Based on the provided financial report, the title of the article is: "I-80 GOLD CORP. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024

OVERVIEW

Company Overview i-80 Gold Corp. is a Nevada-focused growth-oriented gold and silver producer engaged in the exploration, development, and extraction of gold and silver. The Company is the fourth largest gold mineral resource holder in the state with a pipeline of projects strategically located on Nevada’s most prolific gold-producing trends. The Company’s wholly owned principal assets, which are at various stages of permitting and development, include the Granite Creek property, the Ruby Hill property, the Lone Tree property, the Cove property, and the FAD property.

The Company was incorporated on November 10, 2020, under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Company’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol IAU and the NYSE American (“NYSE”) under the symbol IAUX. The Company’s head office is located in Reno, Nevada, United States (“US”). The Company’s executive office is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Transition to US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”)

Historically, the Company has prepared its financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) permitted by security regulators in Canada, as well as in the U.S. under the foreign private issuer status as defined by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). On June 28, 2024, the Company determined that it would no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer under the SEC rules as of January 1, 2025. As a result, beginning January 1, 2025 the Company was required to report with the SEC on domestic forms and comply with domestic company rules. Consequently, the Company was required to prepare its financial statements using US GAAP effective beginning with the Company’s 2024 annual consolidated financial statements to which this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) relates and for all subsequent reporting periods. The transition to US GAAP was made retrospectively.

The main transition adjustments recognized in the Company’s financial statements as at December 31, 2024 were as follows: • Capitalization reversal of $80.2 million related to underground development at the Granite Creek and Cove projects as US GAAP requires mineral reserves to be declared in order to begin the development stage.

• Reclamation liabilities and assets decreased by $17.0 million and $20.5 million, respectively due to the use of a credit adjusted risk free rate, a higher discount rate than what was used under IFRS partially offset by the inclusion of third-party costs under US GAAP.

• Certain embedded derivatives such as the equity portion of the convertible debenture conversion option were derecognized under US GAAP as they were determined to be indexed to the company’s own stock. The reclassification from equity to debt was $18.9 million. As a result of the reclassification, the effective interest rate was reduced from 18.99% to 9.24%. As at December 31, 2024 $5.4 million of accretion was recorded and the net change in equity was $13.9 million.

• For the Company’s accounting of the 2023 acquisition of Paycore Minerals Inc (“Paycore”), an additional deferred tax liability of $13.9 million was recognized due to an IFRS exemption that is not available under US GAAP on acquisition date.

Operational and Financial Overview

Fourth Quarter 2024

• Total revenue totaled $23.2 million for the quarter compared to $25.8 million in the comparative prior year period due to lower volumes sold partially offset by a higher average realized gold price.
• Gold sales 1 totaled 9,053 ounces at an average realized gold price 2 of $2,560 per ounce, resulting in revenue of $23.2 million, compared to gold sales 1 of 14,331 ounces at an average realized gold price 2 of $1,989 per ounce, resulting in revenue of $28.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2023.
• Loss per share of $0.04 per share for the quarter, a decrease from $0.12 loss per share in the prior year period.
• Cash used in operating activities was $9.2 million, an increase in cash used from the prior year period due to comparatively lower change in working capital.
• Cash balance of $19.0 million as at December 31, 2024, a increase of $2.8 million from the end of the third quarter due to proceeds from the at-the-market equity program partially offset by cash used in operations and exploration and development activities.
• Adopted a new development plan, following a leadership change, to permit, construct, and ramp up five gold projects over the balance of the decade aiming to create a mid-tier gold producer capable of producing approximately 400,000 to 500,000 ounces of gold annually, starting with the development of three underground mines while accelerating two large open pit oxide deposits.
• Commenced the process of updating the Preliminary Economic Assessments for five gold projects, which were completed as planned in the first quarter of 2025.
• Continued to advance gold projects which are currently at various stages of redevelopment, with a focus on the continued ramp up at the Granite Creek Underground Project, strengthening the balance sheet, and ongoing permitting at all five projects.
• Initiated a recapitalization plan to reschedule current debt obligations and provide the additional capital required to execute the new development plan.

