Fireweed Announces Appointment and Resignation of Directors
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NEWS RELEASE
April 16, 2020 TSXV: FWZ
Fireweed Announces Appointment and Resignation of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia : FIREWEED ZINC LTD. (“Fireweed” or th e “Company ”) (TSXV:
FWZ) announces the appointment of Mr. Peter Hemstead , CPA, CMA to the Board of Directors and
accepts the resignation of Mr. Richard Hajdukiewicz from the Board.
Mr. Hemstead has over 20 years of finance experience and has a proven track record of providing strong
financial leadership . He has extensive experience in financial management, corporate finance, project
finance, treasury, commercial banking, marketing/sales, financial risk management, insurance, and tax
planning. Mr. Hemstead is a Chartered Professional Accountant with an Honours Economics degree from
the University of Western Ontario. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Bluestone Resources
Inc. where he is a key executive in financing and moving the Cerro Blanco gold project t oward
production. He is also a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Fiore Gold Ltd., a growth oriented
gold producer and explorer with the producing Pan Mine a s well as a suite of exploration projects in
Nevada. He previously held a senior financial executive role for 10 years with Capstone Mining Corp.,
leading the financial team through the successful expansion from a development stage mining company to
an intermediate producer. His expertise and experience will be a great benefit to Fire weed as the
Company advances its Macmillan Pass Project toward production.
The Company also announces the resignation of Mr. Richard Hajdukiewicz from the Board of Directors.
The Company would like to thank Mr. Hajdukiewicz, a founder of the Company, for his service and
advice, and wishes him success in his future endeavours.
About Fireweed Zinc Ltd. (TSXV : FWZ): Fireweed Zinc is a public mineral exploration company
focused on zinc and managed by a veteran team of mining industry professionals. The Company is
advancing its district-scale 544 km2 Macmillan Pass Project in Yukon, Canada, which is host to the 100%
owned Tom and Jason zinc -lead-silver deposits with current large Mineral Resources and a PEA
economic study (see Fireweed news releases dated January 10, 2018, and May 23, 2018, respectively, and
reports filed on www.sedar.com for details) as well as the Boundary Zone, Tom North Zone and End
Zone which have significant zinc-lead -silver mineralization drilled but not yet classified as mineral
resources. The project also includes option agreements on large blocks of adjacent claims ( MAC, MC,
MP, Jerry, BR and NS) which cover exploration targets in the district where previous and recent work
identified zinc, lead and silver prospects, and geophysical and geochemical anomalies in prospective host
geology.
Additional information about Fireweed Zinc and its Macmillan Pass Zinc Project including maps and drill
sections can be found on the Company’s website at www.FireweedZinc.com and at www.sedar.com.
ON BEHALF OF FIREWEED ZINC LTD.
“Brandon Macdonald”
CEO & Director
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