SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):   August 25, 2016

 
CONTANGO ORE, INC   
 
  (Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
 

 
   Delaware    000-54136    27-3431051  
 
  
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
 
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 

         
 
3700 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 925
     
 
                Houston, Texas                
  77098   
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (713) 877-1311
 
 
Not Applicable
 
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 

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Item 2.02.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
 
          Contango ORE, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release on August 25, 2016 that reported on the Company’s annual financial results for the year ended June 30, 2016.   A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
 
          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
 
 
99.1
Press Release dated August 25, 2016
 
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SIGNATURE
 
 
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.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Leah Gaines  
  Name: Leah Gaines  
  Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
       
 
 
Dated:
August 25, 2016
   
 

 
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Exhibit Index
 
 
 
Exhibit

99.1      Press Release, dated August 25, 2016
 

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