Engages Environmental Assessment Consultant KORE" or the " Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of Land Management (" BLM") and engaged a third-party consultant to complete the environmental assessment for KORE's proposed exploration drilling program at the Imperial Gold project (" Imperial"). The proposed drill program consists of over 150 drill pads, including new discovery targets on the Mesquite-Imperial-Picacho district (" District"), Imperial project resource growth targets and drilling to support Imperial engineering. KORE is working closely with the BLM to commence drilling in a safe and responsible manner and remains on track to commence drilling in the second half of 2021.