Mar. 3 at 12:48 PM
$FTCO COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Fortitude Gold Corp. (OTCQB:FTCO) (the "Company") announced that it has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (the "JV Agreement") with Hawthorne Land & Minerals, LLC ("Hawthorne") to accelerate the exploration and development of its East Camp Douglas property located in Mineral County, Nevada. Pursuant to the JV Agreement, the parties will form an operating subsidiary, East Camp Douglas, LLC (the "JV"), which will be funded through a strategic
$40 million investment by Hawthorne. The investment is intended to support an aggressive exploration program designed to advance the highly prospective property towards potential discoveries. The intent of the JV is to capitalize on the property's potential with the near-term goal to define a major gold discovery, followed by permitting and advancing a mine into production in the shortest amount of time possible.
