i-80 Gold Corp.

i-80 Gold Corp. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is a British Columbia issuer that is permitted, under the multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the securities regulatory authorities in Canada (“MJDS”), to prepare this annual report on Form 40-F (this “Annual Report”) pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, which are different from those of the United States. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act and Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Equity securities of the Company are accordingly exempt from Sections 14(a), 14(b), 14(c), 14(f) and 16 of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 3a12-3 thereunder.