VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- Bullfrog Gold Corporation ("Bullfrog Gold") (TSX-V: FROG) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Major Drilling, for the fully permitted 2026 maiden drill program. Bullfrog Gold holds a 100% interest in the 10,050-acre South Bullfrog gold project located in the heart of the Beatty District in the Walker Lane Trend in Nevada, surrounded by AngloGold's Bullfrog, North Bullfrog, and Arthur development projects (Figure 1)1.
Bullfrog Gold's maiden drill program focusses on the high-priority Longtail and Shingleback epithermal gold targets and includes approximately 3,000 meters of planned exploration diamond drilling across 7 fully permitted drill pads (4 pads at Shingleback, 3 pads at Longtail). Drilling is expected to commence in Q4 2026.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Longtail and Shingleback targets fully permitted.
- Maiden drill program of 3,000 meters from 7 pads during Q4 2026.
- Major Drilling has extensive experience drilling the Beatty District.
Longtail Drill Target
The Longtail target is defined by widespread silica-kaolinite alteration (steam heated alteration assemblage) that is partially obscured by shallow cover with coincident pathfinder (arsenic-antimony) surface geochemistry (rock and soil samples) and favourably oriented damage zones (faults) which together make this target geologically analogous to AngloGold's Silicon deposit (Arthur Project, Figure 1)1. Exploration drilling at Longtail will test a resistivity feature which may represent silicification associated with a chargeability feature interpreted to represent subsurface sulphides extending from surface to approximately 400 meters depth (See Figures 1 and 2).
Shingleback Drill Target
The Shingleback Drill Target is defined by steam heated surface alteration (silica-alunite), favourably oriented brittle structures (Twin Shafts Fault) numerous workings, including activity up to 2014 at the Schoch shaft, favourable stream sediment geochemistry as well as an extensive IP-resistivity feature that is coincident with the intersection of the Twin-shafts fault and the Basalt fault (Figures 1 and 3).
Technical Information
All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by, or approved by Daniel MacNeil, P.Geo. Mr. MacNeil is the Vice President of Exploration for Bullfrog Gold and is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Bullfrog Gold
Bullfrog Gold holds a 100% interest in the South Bullfrog gold project consisting of 488 BLM claims covering 10,050 acres in the heart of the Beatty District. The district was consolidated between 2021 and 2025 by AngloGold through the acquisitions of Corvus Gold (US$371M), Coeur Sterling (US$150M), and Augusta Gold ($197M).1,2,3,4 South Bullfrog is centrally located between AngloGold's Bullfrog, North Bullfrog, and Arthur development projects, with gold reserves totaling 6 million ounces Probable (164.65mt at 1.14 g/t Au) and gold resources (excluding reserves) of 7.6 million ounces Measured & Indicated (345.24mt at 0.69 g/t Au) and 8 million ounces Inferred (320.03mt at 0.78 g/t Au).1,5,6,7
South Bullfrog is drill permitted with five drill ready gold targets supported by historic workings, surface pathfinder rock and soil geochemistry, surface alteration, magnetic, electromagnetic and gravity geophysics, and favourable host rocks.
Table 1 – Summary of mineral resources and reserves for AngloGold's deposits in the Beatty District1,5,6,7.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains forward-looking information as such term is defined in applicable securities laws, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management's current expectations and assumptions. The forward-looking information includes statements about Bullfrog Gold's plans. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to Bullfrog Gold, including the assumption that approvals will be obtained. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking information include, among other things, an inability to access financing as needed. Bullfrog Gold cautions the reader that the above list of risk factors is not exhaustive. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, Bullfrog Gold undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.
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1 | Technical information regarding exploration, development and mining of projects outside the South Bullfrog claim block are provided for geological context. The company holds no interest in the adjacent properties, and this information is drawn from publicly available records (see above) and has not been independently verified by the company's Qualified Person. Management cautions investors that mineralization on adjacent properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the company's property, and there is no certainty that similar geological characteristics or resource grades will be discovered within the company's claim boundaries. |
2 | "Anglogold Ashanti Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Corvus and Consolidate the Beatty District of Nevada" press release dated September 13, 2021 |
3 | "Anglogold Ashanti Agrees to Acquire Augusta Gold to Further Consolidate Nevada District" press release dated July 16th, 2025 |
4 | AngloGold Ashanti Builds on Award-Winning Discovery, Advancing Arthur Gold Project in Nevada with first-time 4.9Moz Mineral Reserve and Robust PFS Economics" press release dated March 26th, 2026 |
5 | "AngloGold Ashanti Mineral Resource and Reserve Report (2025)" dated December 31st, 2025 |
6 | "AngloGold Ashanti Mineral Resource and Reserve Report (2024)" dated December 31st, 2024 |
7 | "Augusta Gold Corp. Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Bullfrog Gold Project" dated December 31st, 2021 |
SOURCE Bullfrog Gold Corporation
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