First Mining Gold Corp 6-K, filed Apr 2, 2020
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN
PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of
April 2020
Commission File Number: 000-55607
First Mining Gold
Corp.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
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Suite
2070, 1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E
4A2
(Address of principal executive office)
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form
40-F.
Form 20-F [ ]
Form 40-F [ X ]
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is
submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(1): [ ]
SUBMITTED
HEREWITH
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Press Release dated April 2,
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SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly
authorized.
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First Mining Gold
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(Registrant)
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Date: April 2, 2020
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/s/ Samir
Patel
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Samir Patel
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General Counsel and Corporate
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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
First Mining Announces Board Changes and
Appointment of Vice President, Investor Relations
April 2, 2020 – Vancouver, BC – First Mining Gold Corp.
(“First Mining” or the “Company”)
(TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce
the appointment of two new Directors – Mr. Richard Lock and
Ms. Aoife McGrath to its Board of Directors (the
“Board”) effective immediately. In addition, the
Company announces the retirement of Dr. David Shaw and Mr. Michel
Bouchard from its Board. Dr. Shaw has served as Director of the
Company since its inception in March 2015, and Mr. Bouchard joined
as a Director in April 2016 post First Mining’s acquisition
of Clifton Star Resources Inc.
Keith
Neumeyer, Chairman of First Mining, stated “On behalf of
First Mining’s Board of Directors, we are delighted to
welcome Richard and Aoife to the Company. Richard brings corporate
experience and technical expertise gained from developing some of
the largest mining projects in the world. Aoife brings significant
public mining company experience on both the technical and
corporate development fronts from her many years working on a vast
number of global gold assets. Both bring complementary skill sets
to our Board as we advance our portfolio of development-stage gold
assets in Canada. I would also like to thank David and Michel for
their extensive contributions to the Board and the Company over the
last several years. We wish them both great success in all their
future endeavours.”
First
Mining is also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Spiros
Cacos as Vice President, Investor Relations and the transition of
Mal Karwowska to Vice President, Corporate Development. Dan Wilton,
CEO of First Mining, stated “We are excited to welcome Spiros
to the First Mining team and to have Mal focus on First
Mining’s corporate development activities. Spiros brings 20
years of experience and relationships in investor relations to the
role, which will help us broaden our investor base and marketing
reach. We continue to focus on value-enhancing opportunities for
our broader portfolio of gold assets, including finding partners to
fund and advance some of our assets as evidenced by our recent
earn-in transaction with Auteco Minerals on our Pickle Crow Gold
Project. This transition of responsibilities better aligns our
resources with our corporate objectives.”
Board Additions
Richard
Lock is a veteran mining executive with more than 30 years of
experience in project management, development and operations for
major mining companies including Rio Tinto, Western Potash, DeBeers
and Anglo American. Richard is currently serving as the Senior Vice
President and Project Director for the NorthMet mining project in
Minnesota being developed by PolyMet Mining Corp. His most recent
prior roles include Construction Director for KAZ Minerals’
Peschanka open pit copper mine in Russia and executive and project
director roles at Arizona Mining’s Hermosa Zinc Project in
the U.S. (acquired by South32 Limited in 2018 for $2.1 billion). He
has been involved with numerous projects including Yara
International’s Dallol potash project in Ethiopia, Western
Potash’s Milestone potash project in Canada, and several of
Rio Tinto’s projects including the Resolution and Keystone
copper assets in the U.S. and the Diavik diamond mine in
Canada’s Northwest Territories. Mr. Lock holds a Bachelor of
Science in Mining Engineering from Cardiff University in the
U.K.
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Aoife
McGrath is a geologist with more than 20 years of experience in the
international mining sector, predominantly in gold exploration.
Throughout her career she has worked and led teams in Africa, North
America, South America and Europe, with her experience spanning the
full spectrum of company size and stages of exploration. She has
been involved in a number of exploration discoveries including at
the Geita gold mine in Tanzania, at the Chirano Project in Ghana
and at the Mulatos Project in Mexico. She most recently served as
the Head of Exploration and Geology for Beadell Resources Ltd, an
ASX-listed gold producer acquired by Great Panther Mining Limited
in 2019. Immediately before that, Aoife spent more than five years
with Alamos Gold, serving as Vice President, Exploration and prior
to that as Director of Exploration and Corporate Development.
During her tenure she was a member of the corporate team that
assessed global business opportunities, reviewing approximately 50
opportunities annually, both project and corporate. Additional
previous roles include Executive Director of Exploration at Carbine
Resources Ltd and Exploration Manager at the Chirano Mine for Red
Back Mining Inc. She also served on the Board of Directors of the
Peru-based, private exploration company Pucara Resource Corp. Ms.
McGrath holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from University
College Dublin, a Master of Science in Mineral Exploration from the
University of Leicester, and a Master of Science in Engineering
Geology from Imperial College London.
