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Here’s to finding the sweet spot.
0June 2019
Black Pine Project
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All statements in this presentation, other than statements of historical fact, are"forward-looking information" with respect to Liberty Gold within the meaning ofapplicable securities laws, including statements with respect to those that addresspotential quantity and/or grade of minerals, potential size and expansion of amineralized zone, proposed timing of exploration and development plans.Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use ofwords such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "planned", "expect","project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intends", "believe", "potential", andsimilar expressions, or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases orstate that certain actions, events or results "may", "should", "could", "would","might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information isnot a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimatesand assumptions of management at the date the statements are made including,among others, receipt of final approval of the TSX, assumptions about future pricesof gold, copper, silver and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interestrates, favourable operating conditions, political stability, obtaining governmentalapprovals and financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licences andpermits and obtaining required licences and permits, labour stability, stability inmarket conditions, availability of equipment, accuracy of any mineral resources,the accuracy of any metallurgical testing completed to date, successful resolutionof disputes and anticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are basedon factors and events that are not within the control of Liberty Gold and there is noassurance they will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking information involvesknown and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to be materiallydifferent from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-lookinginformation, including, risks related to the interpretation of results and/or thereliance on technical information provided by our joint venture partner or otherthird parties as related to the Company’s mineral property interests; changes inproject parameters as plans continue to be refined; current economic conditions;future prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; thecosts and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of equipment orprocesses to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform;the timing and success of exploration activities generally; delays in permitting;possible claims against the Company or its joint venture partners; labour disputesand other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals,financing or in the completion of exploration as well as those factors discussed inthe Annual Information Form of the Company for the year ended December 31,
2018 dated March 27, 2019 in the section entitled "Risk Factors", under LibertyGold’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Although Liberty Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could causeactual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described inforward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, eventsor results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be noassurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual results andfuture events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.Liberty Gold disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events orotherwise unless required by law.
Black Pine is an early-stage exploration project and does not contain any mineralresource estimates as defined by NI 43-101. The potential quantities and gradesdisclosed herein are conceptual in nature and, there has been insufficientexploration to define a mineral resource for any of the targets disclosed herein. It isuncertain if further exploration will result in these targets being delineated as amineral resource.
Moira Smith, Ph.D., P.Geo, Vice President, Exploration and Geoscience, LibertyGold, and Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), hasreviewed and approved the contents of this presentation. Moira has, to the extentpossible, verified that the historic data herein, including the results of drilling,sampling, and assaying by previous operators, is reliable.
CAUTIONARY NOTES & TECHNICAL DISCLOSURES
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ACQUIRED PAST PRODUCER
Acquired 100% of the Black Pine Project from Western Pacific Resources Corporation for US$800,000 cash, 300,000 shares of Liberty Gold and a 0.5% NSR reserved to Western Pacific Mining Company(1)
• Large Carlin-type sediment-hosted gold system in the Eastern Great Basin
• Past Producer (1992 – 1997): 435,000 ounces gold at a historical grade of 0.63 g/t from 7 shallow pits(2)
• Large property position (31.7 km2), 400 federal lode claims with drill-tested oxide gold occurrences throughout
• Data rich environment – over 1,866 historic shallow drill holes (3) with 1,348 uncovered since acquisition from WPR, a large number with unmined oxide gold intercepts
• Gold in soil anomalies over a 12 km2 area
• Detailed data compilation complete. Ongoing 3D interpretive geologic and gold mineralization model generation
• 13 hole RC infill and step-out drill program carried out in H2 2017 on existing Plan of Operations (PoO) permit(4)
• Comprehensive revised PoO received February 2019
• Drilling program commenced April 2019
(1) See press release dated June 16th, 2016 for further details(2) From Pegasus Gold internal yearly statements on production and remaining Reserves and Mineralized
Material from 1992 to 1997(3) Historic drill hole results were completed prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101. A
discussion and cautionary language regarding historic data can be found under “Cautionary Notes and Technical Disclosures” in this presentation.
