CefSharp Core Runtime dll incorrect format

Question

I am getting System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'CefSharp.Core.Runtime, Version=89.0.170.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=40c4b6fc221f4138'. The system cannot find the file specified.' the file is there and in the bin directory along with the other DLLs.

Project set up:

Console app targeting netcore 3.1 consumes a class library targeting netstandard 2.0 which loads in a driver built using netcore app 3.1 which has CefSharp.Offscreen 89.0.170

When stepping through the debugger I am seeing that I cannot load the CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll which CefSharp.Core depends on. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (0x8007000B).

The dlls are taken from the x64 folder of the cef nuget package and reflect that in the csproj.

C:\Users\{user}\.nuget\packages\cefsharp.common.netcore\89.0.170\runtimes\win-x64\lib\netcoreapp3.1

I am at a loss as to what is causing this, has anyone got any suggestions on where to look and what could be the cause?

EDIT 1 -- code to clarify

private static System.Reflection.Assembly Resolver(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
{
    if (!args.Name.StartsWith("CefSharp.Core.Runtime")) return null;
    string assemblyName = args.Name.Split(new[] {','}, 2)[0] + ".dll";
    string archSpecificPath = $"E:\\myProject\\bin\\Debug\\netcoreapp3.1\\{assemblyName}";

    // this returns true
    var exists = File.Exists(archSpecificPath);
    try
    {
        return System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFile(archSpecificPath);
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        // e's value: "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (0x8007000B)"
        return null;
    }

EDIT 2 - contents of bin and where they're from

packages\cefsharp.common.netcore\89.0.170\runtimes\win-x64\lib\netcoreapp3.1

CefSharp.Core.dll

CefSharp.dll

CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll

packages\cefsharp.offscreen.netcore\89.0.170\lib\netcoreapp3.1

CefSharp.OffScreen.dll

EDIT 3 - updated bin