Integra Targets Hundreds More DeLamar Hires From Second Half of 2027

• Integra Resources' executive team already covers permitting, project development, operations, and processing engineering, with prior roles at Perpetua Resources, SilverCrest Metals, Kinross, and Barrick, as it advances the DeLamar gold-silver project in Idaho.
• President and Chief Executive Officer George Salamis names the mid-level managers and the broader workforce, the group that will start building things, as the main staffing challenge.
• Integra is targeting recruitment in the second half of 2027, the same half-year as its targeted Record of Decision for DeLamar.
• Salamis sizes the need at hundreds more people ultimately and says Integra will compete for labor with mines under construction within 5 hours of DeLamar.
• Florida Canyon produced 29,014 ounces of gold in the first half of 2026 against 2026 guidance of 70,000 to 75,000 ounces, which Integra is maintaining.

Integra Resources Corp. (TSXV: ITR | NYSE American: ITRG) has an executive team in place for DeLamar, its gold-silver project in southwestern Idaho, and the open hiring need lies with the mid-level managers and the broader workforce. Integra is targeting recruitment for that layer in the second half of 2027, the same half-year in which it is targeting a Record of Decision (ROD) for the project.

The Executive Team Covers Permitting, Build & Operations

The roles that carry a mine from permit to build to operation are held by 4 executives covering permitting, project development, operations, and processing engineering.

Dale Kerner, Vice President, Permitting, has more than 25 years of experience and previously worked at Perpetua Resources, where he was instrumental in securing the Stibnite Project's Final ROD. Clifford Lafleur, Chief Operating Officer, also has more than 25 years of experience. He previously worked at SilverCrest Metals and played a key role in the growth that led to Coeur Mining's US$1.7 billion acquisition of that company. Lafleur handles the day-to-day operating improvements at Florida Canyon, the producing mine in Nevada.

Scott Guay, Vice President, Project Development, held senior roles at Kinross overseeing global mining projects and capital project delivery, and he leads the DeLamar development team. Scott Olsen, Vice President, Engineering - Processing & Infrastructure, is a metallurgical engineer with more than 25 years of experience who held senior roles at Barrick and Kinross Bald Mountain Mine.

The Mid-Level Layer Is the Open Need

The executive roles are covered, and the next level down is where the build will need people.

President and Chief Executive Officer of Integra Resources, George Salamis, identified where the staffing need begins:

"The big challenge is going to be the next level down, the sort of mid-level managers and below that are actually going to start building things for us."

Salamis sized the recruitment and tied it to the second half of 2027:

"We will need more when it comes to the actual development of DeLamar, hundreds more ultimately. That's a recruiting piece in the second half of 2027 for us, and we don't make light of that. It's going to be tough."

Perpetua is among several mines being built, and others within 5 hours of DeLamar will be in construction. Integra's recruitment target therefore competes with those projects for the same labor.

DeLamar's Build Window & the Operating Record

The hiring window overlaps the ROD and construction timeline. DeLamar's feasibility study outlines a 10-year mine life averaging 106,000 ounces of gold equivalent a year. Integra is targeting project financing in 2027, a ROD in the second half of 2027, and a construction decision across 2027 and 2028. Recruitment for the build is targeted for the same half-year as the ROD.

At Florida Canyon, production was 29,014 ounces of gold in the first half of 2026 against 2026 guidance of 70,000 to 75,000 ounces, and Integra is maintaining that guidance.

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