---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-25-007534"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IAUX"
cik: "0001853962"
company_name: "i-80 Gold Corp."
filed_at: "2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T14:57:24.734700+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# i-80 Gold President & COO Matthew Gili resigns; CEO Richard Young assumes President role

## Summary
- Matthew Gili will resign as President and COO on or before May 30, 2025, and assist with transition.
- Separation agreement includes 12 months base salary of $411,000, $696,146 in incentive bonuses, and 12 months health benefits.
- Unvested stock options of 1,322,459 will accelerate; 934,774 RSUs continue vesting; additional $600,000 in RSUs/PSUs granted.
- CEO Richard Young will take on the President role; a search for a new COO has begun.
- Gili led i-80 Gold since 2021, advancing the Granite Creek Underground project into early-stage production.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-25-007534
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IAUX
- cik: 0001853962
- company_name: i-80 Gold Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325007534/0001062993-25-007534-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325007534/form8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-25-007534
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-25-007534.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-25-007534.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Gili resigned as President and Chief Operating Officer at i-80 Gold Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Matthew Gili gave notice to the Company of his upcoming resignation as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company which is expected to take effect on or before May 30, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325007534/0001062993-25-007534-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Young was appointed as President at i-80 Gold Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: Richard Young, director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will take on the role of President following Mr. Gili's departure.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325007534/0001062993-25-007534-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.