Operations Commence At The Scarlet South Mine Operations

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Fortitude Gold Corp. has commenced operations and has delivered its first shipment of mineralization to the Isabella Pearl gold processing facility. The Scarlet South Mine is an open-pit project located approximately 500 meters (0.3 miles) northwest of the perating Isabella Pearl Mine and gold processing facility. The Company is mining both Scarlet South and its Isabella Pearl simultaneously, cycling its mining fleet between both projects for greatest efficiency. Scarlet South mineralization is being mined and trucked the short distance to the Isabella Pearl facilities allowing for minimal startup capital expenditures at an accelerated timeframe. Scarlet South is the second open-pit gold mine on the Company’s Isabella Pearl property, which consists of a 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) mineralized trend with numerous additional exploration targets. Scarlet South is the third mine in production for Fortitude Gold, adding to the Company’s Isabella Pearl and County Line Mines.
“We are excited to have commenced operations at Scarlet South marking another Fortitude Gold milestone by placing our third Nevada gold mine into production,” said CEO and President, Jason Reid. “Both the Scarlet South and County Line pits have mineralization at surface which is the initial gold being delivered for processing. Both pits require laybacks in the near term to access gold at depth. While the timing and delivery source will vary depending on each mine’s progress and specific geology, we are delivering gold to our Isabella Pearl processing facility from three different sources, Isabella Pearl, County Line, and Scarlet South in 2026.
With two new mines online and expecting to reach additional mineralization deep in the Pearl after mining further benches, we look to ramp up our operations beyond just residual leaching of the pad. In addition to our ongoing production focus, our permitting effort now turns to our next targeted mine builds at Golden Mile and Scarlet North.”