(4) See press release dated January 8th, 2018 for further details
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HISTORIC DRILLING BY THE NUMBERS
• Shallow, production driven historic drilling(1) :‐ median hole depth of 93 metres‐ only 31 holes drilled over 200 metres
• Drill holes ending in mineralization:‐ 257 (14%) ending in >0.2 g/t Au‐ 107 (6%) ending in >0.5 g/t Au‐ 37 (2%) ending in >1.0 g/t Au
• Over 1,874 historic drill holes, 1,350 (72%) have unmined intercepts of >1.5 metresgrading >0.3 g/t Au, including:‐ 1.98 g/t Au over 50.3 metres‐ 2.96 g/t Au over 24.4 metres‐ 2.10 g/t Au over 42.7 metres
• Top 3 mined drill intercepts‐ 16.09 g/t Au over 19.8 metres‐ 3.81 g/t Au over 68.6 metres‐ 10.06 g/t Au over 24.4 metres
• Historical Drill Hole Database includes 102,561 assay intervals, of which:‐ 11,434 (11.1%) returned over >0.5 g/t Au‐ 4,503 (4.4%) returned over >1.0 g/t Au
• 2017 Drilling: 13 Holes, highlight:‐ 77.7 m of 1.49 g/t Au after 39.6 m of 0.58 g/t Au
and 15.2 m of 1.10 g/t Au(2)
N
Drill Hole Depth (m)
5 – 50 m50 – 100 m100 – 150 m150 – 200 m200 – 588 m
Au in Soils (ppb)
>50 ppb
1 km
(1) Historic drill hole results were completed prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101. A discussion and cautionary language regarding historic data can be found under “Cautionary Notes and Technical Disclosures” in this presentation
(2) See press release dated January 8th, 2018 for further details.
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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
• Large mineralization footprint, studded with small, shallow pits.
• 1,348 recently recovered drill holes, as-mined topography, blast hole and soil geochem data represent a golden opportunity to revisit shallowly-drilled, production-driven targets last tested in a sub-US$400 gold environment
• Historic drilling focused on outcropping gold mineralization leaving undrilled potential in target horizons beneath shallow cover
• Free gold occurring as disseminated, micron and submicron sized particles in oxidized zones
• Main stratigraphic host (Middle Plate) is the Pennsylvanian Oquirrh Formation, time-equivalent host to historic gold deposits at Barney’s Canyon. Gold was historically mined from all three members of Middle Plate.
• Upper Plate sandstone caps gold mineralization in underlying Middle Plate
Au in Soils (ppb)
50 – 100100 – 2950
0 – 50
N
1 km
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PLAN OF OPERATIONS & CURRENT OPPORTUNITY
1 km
N
C/D Pit
Tallman Pit
B PitA Pit
E Pit
Oblique View, Looking West
Au in Soils (ppb)
50 – 100100 – 2950
0 – 50
• New Plan of Operations (PoO) footprint for 141 acres of disturbance, within a 7.3 km2 area, in up to 370 drill sites and 49 km of new roads.
Unmined Gold
Mineralization
7.3 km2 PoO
Boundary
• New Plan of Operations allows for drilling 12 months a year
• Exploration drilling on new PoO commenced April 2019
Leapfrog mineralization models are for illustrative purposes andare unconstrained by a robust geologic model. A 25m bufferaround drillholes limits the model from gross overestimation. Theintended purpose is to illustrate the relative position of goldmineralized zones to historic mining and topography to drive drilltargeting. Models are subject to change with ongoing study andmodelling.
There is no current mineral resource estimate as defined by NI 43-101 for the Black Pine Project and it is uncertain if furtherexploration will result in these targets being delineated as amineral resource.
