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RENO, Nevada, March 19, 2025 /CNW/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80 Gold", or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has finalized two third-party processing agreements (the "Agreements") in respect of toll milling as well as ore sales for refractory and oxide material, respectively. The Agreements remain in effect through to December 31, 2027. The Company is targeting to have the anticipated refurbishment of its Lone Tree autoclave facility complete by December 31, 2027 to allow for all material from the Company's underground gold mines to be processed at its autoclave facility.
The economic terms of the Agreements are reflected in the recently released life of mine cash flows presented in the press releases for the Archimedes Underground Project on February 18, 2025 and the Granite Creek Underground Project on March 5, 2025.
"We are pleased to finalize these Agreements as they are key in enabling i-80 Gold to advance development of two of our three underground gold mines over the next several years, while continuing the planned refurbishment and recommissioning of our Lone Tree autoclave facility. Once commissioned, our autoclave is expected to serve as the central processing hub for material from our underground gold mines," stated Matt Gili, President and Chief Operating Officer.
A class III engineering study on the autoclave refurbishment is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2025.
About i-80 Gold Corp.
i-80 Gold Corp. is a Nevada-focused mining company committed to building a mid-tier gold producer through a new development plan to advance its high-quality asset portfolio. The Company is the fourth largest gold mineral resource holder in the state with a pipeline of high-grade development and production-stage projects strategically located in Nevada's most prolific gold-producing trends. Leveraging its fully permitted central processing facility following an anticipated refurbishment, i-80 Gold is executing a hub-and-spoke regional mining and processing strategy to maximize efficiency and growth. i-80 Gold's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: IAU) and the NYSE American (NYSE: IAUX). For more information, visit www.i80gold.com.
Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including but not limited to, statements regarding the updated results of the PEAs, such as the anticipated refurbishment of its Lone Tree autoclave facility to be completed by December 31, 2027, the January 1, 2028 commissioning of the Lone Tree autoclave, the ability for all material from the Company's underground gold mines to be processed at the Lone Tree autoclave, and the expected Lone Tree autoclave feasibility study in the third quarter of 2025. Furthermore, forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Subject to applicable securities laws, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release.