• Fortitude Gold reported near-surface oxide gold drill intercepts at the Scarlet North zone on the Isabella Pearl trend in Nevada, supporting plans to develop an open-pit mine.
• Key results included 24.38 meters grading 1.25 g/t gold with 6.10 meters at 2.28 g/t, alongside 15.24 meters at 0.90 g/t with 7.62 meters at 1.36 g/t.
• Scarlet North sits about 700 meters from the Isabella Pearl heap-leach and processing facility, positioning the mineralization for short-haul trucking to existing infrastructure.
• Initial test work indicated metallurgy consistent with Isabella Pearl, pointing to standard heap-leach processing for oxide ore.
• Permitting is underway with the Bureau of Land Management for an open-pit operation at Scarlet North, alongside efforts to expand the Isabella Pearl plan-of-operations boundary to include the area.

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