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BLACK PINE CROSS SECTION
N
SW Ex
SE Ex
JHF
HPXMLeach Pads
D PitA Basin
C PitI Pit
E Pit Tallman PitsB Pits
A Pit
FFSW Ex
SE Ex
Silver Hills
Looking West
1.5 g/t Au
Mined Head Grades
0.58 g/t Au
1.38 g/t Au
0.6 g/t Au
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BLACK PINE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY
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1 kmN
B
A A’
BLACK PINE POTENTIAL
• Shallow historic drilling and mining of outcropping gold mineralization has left compelling targets at depth between pits and on pit margins
A A’
A B
Modelled Unmined Gold >0.3 g/t Au
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BLACK PINE POTENTIAL
• Average historic mining depth of 100 metres – a 33 story building• Median historic drill hole depth of 93 metres• Shallow historic drilling and mining of outcropping gold mineralization has left compelling
targets between pits and at depth, up to 350 metres deep – a 100 story building
Gold Zone Length WidthMined Depth
Avg Mined Grade (g/t Au)
Ounces MinedHighest Grade Drill Assay (g/t
Au over 1.5 m)Highest gxm Drill Intercept*
E 575 100 75 1.5 43,000 46.7 19.81 m @ 16.09 g/t Au
B 350 300 100 1.38 88,000 38.26 73.16m @ 3.24 g/t Au
A 650 350 100 0.6 198,000 8.57 96.0 m @ 1.03 g/t Au
Tallman 350 200 120 0.9 63,000 11.31 50.3m @ 1.76 g/t Au
C/D 800 250 100 0.58 188,000 25.27 103.6m @ 0.83 g/t Au
* Intervals reported at 0.2 g/t Au cutoff and maximum 5 metres of internal waste.
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1 km
BLACK PINE GOLD IN SOILS & GEOLOGY
N
C/D Pit
Tallman Pit
B PitA Pit
E Pit
Oblique View, Looking West
Au in Soils (ppb)
50 – 100100 – 2950
0 – 50
• Middle Plate carbonate rocks (green, purple and blue) all host gold mineralization and historically mined resources
• Upper Plate sandstone (yellow) caps gold mineralization in underlying Middle Plate
• Ore zones located predominantly on structural intersections in highly deformed silty limestones above and below Middle Member limestone and dolomite (*old)and below Upper Plate sandstone
PoO Permit Boundary
PoO Permit Boundary
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BLACK PINE STRATIGRAPHY – Formation & SubunitSouth North
PPos - Sandstone and Siltstone Member – quartz
rich calcareous sandstone, siltstone and quartzite
Pola- Limestone Member - Silty
limestone, silty sandstones and siltstones
Pold – Limestone Dolomite Member
- massive limestone and dolomite with less
silty sandstone beds
Pols – Limestone, Sandstone and
Quartzite Member
PMmc – Manning Canyon Shale –gray-black argillite and shale, less limestone,
silty limestone and quartizte
Dj – dolomite with less limestone
Polb – massive limestone
with less dolomite
Polc- heterogeneous zone;
limestone, siltstone, with distinct fossil hash
Symbol
Sts - Silty sandstone
SSt - Sandy siltstone
SS - Sandstone
Ls - Limestone
SL - Silty limestone
Qt - Quartzite
Dl - Dolomite
Sh - Shale
South North
PermianOquirrh FmUpper Plate
PennsylvanianOquirrh FmMiddle Plate
MississippianManning Canyon Shale Lower Plate
Devonian Jefferson Formation
PMmc PMmc
Dj Dj
Pols Pols
Pold
Pold
Polc
Polb
PolaPola
PPos PPos
Siltstones, silty limestone, sandstone and quartzite
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BLACK PINE STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK
• Low-angle compressional structures are early and manifest as nearly bedding-parallel faults and overturned to open folds. They are a first-order control on emplacement of gold mineralization.
• High angle normal faults are both pre- and post-mineralization, serving both as feeder structures for mineralizing fluids into favourable host rocks and as late offsetting faults.
