i-80 Gold Intersects High-Grade Gold in Initial Drilling of the Ogee Zone at Granite Creek

Including 27.7 g/t Au over 12.6 m, 54.7 g/t Au over 5.9 m, 22.9 g/t over 6.4m & 11.2 g/t over 11.1 m

RENO, Nev., May 5, 2022 /CNW/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX:IAU.TO) (OTCQX:IAUCF) ("i-80", or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from the final four holes completed in the 2021 underground drill program at the Company's Granite Creek Property including positive results from initial drilling to test the down-dip potential of the Ogee Zone, the primary target for near-term development at Granite Creek.  The ongoing surface and underground drill program at the Company's Granite Creek Property ("Granite Creek" or "the Property") located in Humboldt County, Nevada is focused on defining mineralization for mining and to complete a revised resource estimate at the end of the ~30,000 metre drill program.