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On September 30, 2020, Contango ORE, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing the execution of agreements for a series of transactions (the “Transactions”), whereby, among other things, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CORE Alaska, LLC,  agreed to sell thirty percent (30%) of the membership interests in Peak Gold, LLC (the “Joint Venture Company”) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation (“Kinross”), and Kinross, following the purchase of forty percent (40%) of the membership interests in the Joint Venture Company in a separate transaction, will become the Company’s new partner in the Joint Venture Company. The Transactions result in the Company retaining thirty percent (30%) of the Joint Venture Company, with Kinross owning seventy percent (70%) of, and operating and managing, the Joint Venture Company. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.  The information included in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as explicitly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Many of the statements included or incorporated in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the furnished exhibit constitute “forward-looking statements.”  In particular, they include statements relating to future actions, strategies, future operating and financial performance, the Company’s future financial results, ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions described in the furnished Exhibit 99.1, disruption from the Transactions described in the furnished Exhibit 99.1, and transition of the Joint Venture Company’s management to Kinross, including as it relates to maintenance of business and operational relationships, potential delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects or capital expenditures.  These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events.  Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future operating and financial performance or results and involve substantial risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified, and, consequently, the actual performance of the Company may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, factors described from time to time in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained therein).

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