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Contango Silver & Gold Inc. (NYSE American: CTGO | TSX: CTGO) is an emerging mid-tier North American silver and gold producing company with a producing mine in Alaska and advanced exploration projects in Alaska and British Columbia. The Company was formed on March 26, 2026 through the merger of Contango Ore Inc. and Dolly Varden Silver Corporation, combining Alaska gold production with district-scale British Columbia silver exploration under one operator.

CTGO is the ticker symbol for Contango Silver & Gold on both the NYSE American and the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Company reports in USD and is included in the GDXJ, and Russell 2000 indices. Access stock information here: https://contangoore.com/investors/stock-information/

Contango Silver & Gold is headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, with its head office located at 516 2nd Avenue, Suite 401, Fairbanks, AK 99701. The Company also maintains a Canadian office at #3118 – 595 Burrard Street, Three Bentall Centre, Vancouver, BC V7X1J1. Its asset portfolio is focused on high-quality mining projects across Alaska, USA, and British Columbia, Canada.

Direct Ship Ore (DSO) is Contango’s business model of mining high-grade ore at its own sites and hauling it to existing, already-permitted third-party processing facilities rather than building new on-site mills and tailings facilities. This lowers upfront capital costs, shortens permitting timelines, and reduces the Company’s surface footprint compared to a traditional build-your-own-mill approach.

Contango’s producing asset is the Manh Choh gold mine in interior Alaska, in which the Company holds a 30% interest through the Peak Gold Joint Venture. The remaining 70% and mine operatorship are held by KG Mining (Alaska), Inc., a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation. Ore is mined at Manh Choh and hauled roughly 240 miles to Kinross’s Fort Knox mill near Fairbanks for processing.

Manh Choh produced 60,200 ounces of gold equivalent(Contango’s attributable share) in 2025, generating $102 million in free cash flow at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $1,616 per ounce sold.

Contango’s guidance for 2026 attributable production at Manh Choh is 40,000 to 45,000 ounces of gold, rising to 75,000 to 80,000 ounces in 2027 as mining sequences from the North Pit into higher-grade ore in the South Pit.

Contango Silver & Gold’s portfolio holds approximately 2 million ounces of gold and approximately 83 million ounces of silver across its Alaska and British Columbia projects, in addition to production at Manh Choh. Estimates are prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and S-K 1300 disclosure standards; full detail is available in each project’s Technical Report Summary.

Lucky Shot is a 100%-owned, advanced-stage high-grade gold project in the Willow Creek mining district of south-central Alaska. It carries a current resource of 110,000 ounces of gold at 14.5 g/t Au and is fully permitted, on private land, and accessible year-round by road. An 18,000-meter in-fill and expansion drill program is underway, and the Company is targeting a production decision by the second half of 2027.

Johnson Tract is a 100%-leased, district-scale, high-grade polymetallic critical metals project in south-central Alaska hosting gold, silver, copper, zinc, and lead mineralization. It carries a resource of 1.1 million ounces at 9.4 g/t gold-equivalent and is one of a small number of U.S. mining projects listed on the federal FAST 41 permitting dashboard. The Company is targeting a construction decision by mid-2028.

Kitsault Valley is Contango’s 100%-owned, district-scale silver and gold exploration project in the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia, consolidating the historic Dolly Varden and Torbrit silver mines across a 163 km² land package. The project hosts approximately 83 million ounces of silver and 1 million ounces of gold across five deposits, with average silver grades of roughly 300 g/t. A Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) is targeted for 2027.

Contango Silver & Gold is led by Chief Executive Officer Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President Shawn Khunkhun, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mike Clark. The Board of Directors is chaired by Clynt Nauman.

Growth is currently funded by current production at Manh Choh with estimated LOM free cash flow projected at $100M annually.

No. Contango Silver & Gold describes itself as an emerging mid-tier North American silver and gold producing company, distinguished from a junior explorer by its cash-generating Manh Choh mine alongside a pipeline of advanced-stage silver and gold exploration and development projects.

Contango Silver & Gold’s financial filings are available on SEDAR+ (sedarplus.ca) and on EDGAR (sec.gov) under the symbol CTGO. NI 43-101 and S-K 1300 Technical Report Summaries for each project are filed on the same platforms and linked from the corresponding project pages on this website. Click here to access Financials: https://contangoore.com/investors/financials-and-securities/

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