Rick van Nieuwenhuyse - 08 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Contango ORE, Inc. (CTGO)

Role: President & CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ Mike Clark as Attorney in Fact for Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse
Issuer symbol: CTGO
Transactions as of: 08 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: -$509,808
Form type: 4
Filing time: 09 Jan 2026, 18:00:10 UTC
Previous filing: 24 Apr 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Van Nieuwenhuyse Rick	President & CEO, Director	516 2ND AVENUE, SUITE 401, FAIRBANKS	/s/ Mike Clark as Attorney in Fact for Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse	09 Jan 2026	0001561025

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTGO	Common Stock, par value $0.01	Sale	$509,808	-19,608	-3.5%	$26.00	538,761	08 Jan 2026	Direct	F1

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $25.96 to $26.05, inclusive. The reporting person sold these shares as they related to restricted stock that vested on January 8, 2026, which also covered tax owing related to the vesting of this restricted stock. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Contango ORE, Inc., any security holder of Contango ORE, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (1) to this Form 4.

Content

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $25.96 to $26.05, inclusive. The reporting person sold these shares as they related to restricted stock that vested on January 8, 2026, which also covered tax owing related to the vesting of this restricted stock. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Contango ORE, Inc., any security holder of Contango ORE, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (1) to this Form 4.