On January 7, 2026, Fortitude Gold Corp. announced that its County Line Mine in Nevada has officially begun commercial operations. The initial production run yielded approximately 3,200 ounces of gold-equivalent mineralization, all of which was shipped to the company’s Isabella Pearl processing facility located 45 miles north of the mine site. The processing plant, which has a permitted capacity of 50,000 tons per month, is expected to treat County Line ore at grades averaging 0.42 grams per tonne of gold for the next 18 months. Fortitude Gold forecasts that County Line will contribute an incremental 5,000 to 7,000 ounces of gold in the first full year of operation, bolstering consolidated gold output toward the upper end of the company’s 20,000-25,000 ounce annual guidance range for 2026.

On January 6, 2026, Fortitude Gold declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.01 per common share, payable on January 30, 2026 to holders of record as of the close of business on January 20, 2026. This marks the 14th consecutive monthly dividend since the program’s inception in late 2024, reflecting the board’s confidence in free cash flow generation at the Isabella Pearl facility and the newly commissioned County Line Mine. Based on the company’s 75 million shares outstanding, the January payout will total $750,000, representing approximately 15% of projected cash flow from operations for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.