First Mining Closes Upsized $8.5 Million Private Placement Financing
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First Mining Closes Upsized $8.5 Million Private Placement Financing
March 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 has closed its previously announced
non-brokered private placement financing (the “Offering”), raising total gross proceeds of $8.5 million
across three tranches of the Offering.
Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining, stated “We are delighted to have strong participation from our existing
shareholders in this financing. Their support , along with additional investment by management and
insiders, has allowed us to upsize this financing and continue to move Springpole through the permitting
and Pre-Feasibility Study process.”
Pursuant to the third and final tranche of the Offering , the Company issued 4,091,500 units of the
Company (the “Units”) at a price of $ 0.22 per Unit for gross proceeds of $ 900,130. Each Unit consists 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 enti tle the holder to
acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.33 at any time prior to March 6, 2023. The
Company raised $2.5 million under the first tranche of the Offering, and $5.1 million under the second
tranche of the Offering (see news releases dated February 14, 2020 and February 28, 2020).
The net proceeds raised from the sale of the Units 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 Unit Shares issued in the third tranche of the Offering are subject to a statutory hold period of f our
months and one day from closing, expiring on July 7, 2020.
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 offe red 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.
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 is
ongoing to define both the extension of the existing resource area and to better define the regional scale
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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
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 Pri vate 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 achi eved, 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 use of the net proceeds from the sale of the Unit Shares issued under the Offering for
development and permitting activities at the Company’s Canadian gold projects, and for general working capital
purposes; (ii) the Company’s focus on advancing its as sets towards production; and (i 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 respectiv e 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 envir onmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or
unexpected formations, pressures, cave- ins and flooding); the presence of laws and regulations that may impose
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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, 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” do es 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 res ource” 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 par t 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. st andards.