UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):    June 12, 2023

CONTANGO ORE, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	001-35770 (Commission File Number)	27-3431051 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3700 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 925 Houston, Texas (Address of principal executive offices)		77098 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code:  (713) 877-1311

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 per share	CTGO	NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 8.01
Other Events.

Technical Report Summary

On June 12, 2023, Contango ORE, Inc. (the “Company” or “Contango”) announced that it had completed its Technical Report Summary, dated May 26, 2023 (the “TRS”), on the Lucky Shot Project (the “Project”) in accordance with the mining property disclosure rules specified in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. A copy of the TRS is filed as Exhibit 96.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the related press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The TRS summarizes mineral resource estimates held by Contango at the Lucky Shot Project as of May 26, 2023. The foregoing description of the TRS does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the TRS attached hereto as Exhibit 96.1.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
96.1	Technical Report Summary, dated May 26, 2023.
99.1	Press Release of the Company, dated June 12, 2023
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CONTANGO ORE, INC.
	By: /s/ Leah Gaines
	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting
	Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Dated: June 15, 2023