Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project On FAST-41 Dashboard

FAIRBANKS, AK – Contango ORE, Inc. reported that the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project Permitting Timetable was officially placed onto the FAST-41 Dashboard on January 30, 2026. The permitting timetable for Johnson Tract serves as a publicly visible contract between the federal government and the Company to ensure that development of the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project stays on track and remains coordinated between all parties involved in the ongoing permitting process.
Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President & CEO said, “We are pleased that our Johnson Tract project is now up and running on the FAST 41 Dashboard, and posting progress in real time with our first Initial Application submitted for a Permit. We appreciate the efforts of Permitting Council, the US Army Corps of Engineers as the lead federal agency and all cooperating agencies and parties involved in the permitting process. We believe this transparent process will enable all parties to remain coordinated and accountable throughout permitting. I encourage all interested parties to stay up to date on the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project as it moves through the permitting process.”
The Peak Gold JV commenced the first production campaign for 2026 of Manh Choh ore through the Kinross Fort Knox mill located near Fairbanks, Alaska. Processing of ore for Campaign #1-2026 is planned to continue into early to mid-March.
Van Nieuwenhuyse continued, “At Manh Choh, we look forward to processing the first batch of ore for 2026 through the Fort Knox milling facility. It has been a cold winter in Alaska with Spring still a few months away, but ore has continued to be delivered to the Manh Choh stockpile at Fort Knox. Despite the conveyor belt fire reported at Fort Knox late last month, there has been no interruption to processing Manh Choh ore. We will continue to report production parameters as those results become available.”