Trident Intersects High-Grade Gold Over Significant Widths 220.00 Metres Below Historical Mine Workings at Contact Lake, Grading 8.69 g/t Gold Over 11.97m, Including 31.98 g/t Au Over 3.16m

Vancouver, BC, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trident Resources Corp. (TSXV: ROCK) (OTCQB: TRDTF) (Frankfurt: 6BP0) (“Trident” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide the analytical results from the first three drillholes of the 2026 summer drill program at the Contact Lake Project in Northern Saskatchewan’s La Ronge Gold Belt (“LRGB”). Drillhole CL26050 intersected multiple parallel shear zones including a high-grade zone between 613.03m to 625.00m downhole depth consisting of 8.69 g/t Au over 11.97m, which is located 220.00 vertical metres below the lowest mine workings in the Main Zone (BK1). This high-grade intercept was from Trident’s first deep test below the Main Zone of the 2026 summer drill program and illustrates the excellent potential for further discovery well below the historical mined depths.