Investor Relations Addition
Spiros
Cacos has 20 years of investor relations experience working with
public mining companies, ranging from early-stage exploration and
development to production. Over the last two years, Mr. Cacos
served as Vice President, Investor Relations for Group Eleven
Resources Corp., a mineral exploration company listed on the TSXV
and OTC, focused on advanced stage zinc exploration in Ireland. His
prior roles include serving as Director of Investor Relations for
Great Panther Mining Limited (formerly Great Panther Silver
Limited), a primary silver mining company listed on the TSX and the
NYSE with two mining operations in Mexico, and serving as Corporate
Development and Communications Director for International Enexco
Limited, a North American exploration and development company. Mr.
Cacos has an M.A. in International Relations and Diplomacy from the
Schiller International University in Paris, France and a B.A. from
Simon Fraser University in Canada.
About First Mining Gold Corp.
First
Mining Gold Corp. is a Canadian-focused gold exploration and
development company advancing a large resource base of 7.4 million
ounces of gold in the Measured and Indicated categories and 3.8
million ounces of gold in the Inferred category. First
Mining’s primary focus is the development and permitting of
its Springpole Gold Project and the advanced exploration of its
Goldlund Gold Project, both located in northwestern Ontario.
Springpole is one of the largest undeveloped gold assets in Canada,
with permitting and a Pre-Feasibility Study underway. Goldlund is
an advanced exploration stage asset where drilling in 2020 is
planned to define both the extension of the existing resource area
and to better define the regional scale potential. First
Mining’s eastern Canadian property portfolio also includes
Cameron, Pickle Crow, Hope Brook, Duparquet, Duquesne, and
Pitt.
First
Mining was created 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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For further information, please contact:
Spiros
Cacos | Vice
President, Investor Relations
Toll
Free: 1.844.306.8827 | Email:
info@firstmininggold.com
www.firstmininggold.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes certain "forward-looking
information” and "forward-looking statements”
(collectively "forward-looking statements”) within the
meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities
legislation including the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
made as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking
statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such
as "expects”, "anticipates”, "believes”,
“plans”, “projects”, "intends”,
"estimates”, “envisages”, "potential”,
"possible”, “strategy”, “goals”,
“objectives”, or variations thereof or stating that
certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might"
or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of
these terms and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to future
events or future performance and reflect current estimates,
predictions, expectations or beliefs regarding future events and
include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: (i)
the Company’s focus on advancing its assets towards
production; and (ii) realizing the value of the Company’s
gold projects for the Company’s shareholders. All
forward-looking statements are based on First Mining's or its
consultants' current beliefs as well as various assumptions made by
them and information currently available to them. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect
the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements
are made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates
that, while considered reasonable by the respective parties, are
inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive,
political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors,
both known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from the results,
performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements and the parties have made
assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these
factors. Such factors include, without limitation: failure to
obtain regulatory approval; demand for the Units and FT Units;
fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold, silver, base
metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in the currency
markets (such as the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar);
changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation,
controls, regulations and political or economic developments; risks
and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration,
development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial
accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins
and flooding); the presence of laws and regulations that may impose
restrictions on mining; employee relations; relationships with and
claims by local communities, indigenous populations and other
stakeholders; availability and increasing costs associated with
mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral
exploration and development; title to properties.; and the
additional risks described in the Company’s Annual
Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with
the Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the
Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on
EDGAR.
First Mining cautions that the foregoing list of factors that may
affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on our
forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to First
Mining, investors and others should carefully consider the
foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events.
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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Cautionary Note to United States Investors
This news release has been prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada, which
differ from the requirements of U.S. securities laws. Unless
otherwise indicated, all resource and reserve estimates included in
this news release have been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101
and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum
2014 Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral
Reserves. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities
Administrators which establishes standards for all public
disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information
concerning mineral projects. Canadian standards, including NI
43-101, differ significantly from the requirements of the SEC, and
mineral resource and reserve information contained herein may not
be comparable to similar information disclosed by U.S. companies.
In particular, and without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the term "resource” does not equate to the term
"reserves”. Under U.S. standards, mineralization may not be
classified as a "reserve” unless the determination has been
made that the mineralization could be economically and legally
produced or extracted at the time the reserve determination is
made. The SEC's disclosure standards normally do not permit the
inclusion of information concerning "measured mineral
resources”, "indicated mineral resources” or "inferred
mineral resources” or other descriptions of the amount of
mineralization in mineral deposits that do not constitute
"reserves” by U.S. standards in documents filed with the SEC.
Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of
mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into
reserves. U.S. investors should also understand that "inferred
mineral resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to
their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and
legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an
"inferred mineral resource” will ever be upgraded to a higher
category. Under Canadian rules, estimated "inferred mineral
resources” may not form the basis of feasibility or
pre-feasibility studies except in rare cases. Investors are
cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an "inferred
mineral resource” exists or is economically or legally
mineable. Disclosure of "contained ounces” in a resource is
permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC
normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does
not constitute "reserves” by SEC standards as in-place
tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures. The
requirements of NI 43-101 for identification of "reserves”
are also not the same as those of the SEC, and reserves reported by
the Company in compliance with NI 43-101 may not qualify as
"reserves” under SEC standards. Accordingly, information
concerning mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable
with information made public by companies that report in accordance
with U.S. standards.
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