NYSE: IDR

The Company is an established gold producer, with prior surface and current underground mining operations at its 100-percent owned Golden Chest Mine and conducts milling operations at its majority-owned New Jersey Mill. In addition to gold and gold production, the Company maintains an important strategic presence in the U.S. Critical Minerals sector, specifically focused on the more “at-risk” rare earth elements (“REE”). The Company’s Mineral Hill, Lemhi Pass, and Diamond Creek properties are included the U.S. national REE inventory as listed in United States Geologic Survey (“USGS”), Idaho Geologic Survey (“IGS”) and Department of Energy (“DOE”) publications. All three projects are in central Idaho near the Company’s field office in Salmon, Idaho.

The Company focuses its exploration and production efforts in historical mining districts mostly located within the state of Idaho. Its portfolio of mineral properties includes:

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The Golden Chest Mine, a producing gold mine located in the Murray Gold Belt of North Idaho;

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Niagara, an intermediate-stage copper-silver exploration property located in the Murray Gold Belt of North Idaho;

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Little Baldy, an intermediate-stage gold exploration property located in the Murray Gold Belt of North Idaho;

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Approximately 1,510 acres of additional patented mineral property and over 14,880 acres of nearby and adjacent unpatented mineral property. These holdings are considered early-stage exploration properties and located within the Murray Gold Belt, many of which include historic gold mines and known gold mineralization;

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REE Projects–located in the Idaho Rare Earth Element-Thorium (“REE-Th”) Belt near Salmon, Idaho. Projects include;

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Mineral Hill – Nationally recognized and high grade REE property in the northern portion of the Idaho REE-Th Belt

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Lemhi Pass – Significant land package with high value REE potential–USGS also recognized as the #1 thorium prospect in the U.S.

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Diamond Creek – Nationally recognized rare earth prospects in the US

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A significant portfolio of early-stage exploration properties throughout Idaho.

In addition to its portfolio of exploration, pre-development, and producing properties, the Company is also the manager and majority-owner of the New Jersey Mill, which currently processes ore from the Golden Chest Mine. The New Jersey Mill can process gold and silver ore through a 360-tonne per day flotation plant.

The Company has focused its efforts on underground development and growing production at the Golden Chest Mine and exploration at its extensive land holdings within the MGB area. With all debt associated with land acquisition and the start-up of operations behind it, the Company significantly increased its exploration and growth initiatives in the Murray Gold Belt. This progress, combined with the existing infrastructure and development, has created a solid foundation of value regardless of market cycles.

Competitive Business Conditions

While there has been a market for gold and precious metals historically, the Company competes on several different fronts within the minerals exploration industry. The Company may find the need to compete with other junior mining companies for the capital necessary to sustain its exploration and development programs. IDR has focused its gold operations at and near the Golden Chest Mine, however if it chose to expand to other geographic areas it may compete with other mining companies for exploration properties and mining assets. The Company has been successful in resuming operations at the New Jersey Mill, consolidating 100% ownership of the Golden Chest Mine, and assembling one of the largest rare earth element landholdings in the US. In October 2016 production at the Golden Chest resumed with the Company as the sole owner and operator.

Generally, the Company is subject to economic conditions and risks inherent to the mineral industry. A primary risk of mineral exploration is the low probability of finding a major ore deposit. The Company attempts to mitigate this risk by focusing its efforts in areas known to host significant and/or economic mineral deposits, and by relying on its experienced management team to drive analysis, evaluation, and acquisition of properties that it feels have a higher-than-average probability of success. In addition to deal essentials, such as cost, terms, timing, and market considerations, the Company’s process of property acquisition involves screening target properties based on geological, economic, engineering, environmental, and metallurgical factors. In all its operations the Company competes for skilled labor within the mining industry.

The risks associated with the Company’s mining and milling operations include other risks typical of the mining industry, such as: operational effectiveness in the processing plant that could result in lower recovery of the economic metals, mechanical failure of equipment that could increase costs or decrease efficacy, ability to hire and retain qualified operators, and risks that the mining operations are unable to economically extract material due to lower grade material, ground or slope failures or other development challenges that can increase costs. The Company manages these risks with engineering and geologic analysis, detailed mine planning, a preventive maintenance program, and installing experienced and technically proficient management.

Another significant risk in the mining industry is the price of metals such as gold and silver. If the prices of these metals were to fall substantially, in addition to an impact on economics and/or profitability, it could lead to a loss of investor interest in the mining sector which could make it more difficult to raise capital if considered necessary for the Company to move exploration and development plans forward.

Customer Dependence and Product Distribution

The Company sold all its flotation gold concentrate to H&H Metals Corporation (“H&H Metals” or “H&H”) of New York, NY which accounted for 98% of gold sales in 2025. The remaining gold sales were gold doré which was sold to a western U.S. refinery. H&H Metals is also an IDR shareholder. Although not expected, if H&H Metals could not purchase the gold concentrate, it is anticipated another customer could be found readily as the flotation gold concentrate is a high-value concentrate with minor deleterious element content.

