4.04Moz of probable reserves, initial capex of $411m, and an after-tax NPV of $2.4bn at $3,250/oz gold.