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Contango Announces Acceptance of the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project to the Covered Projects FAST-41 Program
FAST-41 aims to streamline federal permitting for the Johnson Tract project by enhancing coordination and accountability, supporting more efficient development of critical metals resources.
- On December 1, 2025 Contango ORE, Inc. announced the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project was accepted into FAST-41, managed by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Earlier this year the Permitting Council announced a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Alaska to provide federal permitting assistance via FAST-41.
- On its Alaska holdings the company notes Contango holds a 30% interest in the Peak Gold JV leasing 675,000 acres on the Manh Choh project and leases from CIRI and Alaska Hardrock Inc., plus 100% ownership of 8,600 and 145,000 acres of State claims.
- The company said FAST-41 coverage will deliver enhanced coordination, predictable timelines, improved public transparency, and accountability to advance environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance, with forward-looking statements covered by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act .
- FAST-41's structured process aims to set timetables and coordinate agencies through the FAST-41 Permitting Dashboard, while Contango faces exploration and mining industry risks including potential delays in governmental approvals and mining permits.
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Contango Announces Acceptance of the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project to the Covered Projects FAST-41 Program
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Contango ORE, Inc. ("Contango" or the "Company") (NYSE American: CTGO) is pleased to announce the acceptance of the Johnson Tract Critical Metals Project as a "covered project" into the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering…
Johnson Tract added to FAST-41 permitting
Gold-critical metals project joins Donlin and Graphite Creek as high-profile Alaska mine projects subject to the full suite of benefits. The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) Dec. 2 announced that Contango Ore's Johonson Tract gold-silver-zinc-lead project in Southcentral Alaska has been accepted for coordinated and transparent permitting under the FAST-41...
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