Effect of Existing or Probable Governmental Regulations on the Business

The mining business is subject to extensive federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing development, production, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, the use of toxic substances, environmental regulations, mine safety and other matters. The Company is subject to potential risks and liabilities occurring from mineral exploration and production activities. Insurance against environmental risk (including potential liability for pollution or other hazards from the disposal of waste products occurring from exploration and production) is not generally available to the Company (or to other companies in the minerals industry) at a reasonable price. To the extent that the Company becomes subject to environmental liabilities, the satisfaction of any such liabilities would reduce funds otherwise available to the Company and could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Laws and regulations intended to ensure the protection of the environment are constantly changing and are generally becoming more restrictive.

All operating and exploration plans have been made in consideration of existing governmental regulations. Regulations that most affect operations are related to surface water quality and access to public lands. An approved plan of operations (“POO”) and a financial bond are usually required before exploration or mining activities can be conducted on public land that is administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) or United States Forest Service (“USFS”).

The Golden Chest Mine, and other nearby properties may be part of an expanded Bunker Hill Superfund Site. Current plans for expanded cleanup do not include any IDR projects. There is no known evidence that previous operations at Company properties caused any groundwater or surface water pollution. Should such a liability emerge for the Company, its exposure would likely be to clean up or cover historic mine waste. The Company could conceivably be required to conduct cleanup operations at its own expense; however, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Record of Decision for the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Operating Unit 3 does not include any cleanup activities at the Company’s projects.

Costs and Effects of Compliance with Environmental Laws (Federal, State and Local)

No major Federal permits are required for the Golden Chest because the operations are on private land and there are no process discharges to surface waters. However, any exploration program conducted by the Company on unpatented mining claims, usually administered by the BLM or USFS, requires a POO to be submitted. The Company’s exploration programs on public land can be delayed for significant periods of time (one to two years) because of the slow permitting process applied by the USFS. The Company believes that such permitting delays are caused by insufficient manpower, complicated regulations, competing priorities, and sympathy for environmental groups who oppose all mining projects.

The Company is also subject to the rules of the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) for the New Jersey Mill and Golden Chest Mine operations. When an underground mine or mill is operating, MSHA performs a series of regular quarterly inspections to verify compliance with mine safety laws and can assess financial penalties for violations of MSHA regulations. A typical mine citation order for a violation that is not significant or substantial is about $200.

The New Jersey Mill has two State of Idaho permits. The first is a permit for its tailings storage facility with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (“IDWR”). The Company submitted an engineered design for the tailings storage facility and constructed a buttress and Phase 5 lift in 2022, and the Phase 6 lift in 2023. IDWR inspected and approved the tailings storage facility for tailings disposal in Phase 5 and Phase 6. The Company posted a reclamation bond of $107,000 for the tailings storage facility. An Idaho Cyanidation Permit was granted for the New Jersey Mill on October 10, 1995 [No. CN-000027]. Construction of the concentrate leach plant at the New Jersey Mill was completed in November of 2007. The Idaho Cyanidation permit requires quarterly surface water and groundwater monitoring. In 2022 the Company submitted a Closure Plan for the cyanidation permit since it no longer uses the cyanidation process. The closure plan was approved by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”) and calls for continued surface and groundwater monitoring for as long as tailings are deposited in the tailings storage facility and for a post-closure period of five years. IDR estimates the cost of water-monitoring associated with the concentrate leach plant to be approximately $10,000 per year. The New Jersey Mill also has an EPA general stormwater permit.

The Company is in the process of permitting a new Tailings Storage Facility (“TSF”) with the IDWR for a new mill at the Golden Chest Mine in Murray, Idaho. The reclamation bond amount will be determined at the completion of the permitting process, but is expected to be approximately $200,000.

The Idaho Department of Lands (“IDL”) approved a surface mining reclamation plan for the New Jersey Mine in 1993. The plan calls for grading of steep fill slopes and planting of vegetation on the area disturbed by the open pit mine. IDR pays an annual reclamation fee of $133 to IDL for surface disturbance associated with the New Jersey Mine open pit. The Company has estimated its costs to reclaim the New Jersey Mine and Mill site to be $117,000.

The Company submitted a reclamation plan to IDL for its past open pit mining operation at the Golden Chest Mine. The plan was approved, and the Company was required to post a reclamation bond of $103,320. This plan also calls for the grading of steep fill slopes and re-vegetation of disturbed land as well as erosion control measures utilizing best practices. Surface water monitoring is also performed at the Golden Chest and results are reported to IDEQ on a quarterly basis. The Company estimates the cost of this water monitoring at $12,000 annually. The Golden Chest Mine also has an EPA general stormwater permit.

When the Company plans an exploration drilling program on public lands, it must submit a POO to either the BLM or USFS. Compilation of the plan can take as much as several months of professional time and a reclamation bond is usually required to start drilling once the plan is approved. Bond costs vary directly with surface disturbance area. As an example, IDR’s core drilling at Diamond Creek on USFS administered land required a bond of $85,800 for minimal disturbance with drill pads adjacent to an existing road (bond returned following reclamation). If a plan requires road building, the bond amount can increase significantly. Upon completion of site reclamation and approval by the managing agency, the bond is returned to the Company.

The Company complies with local building codes and ordinances as required by law.

Number of Total Employees and Number of Full Time Employees

The Company's total number of full-time employees at December 31, 2025 is 62.

REPORTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS

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