07:51 AM EST, 01/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Liberty Gold ( LGDTF ) late Tuesday said that its Black Pine Oxide Gold Project, located in southeastern Idaho, has been accepted into the U.S. Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Committee Council (FPISC) FAST-41 process as a "Covered Project".

A statement noted that acceptance as a Covered Project provides access to the full range of FAST-41 benefits with a coordinated permitting timetable and project advisor.

"This will support enhanced interagency coordination, transparency and accountability as federal and state agencies advance environmental review and permitting activities for Black Pine," said the company.

The company added that it anticipates entering a structured schedule coordination period over the next 60 days with the relevant agencies, after which an updated, publicly available permitting timetable is expected to be posted to a U.S. government permitting dashboard.

"Inclusion of the Black Pine Oxide Gold Project into the FAST-41 federal permitting framework is an important milestone for Liberty Gold ( LGDTF ) and reflects the quality, maturity, and readiness of the project," said Jon Gilligan, president and chief executive officer of Liberty Gold ( LGDTF ). "We appreciate the collaborative efforts of the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the FPISC in supporting the inclusion of Black Pine in the FAST-41 process. As a brownfield development with extensive environmental baseline studies already completed, Black Pine is well positioned to benefit from the enhanced coordination, transparency, and accountability that FAST-41 provides as permitting activities progress."