Announcement • Feb 13

I-80 Gold Corp. Announces Positive Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Cove Project, Nevada

i-80 Gold Corp. announced the results of an updated preliminary economic assessment (the ‘2025 PEA’ or the ‘Study’) for the Cove Project (‘Cove’ or the ‘Project’), an advanced underground exploration project located on the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend in Northern Nevada, United States. The 2025 PEA confirms that the high-grade Cove Project has the potential to become a key component of the Company's regional ‘hub-and-spoke’ mining and processing strategy. Mineral Estimates, Production and Mine Life: Underground gold mine with a life of mine (‘LOM’) of approximately 8 years. Average annual gold production of approximately 100,000 ounces of gold following ramp up. Estimated LOM cash costs(1) of $1,194 per ounce and all-in-sustaining costs(1) of $1,303 per ounce. Updated mineral resource estimate resulting in an indicated gold mineral resource of 311,000 oz at 8.2 grams per tonne (‘g/t’) and an inferred gold mineral resource of 1.16 Moz at 8.9 g/t. The current infill drill program conducted over the past two years is not included in the 2025 PEA, however, all drill results will be included in the feasibility study targeted for completion in the fourth quarter 2025. Several underground exploration targets to be followed up in the coming years to potentially extend the mine life beyond the current 8 years. Mining and Processing: Mining to use a combination of cut-and-fill and bench-and-fill methods unchanged from the previous study. Nearly 60% of the material mined is anticipated to be processed at i-80 Gold's Lone Tree autoclave facility and the remainder processed at a third-party roasting facility with whom the Company has an established contract. Average gold grade processed of 10.4 g/t with an average gold recovery of 86% (autoclave) and 79% (roaster). Mineral Resource Update: The 2025 PEA is based on a revised resource model with no additional drilling results included, relative to the 2021 PEA. The updated resource estimate has been calculated using stope optimizer software, whereas the previous mineral resource was not. The new methodology generates optimal mineable stope geometries while considering several factors including geological constraints, grade distribution and stope dimensions. This significantly improves the accuracy of mineral resource estimates and has become an industry standard for underground deposits in Nevada. The updated mineral resource estimate includes a total of 311,000 ounces of gold at 8.2 g/t Au in the indicated category and 1,156,000 ounces of inferred resources at 8.9 g/t in the inferred category. The majority of the indicated resource is currently hosted in the Helen deposit. The updated estimate resulted in additional mineralized body constraints resulting in indicated and inferred tonnes decreasing by 6% and 13% respectively. Moreover, gold ounces decreased by 20% in the indicated and inferred categories, however the updated mineral resource represents more mineable shapes than the prior resource estimate. The ongoing Cove drilling program has been designed to infill mineralization in the Helen and Gap zones ahead of a planned feasibility study in 2025. The Project offers substantial exploration potential as the bulk of the work completed to date has been focused on the main deposit areas only. Exploration from 2014 through 2019 resulted in the identification of several new zones of mineralization that have received minimal follow-up, including mineralization in the 2201 zone (153,000 tonnes at 26.7 g/t Au) beneath the Cove pit. Project Overview: The Project is located 25 miles southwest of the town of Battle Mountain, in the McCoy mining district in the Fish Creek Mountains of Lander County, Nevada. The Cove deposit was mined by Echo Bay Mines Ltd. (Echo Bay) between 1988 and 2000 during which period the Cove deposit produced 2.6 million ounces of gold and 100 million ounces of silver. Gold and silver production from heap leach pads continued until 2006. The Project benefits from extensive historical geological datasets, its location in a jurisdiction with deep mining pedigree, and access to both local and regional infrastructure, including proximity to paved highways, electrical power, pre-existing mine infrastructure, and a skilled labor force. i-80 Gold's predecessor purchased the Cove project in 2012 and has since conducted significant exploration and infill drilling, metallurgical testing, and has advanced the permitting process. The Company expects to begin expending development capital, primarily for dewatering activities in late 2027 or early 2028 and for production to ramp up during 2029. Geology and Mineralization: The Cove deposit consists of Helen, Gap, CSD, and 2201 zones. They are located beneath the historically mined Cove open pit and extend approximately 2,000 feet northwest from the pit. The current mine plan includes Helen and Gap while CSD and 2021 could be included in a future mine plan, subject to the completion of additional technical work. Three main types of mineralization occur at Cove. The Helen and Gap zones are Carlin-style disseminated refractory gold deposits. The Cove South Deep (CSD) gold and silver mineralization is similar in character to that at Helen and Gap but is characterized by silver to gold ratios of 50:1 to over 100:1. The 2201 zone is comprised of disseminated sulfides within sheeted stockwork veins and massive sulfide lenses replacing carbonate. Both styles of mineralization in the 2201 zone contain locally high concentrations of lead and zinc in addition to gold and silver. Structural controls on mineralization include the broad, gently southeast-plunging Cove anticline, several northeast striking dike-filled normal faults (Cay, Blasthole, Bay, 110, Gold Dome), mafic sills, and rheology contrasts. Although most well-known Carlin-type deposits are hosted in Paleozoic slope and shelf carbonates, host rocks at Cove are silty to massive limestones and dolomites of the Triassic Star Peak Group. Limestone and silty limestone of the Favret Formation (approximately 700 feet thick) are the primary host for Carlin- style mineralization, and the Dixie Valley Formation conglomerates are the primary host of polymetallic vein mineralization in the 2201 zone. Mining and Processing: The Study demonstrates an initial 8-year mine life with average annual gold production of approximately 100,000 ounces of gold following ramp up. The Study represents a preliminary point-in-time estimate of the mine plan. Once underground infrastructure is constructed a significant exploration program is planned to follow up on earlier positive drill results in a more cost-effective manner with a goal of extending the mine life beyond the current 8 years. The high-grade mine will be accessed by a single ramp extending from the surface (elevation 4,625 ft) to the lowest extent of planned mining (elevation 3,430 ft).

