---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-008114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XPL"
cik: "0000917225"
company_name: "SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP."
filed_at: "2024-06-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:21:53.653441+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Solitario gets US Forest Service drilling approval for Golden Crest; COO to retire

## Summary
- US Forest Service signed revised Plan of Operations for Golden Crest gold project, enabling drilling.
- 5,000-meter Phase-One drilling planned on targets Downpour, Whirlwind, Matchstick, and Mirage.
- COO Walter Hunt retires effective June 30, 2024, no disagreement; no immediate replacement.
- Sandor Ringhoffer (ex-Agnico Eagle) added to Golden Crest project management team with 36 years experience.
- South Dakota Board of Minerals accepted reclamation bond, clearing final state hurdle.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-008114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XPL
- cik: 0000917225
- company_name: SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP.
- filed_at: 2024-06-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917225/000165495424008114/0001654954-24-008114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917225/000165495424008114/xpl_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-008114.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Walter Hunt departed as Chief Operating Officer at SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 24, 2024, Walter Hunt notified Solitario Resources Corp. (“Solitario”) that he will retire as the Chief Operating Officer of Solitario effective June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917225/000165495424008114/0001654954-24-008114-index.htm

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