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Contango ORE Reports High-Grade Gold at Lucky Shot

Story Highlights
  • Contango ORE’s 2025–2026 drilling at Lucky Shot confirmed high-grade gold in multiple known veins.
  • Discovery of the high-grade KM vein boosts Lucky Shot’s exploration upside and underpins future feasibility work.
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Contango ORE Reports High-Grade Gold at Lucky Shot

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Contango ORE ( (CTGO) ) has provided an update.

On February 25, 2026, Contango ORE reported initial assay results from its 2025/2026 underground diamond drilling program at the Lucky Shot Project in Alaska, where drilling began in November 2025. The first 20 holes totaling 2,063 meters confirmed high-grade gold mineralization in the historically mined L2 vein and underlying L1b and L1c veins, including standout intercepts such as 60.22 g/t gold over 5.92 meters and 294.77 g/t gold over 1.16 meters.

The program also delineated a new shallow-dipping mineralized structure, the KM vein, whose high-grade intercepts highlight structural complexity and suggest additional exploration upside within the existing underground footprint. These results underpin Contango’s plan to grow and better constrain the Lucky Shot resource base, feed a mineral resource update and feasibility study targeted for the first half of 2027, and strengthen the project’s potential as a direct-shipping ore operation.

The most recent analyst rating on (CTGO) stock is a Hold with a $29.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Contango ORE stock, see the CTGO Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on CTGO Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, CTGO is a Neutral.

The score is held back primarily by weak and inconsistent profitability (including no recorded revenue) and balance-sheet leverage risk, despite strong recent cash generation. Earnings-call updates and corporate developments point to improving operations/cash position, while technicals are only moderately supportive and valuation remains pressured by losses and no dividend support.

To see Spark’s full report on CTGO stock, click here.

More about Contango ORE

Contango ORE, Inc. is a U.S.-listed mineral exploration and development company focused on gold projects in Alaska, with its flagship Lucky Shot Project targeting high-grade underground gold veins. The company is advancing a strategy centered on direct-shipping ore from structurally complex, historically mined vein systems, aiming to upgrade resources and support future feasibility-level studies.

Average Trading Volume: 234,951

Technical Sentiment Signal: Strong Buy

Current Market Cap: $485.3M

For detailed information about CTGO stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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