Contango ORE, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2016

Sep 2, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Contango ORE, Inc. (CTGO)
CIK: 0001502377
Period of Report: 2016-08-26

Reporting Person: Gaines Leah S (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-08-26	Common Stock, par value $0.01	A	10000	—	Acquired	45000	Direct
2016-08-27	Common Stock, par value $0.01	M	4372	$10.01	Acquired	49372	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-08-27	Stock Option (right to buy)	$10.01	M	7500	Disposed	2018-09-25	Common Stock (500)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person was granted 10,000 shares of restricted stock on August 26, 2016. The shares of restricted stock vest in three equal annual installments beginning on August 26, 2016.

F2: On August 27, 2016, the reporting person received 4,372 shares of Common Stock upon the net exercise of 7,500 of the reporting person's stock options. The reporting person forfeited 3,128 shares of Common Stock underlying the stock options in payment of the exercise price resulting from the exercise, using the closing stock price on August 26, 2016 of $24.

F3: The stock options fully vested on September 25, 2015.