---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-090432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTCO"
cik: "0001828377"
company_name: "Fortitude Gold Corp"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T20:35:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T20:37:15.524036+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortitude Gold Q2 2026: net income $0.6M, gold production up 210% QoQ

## Summary
- Net income $0.6M ($0.02/sh) on $8.2M net sales; gold production 2,133 oz, up 210% from Q1.
- Completed $5.5M private placement (1.15M shares at $4.82) to fund heap leach pad expansion.
- Connected to grid power, expects substantial monthly energy cost savings.
- County Line pit layback underway, expected to access ~40,000 oz high-grade gold by 2027.
- Cash balance $13.5M, working capital $35.4M; paid $0.8M dividends in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-090432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTCO
- cik: 0001828377
- company_name: Fortitude Gold Corp
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T20:35:56+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828377/000110465926090432/0001104659-26-090432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828377/000110465926090432/ftco-20260804x8k.htm

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