i-80 Gold Corp., a mining company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of gold and silver mineral deposits in the United States. It holds a 100% interest in the Lone Tree property covering an area of approximately 12,000 acres located in Battle Mountain-Eureka, Northern Nevada; Ruby Hill property located in Battle Mountain Trend, Northern Nevada; McCoy-Cove project covering 31,000 acres located in Battle Mountain Trend, Nevada; and Buffalo Mountain property located in Battle Mountain Trend, Northern Nevada as well as controls Granite Creek Project located in Getchell Trend, Northern Nevada. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
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I-80 Gold Corp
Sector
Precious Metal
Founded
April 13, 2021
Employees
109
Reporting Currency
CAD
Contact Phone
775 525 6450
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www.i80gold.comHeadquarters Address
5190 Neil Road , Reno , NV 89502 , US
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Elemental Royalty buys five gold and silver streams and royalties for US$290 million, adding scale, producing assets, and North American and West African exposure. The Kouroussa stream sits over the mine's mill, so future ore from any new licenses Mansa consolidates automatically pays Elemental. Spinning the Generation exploration business into Carlin East trims staff from about 45 to 20 and cuts G&A (overhead costs) by over 25%. Gold-equivalent ounce (GEO — production stated in gold terms) revenue is guided from about 20,000 ounces this year toward 50,000 by 2031. Portfolio quality is compounding: the average value of Elemental's top eight assets climbed from roughly $35 million to about $170 million in 15 months.
Management treats $4,000 gold as the new floor and calls $6,000 feasible within two years on central bank buying, while modeling nothing above spot. Granite Creek's first feasibility study adds 556,500 ounces of reserves with planned production of about 75,000 ounces per year. NPV (net present value — future cash flow in today's dollars) climbs from $118 million at $2,750 gold to $598 million at $4,500 gold. Step-out drilling under Mineral Point's heap leach pad targets mineralization first hit by Homestake's 1990s condemnation drilling (checking ground before building on it). The billion-dollar recapitalization funds a $430 million Lone Tree plant refurbishment, targeting commissioning by end-2027, while first-half revenue nearly doubled to $77 million.
Host Steve Hyland works through eight viewer-requested names, framing each as a development, execution, or pure exploration story with a clear re-rate trigger. Barrick put 38.5% of 4 Mile into the Nevada JV for $1.95 billion — far below Citi's $10–20 billion range — to clear a default. i-80 Gold is fully funded but slipping: Cove and Granite Creek studies now target Q3, and Archimedes has slid to mid-2027. A US statutory gold revaluation at $4,300 per ounce would unlock roughly $1.1 trillion — effective QE without calling it QE. LaFleur's Beacon mill is past 95% recommissioned, but its first gold pour has slipped from March to year-end 2026, and a new CEO arrived mid-restart.
i-80 Gold says a fully funded $1.1 billion recapitalization carries Nevada output from roughly 50,000 to more than 600,000 ounces. AISC (All-In Sustaining Cost — what it really costs to produce an ounce) is guided below $2,000 an ounce once Lone Tree restarts. Young argues brownfield projects — existing facilities refurbished instead of built — carry far less execution risk than greenfield builds. Pulling the Mineral Point open-pit heap leach (ore piled on pads and sprayed) forward could lift output to about 500,000 ounces by 2030. Management expects operating cash flow to jump from about $15 million to over $400 million at current gold prices.
i-80 Gold's CEO says financing is now locked in, covering the Nevada build-out through 2032. Gold's central bank buyers now absorb about a quarter of mine supply, the guest says, underpinning his constructive price view. A three-phase plan targets roughly 50,000 ounces this year rising to more than 600,000 ounces in 2032. Five feasibility studies and commissioning the refurbished Lone Tree plant are the milestones investors should watch over the next year. Study timing slipped because one team now runs two underground projects, after drill results cut the need for a third mine.
Fixing a junior's balance sheet can trigger a rerating faster than drilling: clearing debt and pulling in warrants revived a stalled gold developer. Gold developers can trade at a quarter of peers per ounce in the ground once a debt overhang lifts, leaving a wide value gap. Michael Gentile argues gold producers still trade below 1x NAV while copper peers re-rated, so generalist money has yet to arrive in gold. Consistent, low-cost drilling across several juniors keeps adding ounces every few weeks before the market pays attention to the results. The strongest junior positions keep making new highs; add when the story still strengthens instead of selling success by reflex.
Recapitalized without new equity, i-80 Gold carries a market cap under $2 billion against roughly $10 billion of after-tax NAV per prior studies. Management guides production from 50,000 ounces this year to more than 600,000 ounces over a three-phase build-out. An autoclave — a pressure vessel that cooks refractory ore — is being refurbished for $400-plus million, cutting $1,000–$1,500 per ounce of tolling margin. The company's largest infill and step-out drill program in its history feeds three underground feasibility studies and two oxide pit pre-feasibility studies. Owning one of Nevada's only two permitted autoclaves opens a cheap route to stranded refractory deposits other miners cannot process.
Rick Rule argues resource equities remain reasonably priced after two years of gains, but a 2008-style liquidity crisis could force overexposed investors to sell. Consolidation keeps rewarding shareholders: mergers cut duplicated overhead, and larger miners gain index inclusion, passive buying, and a lower cost of capital. Oil's move from $65 to $105 is anticipatory pricing for rationing, so an unresolved conflict points to higher energy prices ahead. Copper holding firm despite oil-driven slowdown and speculator selling defies Rule's expectations, an anomaly he flags without claiming an answer. In the Q&A, Rule calls Cameco's flood a buying opportunity, favors debt-free Uranium Energy, and explains net present value's blind spots on tier-one deposits.
Rule argues resource equities are not excessive despite two years of gains, but liquidity-crisis risk means checking your own exposure. Mining consolidation looks set to continue; Rule favors owning likely takeover beneficiaries because mergers cut overhead and lower capital costs. Rule calls Cameco's flood-driven sell-off a buying opportunity, since a three-month outage barely dents reserves measured in decades. Build NPV (net present value — discounted future cash flow) from measured and indicated resources only, then add back optionality for growth and tail. Development-stage mining assets deserve a basket approach across several names, Rule says, never a single speculative position.
Gold continues to experience revaluation upward as macroeconomic conditions support higher precious metals prices i-80 Gold Corp is advancing development activities at their Nevada gold projects with positive momentum Richard Young provides analysis on current gold market dynamics and company-specific operational updates
i-80 Gold's first feasibility study puts 556,000 ounces of reserves on the books at Granite Creek, and management says the $430 million Lone Tree processing hub stays on track for a first gold pour around the end of 2027. Year-to-date revenue nearly doubled to just under $77 million.
$1 Billion Bet Powering i80 Gold's Next Phase | Ryan Snow - i-80 Gold Read article i-80 Gold CEO Richard Young says a completed recapitalization leaves the company fully funded with no need for further equity, and frames a three-phase plan taking production from 50,000 ounces a year to more than 600,000 over five to six years. He puts the asset base at 14Moz of gold and 200Moz of silver, and an after-tax net asset value near $10 billion against a market cap below $2 billion.
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