i-80 Gold acquires Getchell Project in US for $50m 16 April 2021 (Last Updated April 16th, 2021 12:48) i-80 Gold has acquired the Getchell Project in the Getchell gold belt near Winnemucca, Nevada, US, for a $50m consideration in cash and common shares. Open-pit mining operations were carried out on the Getchell property between 1980 and 1999. Credit: Khusen Rustamov from Pixabay. Share Article i-80 Gold has acquired the Getchell Project in the Getchell gold belt near Winnemucca, Nevada, US, for a $50m consideration in cash and common shares. The deal was signed by i-80 Gold, together with its subsidiary Premier Gold Mines USA, (PG USA) with affiliates of Waterton Global Resource Management.