---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-129496"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTGO"
cik: "0001502377"
company_name: "Contango Silver & Gold Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:36:41.964489+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Contango completes merger with Dolly Varden; issues 13.7M shares and 1.6M exchangeable shares

## Summary
- Contango issued 13,686,278 shares and 417,048 replacement options; post-merger 32,104,900 shares (incl. 1,597,301 exchangeable) outstanding.
- Former Dolly Varden and Contango shareholders each own ~50% of the combined company; combined cash >US$100M with minimal debt.
- Company renamed Contango Silver & Gold Inc.; ticker CTGO unchanged; listed on NYSE American, applying for TSX listing.
- Shawn Khunkhun appointed President; Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse remains CEO; Clynton Nauman named Chairman.
- Directors added: Shawn Khunkhun, Tim Clark, Darren Devine. Richard Shortz and Darwin Green resigned; Brad Juneau stepped down as Chairman but remains director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-129496
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTGO
- cik: 0001502377
- company_name: Contango Silver & Gold Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1502377/000119312526129496/0001193125-26-129496-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1502377/000119312526129496/d124597d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: bde3f399334761c581d86adddc5c9b78e4c84c01
  claim: Contango Silver & Gold Inc. underwent a change of control involving Dolly Varden Silver Corporation for 0.1652 of a Contango Share for each Dolly Varden Share (closed 2026-03-26).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company, indirectly through the Acquiror, will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Dolly Varden (the “Dolly Varden Shares”) at an exchange ratio of 0.1652 of a share of voting common stock of the Company (the “Contango Shares”) for each Dolly Varden Share (the “Exchange Ratio”) by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1502377/000119312526129496/0001193125-26-129496-index.htm

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