Trident Resources Intersects High-Grade Gold at Contact Lake: 17.88 g/t Au over 11.25m, Including 42.53 g/t over 4.50m from 86m Depth

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,