Trailbreaker Receives Advanced Exploration Permit For Liberty Copper-Molybdenum Project, British Columbia

2026-08-24 / @thenewswire

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August 24, 2026 - TheNewswire – Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V) (“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the receipt of a property-wide exploration permit for its 6,895-hectare Liberty Property, located in central British Columbia (BC), Canada.

The Liberty Property is a drill-ready copper-molybdenum (Cu-Mo) porphyry target situated 60 km northwest of Quesnel, BC (Figure 1).

A 5-year Multi-Year Area-Based (MYAB) Mines Act permit has been approved by the BC Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals with a provisional expiry date of July 23rd, 2031.

Approved Exploration Activities

Diamond drilling, based from up to 50 drill pads.
Construction of temporary work-related structures such as core storage and drill lay-down areas.
Construction/modification of exploration access trails (up to 17 km).

Daithi Mac Gearailt, CEO of Trailbreaker, commented: “Receiving this advanced exploration permit is a key milestone for the Liberty Property. We're excited to move forward with testing what we view as a robust geophysical target within a proven Cu-Mo porphyry district alongside deposits including the Gibraltar Mine. This permit allows us to advance a more aggressive exploration program, and we look forward to building on this momentum as we continue to unlock the potential of our project portfolio.”

About the Liberty Property (link to presentation)

The 6,895-hectare Liberty Property is located approximately 60 km northwest of Quesnel, BC and 90 km southwest of Prince George, BC. The property is fully accessible by resource roads. The Liberty Property is located within the Traditional Territory of the Nazko First Nation, with whom Trailbreaker is committed to engagement and to building a working relationship.

The Liberty Property is situated within the Cache Creek terrane, which hosts multiple Cu-Mo porphyry deposits, including Trekor’s (formerly Taseko) Gibraltar Mine, which is the second largest open-pit copper mine in Canada. Located 110 km southeast of the Liberty Property, the Gibraltar Mine has Proven and Probable sulphide facies reserves of 532M tonnes grading 0.25% Cu with a cut-off grade of 0.15% Cu. Proven and Probably oxide facies reserves are 20M tonnes grading 0.17% Cu with a cut-off grade of 0.10% Cu.

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Figure 1: Location of the Liberty Cu-Mo Property.

Trailbreaker’s 2024 drill program at Liberty encountered widespread Cu-Mo porphyry-style mineralization at the northeastern margin of a large Cu-in-soil geochemical anomaly. Drilling returned numerous ~200m+ intervals of low-grade Cu-Mo mineralization (e.g. 213.7 m of 0.07% Cu, 141 ppm Mo in LIB24-001) punctuated by higher-grade mineralization (e.g. 34.2 m of 0.18% Cu, 428 ppm Mo, in turn including 5.9 m of 0.69% Cu, 1,994 ppm Mo in LIB24-003) (see July 22, 2024 news release). Mineralization is coincident with an induced polarization (IP) chargeability feature and is hosted in porphyritic granodiorite.

Soil sampling in 2024 defined a property-scale (~10 km in length and up to 1.8 km wide) arc-shaped, Cu-in-soil anomaly. Prospecting within the southwestern portion of the geochemical anomaly has defined an area of high-grade copper mineralization, with grab samples assaying up to 23.71% Cu (see September 16, 2024 news release). This high-grade copper mineralization is interpreted to be genetically related to a large Cu-Mo porphyry mineralization system.

Drill Targeting at Liberty

Future drill targets at Liberty have been determined from the results of the 2024 IP survey, the 2024 airborne ZTEM (Z-axis Tipper electromagnetic) survey, and the surface geochemical surveys (see January 13, 2025 news release). Figure 2 displays the three target areas, shown as P1, P2, and P3.

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Figure 2: P1 target is defined by a large zone of low to moderate IP chargeability (>7 mV/V), centered on an area of strong chargeability (>20 mV/V). This chargeability anomaly occurs within the resistive intrusive complex, where no outcrop is present. The target is ‘up-ice’ of the glacially transported multi-element anomaly, the focus of past exploration. Drilling in 2024 intersected the northern extent of the chargeability anomaly and displayed long intervals of continuous Cu-Mo mineralization in drill core. Similar ZTEM, magnetic, and geochemical characteristics of P1 are observed at both P2 and P3, defining additional porphyry targets at Liberty.

For more information on this target see the Liberty Project webpage.

About Trailbreaker Resources

Trailbreaker Resources is a mining exploration company focused primarily on mining-friendly British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Canada. Trailbreaker is committed to continuous exploration and research, allowing maintenance of a portfolio of quality mineral properties which in turn provides value for shareholders. The company has an experienced management team with a proven track record as explorers and developers throughout the Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Alaska and Nevada.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Daithi Mac Gearailt

President and Chief Executive Officer

Carl Schulze, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist with Aurora Geosciences Ltd, is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 for Trailbreaker's BC and Yukon exploration projects, and has reviewed and approved the technical information in this release.

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