First Mining Receives Final EIS Guidelines FOR Springpole GOLD Project
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FIRST MINING RECEIVES FINAL EIS GUIDELINES FOR SPRINGPOLE GOLD PROJECT
June 26, 2018
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA – First Mining Gold Corp. (“First Mining” or the “Company”)
is pleased to announce the issuance of the final Environmental Impact Statement ( “EIS”)
Guidelines from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (“CEAA” or the “Agency”) for
the Company’s Springpole Gold Project in northwestern Ontario.
The EIS Guidelines are posted on CEAA’s project registry and can be accessed at
http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/80149?culture=en-CA or on the Company’s
website at https://www.firstmininggold.com/projects/springpole-project/. The final EIS Guidelines
outline federal information requirements for the preparation of the EIS and were prepared taking
into consideration comments received from federal departments, the Ontario provincial ministry,
Indigenous groups and the general public.
The Company can now proceed with preparation of the EIS and can begin consultation efforts to
support the Environmental Assessment ( “EA”) process, and meet the requirements of our EIS
Guidelines. The Company has already undertaken a broad range of environment al baseline
studies at Springpole to collect the necessary biophysical data to support the EA and prepare the
EIS. These studies include additional and continuing fish community and habitat surveys,
Species at Risk surveys, atmospheric environment surveys as well as surface, ground water and
hydrology surveys. These studies are in addition to the robust baseline data that has been
collected at the site since 2011.
Jeff Swinoga, President and CEO of First Mining stated, “With the EIS Guidelines now in hand,
we look forward to embarking on a series of consultation meetings with the local communities
around our Springpole Gold Project. Through these consultations we hope to gather valuable
feedback and implement the informat ion we collect into developing the Environmental Impact
Statement. Springpole is one of the largest , undeveloped gold projects in Canada and we
believe that by applying sound environmental practices and considerate development, we can
bring significant socio-economic benefits to the surrounding communities.”
ABOUT FIRST MINING GOLD CORP.
First Mining Gold Corp. is an emerging development company with a diversified portfolio of gold
projects in North America. Having assembled a large resource base of 7 million ounces of
gold in the Measured and Indicated categories and 5 million ounces of gold in the Inferred
category in mining friendly jurisdictions of eastern Canada, First Mining is now focused on
advancing its assets towards production. The Company currently holds a portfolio of 25 mineral
assets in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
For further information, please contact Jeff Swinoga, President and CEO, at 416 -816-0424, or
Derek Iwanaka, Vice President of Investor Relations, at 604 -639-8824, or visit our website at
www.firstmininggold.com.
ON BEHALF OF FIRST MINING GOLD CORP.
“Keith Neumeyer”
Keith Neumeyer
Chairman
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
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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 the Company’s focus on advancing its assets towards production. 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; fluctuations in the spot and forward price of
gold, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in th e 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 minera l 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 relatio ns; 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, 2017 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, and
should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news
release. 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.
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
National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("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, i ncluding NI 43 -101, differ significantly from the
requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("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”, "indicat ed
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 the ir 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 discl osure 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.