---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-25-008073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IAUX"
cik: "0001853962"
company_name: "i-80 Gold Corp."
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T06:04:36.329214+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director departure and new COO appointed at i-80 Gold; Chawrun starts April 30

## Summary
- Christina McCarthy will not stand for re-election at 2025 annual meeting; no disagreement with company.
- William Paul Chawrun appointed COO effective April 30, 2025, replacing Matthew Gili (resigns as President and COO).
- Richard Young assumes role of President in addition to CEO, as previously announced on April 15, 2025.
- Chawrun receives $400k base salary, up to 80% STI (cash) and 150% LTI (RSUs), plus 700,000 RSU grant cliff-vesting over 3 years.
- Termination without cause provides up to 12 months notice/pay, benefit continuation, and accelerated equity vesting on change of control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-25-008073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IAUX
- cik: 0001853962
- company_name: i-80 Gold Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325008073/0001062993-25-008073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325008073/form8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-25-008073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-25-008073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-25-008073.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christina McCarthy departed as Director at i-80 Gold Corp..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 21, 2025, Christina McCarthy, a member of the board of directors (the "Board") since 2023, notified the Company that she will not stand for re-election as a director of the Company upon the expiration of her current term, which expires at the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325008073/0001062993-25-008073-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Paul Chawrun was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at i-80 Gold Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 24, 2025, the Board appointed William Paul Chawrun, age 59, as the Chief Operating Officer (the "COO") of the Company, effective April 30, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325008073/0001062993-25-008073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Gili departed as President and COO at i-80 Gold Corp..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: President and COO
  source text: Upon Mr. Chawrun's start date, Matthew Gili will resign from his position as President and COO and will assist with the transition period, and Richard Young will assume the role of President in addition to his current position as Chief Executive Officer as previously announced in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325008073/0001062993-25-008073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Young changed role as President at i-80 Gold Corp..
  - Action: assume role of President
  - Role: President
  source text: Richard Young will assume the role of President in addition to his current position as Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853962/000106299325008073/0001062993-25-008073-index.htm

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