First Mining Announces $5.0 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement Financing
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First Mining Announces $5.0 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement Financing
February 6, 2020 – Vancouver, BC – First Mining Gold Corp. (“First Mining” or the “Company”) (TSX: FF)
(OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce that it intends to complete an equity
financing by way of a non-brokered private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $ 5,000,000
(the “Offering”). Certain insiders of the Company, including Keith Neumeyer, the Chairman of the Board,
and Dan Wilton, First Mining’s CEO, will be participating in the Offering.
The Offering will consist of up to 11,363,637 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of $ 0.22 per
Unit (the “Unit Offering Price”) for gross proceeds of up to $2,500,000, and up to 10,000,000 flow-through
units of the Company (the “FT Units”) at a price of $ 0.25 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of up to
$2,500,000.
Each Unit will consist of one common share of the Company (a “Unit Share”) and one-half of one common
share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will
entitle the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $ 0.33 at any time prior to
the date which is three years following the closing date of the Offering.
Each FT Unit will consist of one flow -through common share of the Company that qualifies as a “flow -
through share” for the purposes of the In come Tax Act (Canada) (a “FT Unit Share”) and one-half of one
Warrant on the same terms as the Warrants forming part of the Units.
The net proceeds from the sale of the Units issued under the Offering will be used by the Company for
development and permitting activities at its Canadian gold projects, as well as for general working capital
purposes. The gross proceeds raised from the sale of the FT Units under the Offering will be used by the
Company to fund exploration programs that qualify as “Canadian De velopment Expenses” (“C DE”) as
defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) on the Company’s Springpole Gold Project in Ontario, and
renounced to subscribers effective December 31, 2020.
It is expected that the offering of FT Units will close on or about February 14, 2020, and the remainder of
the Offering will close on or about February 28, 2020 (the “Closing Date”). The Offering is subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions, including receipt of all applicable regulatory approvals including the
acceptance of the Offering by the Toronto Stock Exchange. All securities to be issued under the Offering
will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day from the Closing Date.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities
in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Act of
1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold
within the United States or to U.S. Persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption
from such registration is available.
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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 7.4 million ounces of gold in the Measured
and Indicated cat egories and 3.8 million ounces of gold in the Inferred category in mining friendly
jurisdictions of eastern Canada, First Mining is now focused on advancing its material assets towards a
construction decision and, ultimately, to production. The Company cur rently holds a portfolio of 24
mineral assets in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
ON BEHALF OF FIRST MINING GOLD CORP.
Daniel W. Wilton
Chief Executive Officer and Director
For further information, please contact:
Mal Karwowska | Vice President, Corporate Development & Investor Relations
Direct: 604.639.8824 | Toll Free: 1.844.306.8827 | Email: [email protected]
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”, "beli eves”, “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 completion of the Offering and the timing thereof; (ii) the use of the net proceeds from the
Offering; (iii) the use of the gross proceeds from the sale of the FT Units issued under the Offering to fund exploration
programs at the Company’s Springpole Gold Project that qualify as C DE; (iv) the Company’s focus on advancing its
assets towards production; and (v) 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 unk nown, 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
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the U.S. dollar); changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or
economic developments; risks and hazards assoc iated 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 restric tions 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 exploratio n and
development; title to properties.; and the additional risks described in the Company’s Annual Information Form for
the year ended December 31, 2018 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.
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 l egal 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.