Mr. Daniel Wilton reports

FIRST MINING CLOSES SALE OF 20% PROJECT INTEREST IN HOPE BROOK GOLD PROJECT

First Mining Gold Corp. has closed its previously announced sale of its 20-per-cent project interest in the Hope Brook gold project in Newfoundland with Big Ridge Gold Corp. for total consideration comprising $3-million in cash and seven million common shares of Big Ridge.

About First Mining Gold Corp.

First Mining is a gold developer advancing two of the largest gold projects in Canada, the Springpole gold project in Northwestern Ontario, where the company has commenced a feasibility study and permitting activities are continuing with a final environmental impact statement/environmental assessment for the project submitted in November, 2024, and the Duparquet gold project in Quebec, a preliminary-economic-assessment-stage development project located on the Destor-Porcupine fault zone in the prolific Abitibi region. First Mining also owns the Cameron gold project in Ontario and a portfolio of gold project interests including the Pickle Crow gold project (being advanced in partnership with Firefly Metals Ltd.) and the Hope Brook gold project (being advanced in partnership with Big Ridge Gold).

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