Vancouver, BC, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trident Resources Corp. (TSXV: ROCK) (OTCQB: TRDTF) (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

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
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Figure 2: Cross Section of Contact Lake Drilling (5140 E)
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Figure 3: Cross Section of Contact Lake Drilling (5150 E)
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Figure 4: Cross Section of Contact Lake Drilling (5275 E)
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Figure 5: Cross Section of Contact Lake Drilling (5290 E)
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Targeted Mineral Exploration Incentive:

Trident is pleased to announce that its exploration work completed in 2025 has met the requirements for the Targeted Mineral Exploration Incentive (TMEI), a provincial government initiative designed to support the diversification of Saskatchewan’s mineral sector. The Company has been approved to receive a C$150,000 rebate from the TMEI program which will be put toward future exploration on its La Ronge Gold Belt properties. The Company looks forward to a continued mutually beneficial working relationship with the provincial government and the citizens of Saskatchewan.

Contact Lake Gold Project Overview:

The Contact Lake Gold Project covers approximately 22,790 hectares and includes the past-producing Contact Lake gold mine, which produced approx. 190,000 ounces of gold at an average head grade of 6.16 g/t Au during active mining operations between 1994 to 1998. At the time of mine closure, the price of gold hovered around $300/oz (USD) and Cameco Corporation reported that substantial gold resources were left unmined. Situated in the highly prospective La Ronge Gold Belt of Saskatchewan, the Contact Lake Property also hosts the Preview SW, Preview North and the North Lake orogenic gold deposits.

Along with the Greywacke North deposit (located by road 40km northeast of Contact Lake), these four deposits are wholly-owned by Trident Resources and host current Mineral Resource Estimates (Trident news release November 24, 2025) which do not include any gold-related ounces from the past-producing Contact Lake target area.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control:

All drill core is logged, photographed and cut in half with a diamond saw. Half of the core is placed in sealed poly bags with unique identification numbers and transported to ALS Global in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for analysis, while the other half is archived and stored on site for verification and reference purposes.

At the lab, samples are received and digitally recorded then dried and pulverized into a fine powder. Gold is assayed using a 30g fire assay method and 49 additional elements are analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) utilizing a 4-acid digestion. Secondary metallic screen analyses are performed on select mineralized zones and all samples that return >3 g/t Au to quantify the nugget effect of the gold mineralization. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QAQC) samples including field blanks, duplicates and lab-certified standards are inserted in the sample stream at a rate of greater than 10% of all samples submitted to the lab. ALS Global also conducts their own internal QAQC protocol.

Table 1: Drill Hole Assay Highlights at Contact Lake

Hole ID	From (m)	To (m)	Interval (m)	Au (g/t)	G-M
CL26030	91.50	93.00	1.50	17.80	26.70
and	265.50	274.00	8.50	4.35	36.98
CL26035	202.00	204.50	2.50	37.59	93.98
including	202.50	203.50	1.00	93.44	93.44
including	203.00	203.50	0.50	184.00	92.00
CL26037	197.00	199.00	2.00	3.23	6.45
CL26038	170.84	171.34	0.50	53.30	26.65
and	223.89	229.00	5.11	4.98	25.45
including	223.89	226.00	2.11	9.34	19.71
and	341.15	343.00	1.85	5.25	9.71
CL26039	325.00	333.00	8.00	2.11	16.90
including	331.00	333.00	2.00	4.35	8.70
CL26040	287.50	329.00	41.50	1.98	82.21
including	302.00	317.00	15.00	3.52	52.80
including	302.00	305.00	3.00	8.70	26.11
CL26041	343.00	353.00	10.00	3.78	37.80
including	350.70	353.00	2.30	14.00	32.20
CL26042	86.00	97.25	11.25	17.88	201.17
including	91.00	97.25	6.25	31.36	195.98
including	91.00	95.50	4.50	42.53	191.37
including	93.50	94.00	0.50	350.00	175.00
and	166.75	174.00	7.25	3.17	23.00
including	166.75	172.00	5.25	4.05	21.25
and	254.00	261.00	7.00	4.44	31.06
including	257.50	261.00	3.50	7.81	27.33

* Widths are drilled intercepts, true widths have not been determined. Gold values are length-weighted averages.

Table 2: Drill Hole ID at Contact Lake

2026 Winter Program Drill Collar Data
Hole ID	Easting	Northing	Azimuth	Dip	Length (m)	Elev. (m)
CL26030	508195	6141346	338	-65	302	391
CL26035	508266	6141189	340	-63	461	391
CL26037	508259	6141249	345	-65	440	391
CL26038	508094	6141180	338	-65	449	391
CL26039	508280	6141205	338	-60	371	391
CL26040	508146	6141132	338	-61	350	391
CL26041	508226	6141252	338	-65	401	391
CL26042	508080	6141325	330	-65	365	391

* UTM Zone 13 NAD 83

Qualified Person:

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed and approved by Cornell McDowell, P.Geo., VP Exploration for Trident Resources and the Qualified Person for Trident as defined by NI 43-101.

About Trident Resources Corp.

Trident Resources Corp. is a Canadian, public mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange focused on the acquisition and development of advanced-stage gold and copper exploration projects in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Company is aggressively advancing its 100% owned Contact Lake and Greywacke Lake projects which host significant gold resources located within the prospective and underexplored La Ronge Gold Belt, as well as the 100% owned Knife Lake copper project which contains a historical copper resource.

Trident’s Regional Project Location Map:
https://www.tridentresourcescorp.com/projects/contact-lake-gold-project/#&gid=1&pid=1

To find out more about Trident Resources Corp. (TSX-V: ROCK) visit the Company’s website at www.tridentresourcescorp.com.

TRIDENT RESOURCES CORP.

“Jon Wiesblatt”

Jonathan Wiesblatt
CEO and Director

For further information, please contact:

Jonathan Wiesblatt, Chief Executive Officer
Email: Jon.Wiesblatt@tridentresourcescorp.com

Or:

Andrew J. Ramcharan, PhD, P.Eng., SVP Corporate Communications
Email: info@tridentresourcescorp.com

Trident Resources Corp.
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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