Year ended December 31, 2024

• Revenue totaled $50.3 million compared to $54.9 million in the comparative prior year period due to lower volumes sold partially offset by higher average realized gold price.
• Gold sales 1 totaled 21,527 ounces for the year at an average realized gold price 2 of $2,332 per ounce, resulting in revenue of $50.2 million, compared to gold sales of 29,370 ounces at an average realized gold price 2 of $1,956 per ounce, resulting in revenue of $57.5 million in 2023.
• Cash used in operating was $82.5 million, an increase from the prior year primarily due to lower production from the Company’s projects, partially offset by higher average realized gold price.
• Loss per share of $0.34 per share was an increase from $0.33 loss per share in the comparative prior year.
• Year-end cash balance of $19.0 million, an increase of $2.7 million during the year due to cash provided by financing activities, partially offset by cash used in operations and exploration and pre-development expenditures.
• Approximately 110,000 feet of core and reverse circulation drilling completed with multiple positive results to expand mineralization further at the Granite Creek Underground Project, the Archimedes Underground Project within the Ruby Hill property, and the Cove Project.
• Published its second annual sustainability report which is accessible on the Company’s website.

1 Gold ounces sold include attributable gold from mineralized material sales at a payable factor of 58% in 2024 (2023 - 56%). 2 This is a Non-GAAP Measure; please see “Non-GAAP Measures” section.

Strategy Overview

On November 12, 2024 the Company announced a new development plan following a review of the strategic direction of the Company requested of the newly appointed CEO in September of 2024. The new development plan includes the development of three underground mines, but also includes accelerating, permitting, and the development of two large oxide open pit deposits, one at Granite Creek and the other, Mineral Point, within the Ruby Hill Project area. The new development plan is viewed by the Company as the most effective strategy to generate free cash flow while progressing earlier stage projects to provide a pipeline of growth over the medium and long term. The Company also confirmed the initialization of a recapitalization plan of its balance sheet to support the new development plan. The Lone Tree Autoclave remains the centralized refractory mineral processing facility in the new development plan and Management intends to continue its work towards completion of the refurbishment feasibility study in the third quarter of 2025.

Further, Management reported that a base metal focused joint venture on the Ruby Hill property does not fit the new development plan. Given the Company’s balance sheet constraints and additional capital required for the new development plan, all higher risk projects with low certainty of economic viability have been terminated of deferred. The Company will consider focusing on such projects when the balance sheet is in a stronger position and the Board approves allocating risk capital to these types of projects.

The Lone Tree open pit project has a variety of financial, technical, environmental and social issues to be worked through. It is expected that the project will likely remain deferred for another decade.

Recapitalization Plan

On November 12, 2024 the Company announced a two-step recapitalization process based on demonstrating a viable path to generating free cash flow, and rescheduling and/or refinancing the Company’s existing debt obligations. Phase one of this plan included finding a solution for short-term commitments including deferral of the gold and silver deliveries which were scheduled for December 31, 2024 and early January 2025, respectively. Phase two of the recapitalization plan involves working with the Company’s current partners as well as seeking new capital providers to restructure its existing debt and provide sufficient capital to execute on the Company’s new development plan with repayment terms that align with the Company’s ability to service that debt.

On December 31, 2024 the Company addressed the first phase of its recapitalization plan by entering into agreements to defer the December 2024 Gold Prepay and January 2025 Silver Purchase Agreement deliveries until March 31, 2025 as part of an amendment of those agreements with Orion. As part of the agreements with Orion, gold and silver deliveries including 3,210 ounces of gold and 400,000 ounces of silver, scheduled for delivery on December 31, 2024, and January 15, 2025, respectively were deferred to March 31, 2025, subject to i-80 Gold’s compliance with the Waiver Agreements (as defined below), and the other conditions described below. Additionally, Orion agreed to extend the expiry date of its convertible credit agreement dated December 13, 2021 to June 30, 2026, which was reflected in an amended and restated convertible credit agreement with Orion on January 15, 2025 (the “Orion Convertible Loan”).

