VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 12, 2021 /CNW/ - First Mining Gold
Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX: FF) (OTCQX:
FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce the appointment of
James Maxwell as Vice President,
Exploration effective October 25,
2021.
James is a professional geoscientist with over 20 years of
industry experience with a focus on exploration and development of
orogenic gold discoveries, and has been part of discovery teams
responsible for five major gold discoveries in Nunavut and Red
Lake, Ontario. James was previously with Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. as Director of
Exploration where he helped establish a 6.0 million-ounce gold
resource base from discovery to the feasibility study level.
Prior to working in Nunavut,
James established an early career in the Birch-Uchi and Red Lake
Greenstone belts where his team earned a Northwestern Ontario
Prospectors Association Discovery of the Year Award for the
Rahill-Bonanza discovery. He is a long-standing member of the
PDAC Health & Safety Committee and was a recent speaker for the
2019 Newgen Gold Conference held in Perth, Australia. James holds a Bachelor
of Science from the University of
Manitoba with a focus on geological sciences and is
registered with the Professional Geoscientists Ontario ("PGO") and
the Northwest Territories and
Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
("NAPEG").
"We are very pleased to have James joining the First Mining
team," stated Dan Wilton, CEO of
First Mining. "His strong background in Red Lake geology, his experience at Sabina in
adding value to existing deposits through regional exploration, and
his passion for discovery make him an ideal candidate to lead First
Mining's efforts to surface the significant geologic potential of
our portfolio of Canadian gold projects. First Mining
controls the largest land package in the underexplored Birch-Uchi
greenstone belt and we look forward to having James lead our
efforts to prove that the current gold resource base at Springpole
is the starting point, not the end, of gold discovery in the
district."
About First Mining Gold Corp.
First Mining is a Canadian gold developer focused on the
development and permitting of the Springpole Gold Project in
northwestern Ontario. Springpole is one of the largest
undeveloped gold projects in Canada. The results of a positive
Pre-Feasibility Study for the Springpole Gold Project were
announced by First Mining in January
2021, and permitting activities are on-going with submission
of an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the
project targeted for 2022. The Company also holds a large
equity position in Treasury Metals Inc. who are advancing the
Goliath Gold Complex toward construction. First Mining's
portfolio of gold projects in eastern Canada also includes the Pickle Crow (being
advanced in partnership with Auteco Minerals Ltd.), Hope Brook (being advanced in partnership with
Big Ridge Gold Corp.), Cameron, Duparquet, Duquesne, and Pitt gold projects.
First Mining was established in 2015 by Mr. Keith Neumeyer, founding President and CEO of
First Majestic Silver Corp.
ON BEHALF OF FIRST MINING GOLD CORP.
Daniel W. Wilton
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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speculative nature of mineral exploration and development; title to
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First Mining does not undertake to update any forward-looking
statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to
time by the Company or on our behalf, except as required by
law.
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