Tallman Pit, looking west
Polb
Polc
Polc
Polb
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BLACK PINE CROSS SECTIONS
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BLACK PINE CROSS SECTIONS
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BLACK PINE CROSS SECTIONS
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BLACK PINE CROSS SECTIONS
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BLACK PINE 2019 Drilling – Assay results
• One hundred fifty meter-wide cross section, inclined 25 degrees up-dip, showing simplified geology and assay results from the first 4 holes of the 2019 Black Pine program.
• The drillholes tested below, down-dip and along strike of gold mineralization beneath and adjacent to the historic B Pit towards A Basin gold mineralization.
• The drillholes confirmed thick intervals of oxide gold mineralization, where AuCN/AuFA averages 87% through the main body of gold mineralization.
• Drillhole LBP016 stepped out 30 metres along the main target geological contact towards the A Basin with 45.7 m @ 1.45 g/t Au.
• Four drillholes are currently pending across the 500 meter-wide, untested area with high potential to host gold mineralization.
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BLACK PINE 2019 Drilling – Assay results
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Turkey’s Evolving Mining Landscape
• Europe’s largest gold producer with annual production
of +1.1 mozs and +27 mozs of reserves identifiedB Pit
2.19 Mtonnes
1.38 g/t Au avg grade
88,484 oz Au
Tallman Pit2.36 Mtonnes
0.9 g/t Au avg grade
62,736 oz Au
B Expansion Pit1.50 Mtonnes
0.53 g/t Au avg grade
28,842 oz Au
A Pit11.22 Mtonnes
0.6 g/t Au avg grade
198,043 oz Au C/D Pit
8.97 Mtonnes
0.58 g/t Au avg grade
188,388 oz Au
E Pit0.99 Mtonnes
1.5 g/t Au avg grade
39,934 oz Au
I Pit2.12 Mtonnes
0.47 g/t Au avg grade
29,146 oz Au
Tallman NE Pit1.73 Mtonnes
0.53 g/t Au avg grade
26,711 oz Au
1 km
(1) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Ozs to HLF
Tallman 62,763
B Pit 88,484
A-Pit 198,043
B Expansion 28,842
C/D Pit 188,388
E Pit 43,233
I Pit 29,146
Tallman NE 26,711
Ozs to Heap Leach Facility 109,080 88,438 130,270 164,316 147,186 26,320 665,610
Ozs Produced 48,700 66,100 65,700 108,500 87,900 44,100 434,780
Calculated LOM Recovery 65%
BLACK PINE REPORTED PRODUCTION(1) Yearly production data by pit from Pegasus Gold internal yearly
statements on production and remaining Reserves and Mineralized Material from 1992 to 1997
Leapfrog mineralization modelsare for illustrative purposes andlargely unconstrained by arobust geologic model. Theintended purpose is to illustratethe relative position of goldmineralized zones to historicmining and topography. Modelsare subject to change withongoing study.
N
Mined-Out Gold
Mineralization
• Reserve grade cutoff varied with pit from 0.19 g/t to 0.31 g/t Au
• Average LOM head grade of 0.63 g/t Au
• 30% of production averaged 1.2 g/t Au
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BLACK PINE MINE HISTORY
• 1950-1953 – Virmya Mining Company, mined 100K tons grading 0.14 opt Au from Tallman Pit by cyanide vat leaching
• 1964-1990 – Exploration by Newmont, Gold Resources, Permian Exploration Account, ASARCO, Pioneer Nuclear, Noranda. Noranda carried out a Feasibility Study and sold the project to Pegasus Gold
• 1990-1998 – Pegasus Gold Mining (Black Pine Mining Inc) Heap Leach Operation
• 2009-2012 – Open ground staked by Western Pacific Resources, exploration carried out without Pegasus database
• 2016 – Liberty Gold acquired 100% of project and discovered Pegasus database
Pegasus Operation:
