Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. As previously announced, on December 7, 2025, Contango ORE, Inc. (the “ Company”) and its newly formed subsidiary, 1566004 B. C. Ltd. (the “ Acquiror”), a British Columbia corporation directly and wholly-owned by newly formed subsidiary, 1566002 B. C. ULC (“ Callco”), a British Columbia unlimited liability company directly and wholly-owned by the Company, entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the “ Agreement”) with Dolly Varden Silver Corporation, a British Columbia corporation (“ Dolly Varden”). Under the Agreement, the Company, indirectly through the Acquiror, will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Dolly Varden (the “ Dolly Varden Shares”) at an exchange ratio of 0.1652 of a share of voting common stock of the Company (the “ Contango Shares”) for each Dolly Varden Share (the “ Exchange Ratio”) by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “ Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “ BCBCA”), on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement. On March 17, 2026, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “ Special Meeting”) in connection with the Arrangement. As of February 2, 2026, the record date for the Special Meeting, the Company had outstanding 15,120,615 Contango Shares, each of which was entitled to one vote with respect to the proposals voted on at the Special Meeting. A total of 9,976,278 Contango Shares, representing approximately 66% of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals: 1. To approve the issuance of Contango Shares (including Contango Shares to be issued upon the exchange of Exchangeable Shares) to Dolly Varden Shareholders in connection with the Arrangement; 2. To approve the increase of the number of authorized Contango Shares from 45,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares, that will be set forth in a Certificate of Amendment to the Contango Certificate of Incorporation; and 3. To approve the 2026 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Contango. Summarized below are final results of the matters voted on at the Special Meeting based on the final, certified report of the voting results by the independent inspector of elections. There were no recorded broker non-votes. Proposal Votes For Votes Against Votes % Votes Abstained For ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── No. 1 - The Arrangement Proposal 9,946,594 23,635 6,049 99.70% No. 2 - The Share Increase Proposal 8,447,263 1,521,843 7,172 84.68% No. 3 - Incentive Plan Proposal 8,978,213 958,512 39,553 89.99%

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. The Company issued a press release on March 17, 2026 relating to the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information included herein and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the  Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit 99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated March 17, 2026. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. CONTANGO ORE, INC. Date: March 19, 2026 By: /s/ Mike Clark Chief Financial Officer and Secretary