CEO salary percentage	24.88%
CEO tenure	1.8yrs
CEO ownership	0.6%
Management average tenure	1.7yrs
Board average tenure	1.8yrs

Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026	n/a	n/a	-US$236m
Dec 31 2025	US$2m	US$514k	-US$199m
Sep 30 2025	n/a	n/a	-US$131m
Jun 30 2025	n/a	n/a	-US$132m
Mar 31 2025	n/a	n/a	-US$143m
Dec 31 2024	US$2m	US$141k	-US$122m

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Richard Young	President	1.8yrs	US$2.06m	0.62% € 6.0m
Ryan Snow	EVP & Chief Financial Officer	no data	US$1.07m	0.034% € 325.2k
William Chawrun	EVP & Chief Operating Officer	1.3yrs	US$1.70m	0.016% € 156.4k
David Savarie	Executive VP & General Counsel	1.7yrs	US$960.13k	0.035% € 336.1k
Leily Omoumi	Senior VP of Corporate Development & Strategy	1.7yrs	US$669.67k	0.0075% € 72.1k
Todd Esplin	Vice President of Technical Services	2.5yrs	no data	no data
Caterina De Rosa	Vice President of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Tyler Hill	Vice President of Geology	1.5yrs	no data	no data
Mark Miller	SVP of Environmental & Permitting	less than a year	no data	no data
Jacklynn Hunt	Manager of Corporate Affairs & Corporate Secretary	5.1yrs	no data	no data
Katerina Deluca	SVP & Treasury	2.5yrs	no data	no data

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Richard Young	President	1.8yrs	US$2.06m	0.62% € 6.0m
Ronald Clayton	Independent Chairman of the Board	5.3yrs	US$235.00k	0.056% € 536.1k
John Begeman	Independent Director	5.3yrs	US$167.50k	0.096% € 924.1k
Michael Jalonen	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Stephen Gottesfeld	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Arthur Einav	Independent Director	5.3yrs	US$160.00k	no data
Cassandra Joseph	Independent Director	2.2yrs	US$131.25k	no data
Ronald Butler	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	0.0059% € 56.4k
Steven Yopps	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	0.0058% € 55.8k

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/07/19 01:41
End of Day Share Price	2026/04/21 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

Analyst	Institution
Richard Gray	ATB Cormark
Carey MacRury	Canaccord Genuity
Vitaly Kononov	Freedom Broker

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i-80 Gold Corp. announced that it has received $11.12 million in funding

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i-80 Gold Corp. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $25.1 million.

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I-80 Gold Corp. Announces Positive Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Cove Project, Nevada

i-80 Gold Corp. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $10 million.

Greg Smith Steps Down from I-80 Gold's Board of Directors

CEO & Director recently bought €464k worth of stock

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i-80 GOLD CORP Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

i-80 Gold Corp. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $50 million.

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.10 loss per share (vs US$0.06 loss in 2Q 2023)

i-80 Gold Corp. Approves to Elect Cassandra Joseph as Director

Insufficient new directors

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New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Independent Chairman of the Board recently bought €90k worth of stock

i-80 Gold Corp. has completed a Composite Units Offering in the amount of CAD 100.00155 million.

i-80 GOLD CORP. Announces High-Grade Results from Underground Drilling at Cove

Insufficient new directors

i-80 Gold Corp., Annual General Meeting, May 14, 2024

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I-80 Gold Announces High-Grade Results from Underground Drilling at Cove

i-80 Gold Corp. announced that it expects to receive CAD 18 million in funding

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i-80 Gold Corp. Reports Continued High-Grade Poly-Metallic Results from the Ongoing Drill Program at the Ruby Hill Property Located in Eureka County, Nevada

High number of new and inexperienced directors

I-80 Gold Corp. Announces Positive Results from Ongoing Underground Drilling At the Company's 100%-Owned McCoy-Cove Property Located in Lander County, Nevada

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High number of new and inexperienced directors

i-80 Gold Corp. Announces High-Grade Results from Drilling at Ruby Hill Property Located in Eureka County, Nevada

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i-80 Gold Corp. announced that it has received $4.588627 million in funding

High number of new and inexperienced directors

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i-80 Gold Corp. announced that it expects to receive $50 million in funding

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