• Valley Fill Heap Leach – CIL• 435,000 ounces gold produced• 189,000 ounces silver produced• Average grade ~0.63 g/t Au• Average recovery ~65%• 31.0 million tonnes of run-of-mine ore• 26.5 million tonnes of waste• 7 pits mined• Up to 33,600 tonnes per day to leach
pad• Pegasus bankrupt in 1998, heap leach
rinsed and reclaimed• USFS holds $1.5 million reclamation
bond to cover monitoring of heapOblique View, Looking southwest
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METALLURGY AND OPERATIONS SUMMARY
Pre-Production Metallurgy• 77.8% to 87.4%
• Gold recovery results from 6 cyanide column leach testing on 0.5 to 3.0 inch material
• Cyanide leaching gold recovery improved with decreased size fraction
• Some column leach samples required agglomeration
• Some mineralized material associated with preg-robbing organic carbon
Operations Summary• 65% LOM gold recovery• Run of mine ore – no crushing• No agglomeration• Yearly gold recoveries varied from 54.4% to 80%
depending on ore type• Improvements made to the cyanide solution
distribution system occurred in the last year of production
• Low recovery can likely be attributed to:• Poor ore control of carbonaceous material
and up to 11 Mtonnes of clay-rich ore• Early poor leach field operations• No ore crushing
Better metallurgical work and project design and execution could significantly improve recovery relative to the historical operation
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1 km
HIGH GRADE, MINED DRILL INTERCEPTS
C/D Pit
Tallman Pit
B PitA Pit
E Pit
N
19.81m @ 6.50 g/t Au
15.24m @ 5.59 g/t Au
73.16m @ 3.24 g/t Au
24.4m @ 10.06 g/t Au
38.1m @ 1.42 g/t Au
103.6m @ 0.83 g/t Au
25.9m @ 0.80 g/t Au
32.0m @ 2.58 g/t Au
36.6m @ 2.26 g/t Au
68.6m @ 3.81 g/t Au
30.5m @ 7.94 g/t Au
19.8m @ 16.09 g/t Au
12.2m @ 2.90 g/t Au
50.3m @ 1.76 g/t Au
12.2m @ 2.09 g/t Au
47.3m @ 1.58 g/t Au
96.0m @ 1.03 g/t Au
64.0m @ 1.41 g/t Au
18.3m @ 1.65 g/t Au
Composited from historic raw drill assay data. Historic drill hole results werecompleted prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101. Adiscussion and cautionary language regarding historic data can be found under“Cautionary Notes and Technical Disclosures” in this presentation
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1 km
HIGH GRADE, UNMINED DRILL INTERCEPTS
C/D Pit
Tallman Pit
B PitA Pit
E Pit
N
Silver Hills
J Anomaly
SE Ex Anomaly
12.2m @ 6.66 g/t Au
50.3m @ 1.98 g/t Au
42.7m @ 2.10 g/t Au
24.4m @ 2.96 g/t Au
36.6m @ 0.72 g/t Au
88.4m @ 0.46 g/t Au
42.7m @ 0.90g/t Au
76.2m @ 0.57 g/t Au
36.6m @ 1.10 g/t Au
24.4m @ 2.12 g/t Au
54.9m @ 1.50 g/t Au
16.8m @ 1.67 g/t Au
21.3m @ 1.52 g/t Au
67.1m @ 1.18 g/t Au
48.8m @ 0.87 g/t Au
44.2m @ 1.05 g/t Au
18.3m @ 1.56 g/t Au
56.4m @ 1.30 g/t Au
44.2m @ 0.91 g/t Au
25.9m @ 2.30 g/t Au
6.1m @ 4.49 g/t Au
61.0m @ 1.40 g/t Au
33.5m @ 1.15 g/t Au
9.1m @ 1.29 g/t Au
10.7m @ 2.60 g/t Au
Composited from historic raw drill assay data. Historic drill hole results werecompleted prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101. A discussionand cautionary language regarding historic data can be found under “CautionaryNotes and Technical Disclosures” in this presentation
77.7m @ 1.49 g/t Au
A Basin
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1 km
Leapfrog mineralization models are for illustrative purposes and are unconstrained by a robust geologicmodel. A 25m buffer around drillholes limits the model from gross overestimation. The intended purposeis to illustrate the relative position of gold mineralized zones to historic mining and topography to drivedrill targeting. Models are subject to change with ongoing study and modelling.