In connection with the gold and silver delivery deferrals and the extension to the Orion Convertible Loan (collectively, the “Waiver Agreements”), i-80 Gold agreed to issue to Orion five million common share purchase warrants with an exercise price of C$1.01 per share, subject to customer anti-dilutive adjustments (the “2025 Orion Warrants”). The 2025 Orion Warrants have a four-year term. In addition, i-80 Gold and Orion agreed to enter into an offtake agreement dated February 7, 2025 (the “Orion Offtake Agreement”) based on similar terms to the existing amended and restated offtake agreement with Deterra Royalties Limited (acquirer of Trident Royalties PLC) which expires at the end of December 2028 (the “Deterra Offtake”). The Orion Offtake Agreement will become effective on December 28, 2028 and shall expire on December 31, 2034. The Waiver Agreements are subject to ongoing conditions, including a requirement to satisfy minimum cash requirements, as amended by these Waiver Agreements, through March 31, 2025.

Management has been engaged in discussions with existing and potential new partners, and aims to complete second phase of its refinancing plan by June 30, 2026, the date of maturity of the Orion Convertible Loan.

New Development Plan & Update on Joint Venture for the Ruby Hill Project

On November 12, 2024 the Company announced a new development plan following a review of the strategic direction of the Company requested of the newly appointed CEO in September of 2024. The new development plan includes the development of three underground mines, but also includes accelerating permitting and development of the two large oxide open pit deposits, one at Granite Creek and the other, Mineral Point, within the Ruby Hill Project area. The new development plan is viewed by the Company as the most effective strategy to generate free cash flow while progressing earlier stage projects to provide a pipeline of growth over the medium and long term. The Company also confirmed the initialization of a recapitalization plan of its balance sheet to support the new development plan. The Lone Tree Autoclave remains the centralized refractory mineral processing facility in the new development plan and Management intends to continue its work towards completion of the refurbishment feasibility study in 2025.

Further, Management reported that a base metal focused joint venture at the Ruby Hill project does not fit the new development plan. Given the Company’s balance sheet constraints and additional capital required for the new development plan all higher risk projects with low certainty of economic viability were deferred until the balance sheet is in a stronger position and the Board of Director approves allocating risk capital to these projects.

Outlook 1 The Company expects to produce between 30,000 to 40,000 ounces 1 of gold in 2025. Extraction from Granite Creek underground is expected to range between 20,000 to 30,000 ounces 1 of gold, and the Company’s two residual heap leach operations are expected to contribute approximately 10,000 ounces of gold in 2025.

Initial Assessments covering the Company’s five gold projects were filed in March 2025, and outline three areas of growth expenditure over the next three years to support the advancement of the Company’s development plan. These growth expenditures which are discretionary and subject to available resources, ranked from highest priority are: (i) advancing permitting activities, (ii) feasibility studies, and (iii) development work at Archimedes underground. For 2025, the growth expenditures are expected to total between $40 million to $50 million.

Management is advancing its recapitalization plan to support the Company’s development plan on several fronts, and is in active discussions with several parties regarding a number of financing options including a senior lending facility, royalty sales, non-core asset sales (such as its FAD property), a working capital facility, as well as terming out the 2025 quarterly gold prepays. Further to the recapitalization plan, the Company restructured its March 31, 2025, gold prepay and silver deliveries and entered into a working capital facility, as described herein.

This outlook, including expected results and targets, is subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may impact future performance and the Company’s ability to achieve the results and targets discussed in this section. Please refer to “Cautionary Statements on Forward Looking Statements” section. The Company may, but is under no obligation to, update this outlook depending on changes in metal prices and other factors.

New Gold & Silver Prepay Agreement & Working Capital Facility

On March 31, 2025 the Company entered into a new gold and silver prepay arrangement with National Bank of Canada (“National Bank”) under which National Bank purchased approximately 6,800 ounces of gold and 345,000 ounces of silver from the Company for delivery to National Bank by September 30, 2025 or earlier, upon an infusion of capital in line with the recapitalization plan. The proceeds of this new prepay arrangement will be used to satisfy the March 31, 2025 gold and silver deliveries due to an affiliate of Orion Mine Finance under its respective Gold Prepay and Silver Purchase and sale agreements. The obligations under the prepay arrangement with National Bank are secured by the FAD project. In addition, the Company is finalizing a working capital facility with Auramet International, Inc. for up to $12 million, maturing in 12 months.

Financing Overview

Financing overview for the year ended December 31, 2024:

Contingent Payments

• In the first quarter of 2024, the Company paid Waterton Nevada Splitter, LLC and Waterton Nevada Splitter II, LLC (