UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 15, 2024, Fortitude Gold Corporation (the “Company” or “Fortitude”) announced the retirement of John Labate as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and the appointment of Janet Turner to succeed Mr. Labate effective June 1, 2024.
Ms. Turner, age 42, is a certified public accountant and has served as the Company’s Corporate Controller since March 1, 2021. Prior to joining the Company, she held positions for Gold Resource Corporation including Financial Reporting Manager and Assistant Controller from December 2016 to February 2021. Ms. Turner also served in various audit-related roles for EKS&H LLLP, now a part of Plante Moran. Ms. Turner holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Husson University and a Master of Business Administration from Thomas College.
There are no family relationships between Ms. Turner and any director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Turner and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as CFO of the Company. In addition, there are no transactions between Ms. Turner and the Company that require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following materials are filed or furnished as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
99.1News Release dated April 15, 2024
104Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K