Advancement Continues At DeLamar Gold Project

VANCOUVER - Integra Resources Corp. reported on environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities to date in 2021. As Integra continues to advance and de-risk its DeLamar Gold-Silver Project in southwest Idaho, the inclusion of ESG principles will become increasingly prominent in every aspect of the Company’s activity.

George Salamis, President & CEO, said, “It has always been in Integra’s DNA to help drive change in an industry that is critical to modern life, and we are committed to being leaders in how junior mine developers seek to explore and develop natural resources. As we progress towards the upcoming PFS, Integra has placed an immense focus on advancing a multitude of ESG initiatives and activities that highlight our commitment.”

Integra has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Trout Unlimited to evaluate and prioritize potential future habitat reclamation projects within the Jordan Creek watershed in Owyhee County, Idaho. As is common with many historic mining districts, Jordan Creek experienced heavy impact from antiquated mining practices during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Within the arid high desert terrain surrounding the DeLamar Project, opportunities to collaborate on habitat improvement projects outside of the Company’s land package boundaries have the potential to positively impact habitat for species such as the Redband Trout.

Warren Colyer, the Western Water & Habitat Program Director with Trout Unlimited, said, “Collaborative efforts with mining companies like Integra can represent tremendous opportunities to improve fish habitat, particularly in areas like the Jordan Creek watershed where it is difficult to secure funding to reclaim environmental damage from long-ago mining operations. In southeastern Idaho, the results of similar partnerships have really begun to show their merit, such as in the Upper Blackfoot River where landowners, companies, agencies and conservation groups have banded together to improve fish habitat, and trout populations are beginning to show improvement.”

This partnership with Trout Unlimited complements Integra’s commitment to minimizing unnecessary impacts within the DeLamar Project boundaries and seeking opportunities to offset them with positive habitat impacts in our surrounding areas. This partnership also highlights the importance of collaboration when cleaning up legacy abandoned mine land sites in the west given the complicated mixed land ownership of former mining districts. The overarching goal of this project will be to holistically look at upper Jordan Creek to identify potential projects that will improve the environmental health of the watershed. Some examples of potential future projects could include road crossing improvements, aquatic organism and fish passage barrier identification, reclamation and revegetation of mining impacted lands, source reduction of pollutants from historic mills, and in-stream habitat improvements.