There is no current mineral resource estimate as defined by NI 43-101 for the Black Pine Project and it isuncertain if further exploration will result in these targets being delineated as a mineral resource.
BLACK PINE GOLD MINERALIZATION >0.3 g/t Au
Leach Pad
Waste Dump
Waste Dump
C/D/I Pit
Tallman Pit
B Pit
A Pit
E Pit
Mined-Out Gold
Mineralization
Unmined Gold
Mineralization
N Oblique View, Looking West
25
1 km
BLACK PINE SOILS & UNMINED GOLD >0.3 g/t Au
N
Unmined Gold
Mineralization
Oblique View, Looking West
Gold in Soils (ppb)
50 – 100100 – 2950
0 – 50
Gold in Soils
0.1 – >1.0 g/t Au
Leapfrog mineralization models are for illustrative purposes and are unconstrained by a robust geologicmodel. A 25m buffer around drillholes limits the model from gross overestimation. The intended purposeis to illustrate the relative position of gold mineralized zones to historic mining and topography to drivedrill targeting. Models are subject to change with ongoing study and modelling.
There is no current mineral resource estimate as defined by NI 43-101 for the Black Pine Project and it isuncertain if further exploration will result in these targets being delineated as a mineral resource.
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1 km
Tallman Extension
A Basin
J Anomaly
SE Ex Anomaly
Silver Hills
B Pit Extension
F Trend
SW Ex Anomaly
A Pit Extension
BLACK PINE PRIORITY TARGET SUMMARY
N
Based on historic Pegasus Gold data. There is no currentmineral resource estimate as defined by NI43-101 for theBlack Pine Project and it is uncertain if further exploration willresult in these targets being delineated as a mineral resource.
H Anomaly
Unmined Gold
Mineralization
Oblique View, Looking West
C/D/I Pit
Extension
Historic Drilled Target
Undrilled Soil Anomaly
Pit Extension Target
E Pit Extension
Au in Soils (ppb)
50 – 100100 – 2950
0 – 50
B-A
Deeps
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• 13 holes on existing Plan of Operations – 2,077 metres – 5 targets tested
• 2nd Liberty Gold hole (LBP002) drilled the best unmined intercept on the property beneath historic gold mineralization: • 77.7 m of 1.49 g/t Au after 39.6 m of 0.58 g/t Au and 15.2 m of 1.10 g/t Au(1)
• Validated Liberty’s thesis that significant gold mineralization remained beneath shallow historic drilling (107 historic holes ended in >0.5 g/t Au)
(1) See press releases dated January 8th and April 11th 2018 for further details
BLACK PINE 2017 DRILLING
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BLACK PINE – 2017 Drilling13 holes on existing Plan of Operations – 2,077 metres – 5 targets tested
LBP0040.96 g/t Au over 24.4m
inc. 6.18 g/t Au over 1.5 m and 1.03 g/t Au over 9.1 m
and 0.54 g/t Au over 15.2 m5
LBP0061.80 g/t Au over 7.6m
inc. 2.77 g/t Au over 4.6m and 0.60 g/t Au over 18.3 m
LBP0112.37 g/t Au over 10.7m
and 0.65 g/t Au over 15.2 mInc. 1.38 g/t Au over 4.6 m5
LBP0090.52 g/t Au over 33.5m
and 0.45 g/t Au over 9.1 mand 0.69 g/t Au over 24.4 m5
LBP0020.58 g/t Au over 39.6 m inc. 1.54 g/t Au over 4.6 m
and 1.10 g/t Au over 15.2 m inc. 1.55 g/t Au over 7.6 mand 1.49 g/t Au over 77.7 m inc. 3.23 g/t Au over 15.2 m
and inc. 1.61 g/t Au over 3.0 m and inc. 5.64 g/t Au over 6.1 m
(1) See press releases dated January 8th
and April 11th 2018 for further details
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