{"id":921363,"date":"2025-12-18T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/i-80-gold-announces-lone-tree-plant-refurbishment-update-study-highlights-material-increase-in-margins-and-short-payback-period\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:08:11","slug":"i-80-gold-announces-lone-tree-plant-refurbishment-update-study-highlights-material-increase-in-margins-and-short-payback-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/i-80-gold-announces-lone-tree-plant-refurbishment-update-study-highlights-material-increase-in-margins-and-short-payback-period\/","title":{"rendered":"i-80 Gold Announces Lone Tree Plant Refurbishment Update; Study Highlights Material Increase in Margins and Short Payback Period"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Refurbishing and commissioning the Lone Tree Plant marks a key milestone in
i-80 Gold’s phase one growth plan <\/i>\n <\/p>\n

TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ – i-80 GOLD CORP. <\/b>(TSX: IAU) (NYSE American: IAUX) (“i-80 Gold”, or the “Company”)\u00a0<\/b>is pleased to announce the results of an engineering study (the “Study” or the “Engineering Study”) for the refurbishment of its Lone Tree Plant (“Lone Tree Plant” or the “Plant”) located in Northern Nevada, USA. i-80 Gold is one of two gold companies in Nevada with an autoclave processing plant. As part of i-80 Gold’s development plan, the Lone Tree Plant is expected to serve as a central hub for processing refractory material from the Company’s three high-grade underground mines: Granite Creek, Archimedes, and Cove (see Figure 1 in Appendix).<\/p>\n

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“The Lone Tree Plant is a cornerstone asset within phase one of i-80 Gold’s development plan,” stated Richard Young, President & Chief Executive Officer.\u00a0“Refurbishing the Lone Tree Plant marks a major step forward in our goal of creating a mid-tier gold producer by\u00a0enabling us to transition from toll-milling to an owner-operator processing model. This change is expected to significantly increase margins and free cash flow generation. In addition to advancing the development plan, we are progressing well on our recapitalization plan with ongoing engagement from debt and royalty providers, as well as preliminary interest in our non-core asset sale. We are encouraged by the overall progress and are on track to complete the recapitalization process before the end of the second quarter of 2026 or earlier.”<\/p>\n

The Study was completed by Hatch Ltd. (“Hatch”), an industry leader in autoclave technology design, and builds on a previous internal engineering study completed by Hatch in 2023. Hatch’s responsibilities in this Study included the engineering of the refurbishment design and the capital costs; while i-80 Gold is responsible for completing the associated mine plan basis, metallurgical test work, recovery analysis, operating cost estimates (based on the Hatch design and detailed mass balance), and economic analysis.<\/p>\n

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\n All amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.<\/i>\n <\/p>\n