First Mining Gold Corp. (TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce that it has closed the final tranche of its upsized non-brokered private placement offering of common shares of the Company that qualify as flow-through shares for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). Pursuant to the final tranche, First Mining issued 2,000,000 Flow-Through Shares at a price of $0.30 per Flow-Through Share raising aggregate gross proceeds of $0.6 million.  Together with the funds received by the Company in the first tranche of the Offering, First Mining raised approximately $5.3 million in total gross proceeds across the two tranches of the Offering.

The gross proceeds raised from the sale of the Flow-Through Shares under the Offering will be used by First Mining to fund exploration programs that qualify as “Canadian Exploration Expenses” and “flow-through mining expenditures”, as those terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).

The Flow-Through Shares issued under the Offering will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day from the issuance of the shares, expiring on December 27, 2022 (in the case of the Flow-Through Shares issued under the first tranche of the Offering) and January 3, 2023 (in the case of the Flow-Through Shares issued under the final tranche of the Offering).

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.

About First Mining Gold Corp. 

First Mining is a gold developer advancing a portfolio of gold projects in Canada, with our most advanced project being the Springpole Gold Project in northwestern Ontario, which is one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in Canada, and where we have commenced a Feasibility Study and permitting activities are on-going with a draft Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the project submitted in June 2022.  First Mining also owns the Cameron, Duparquet, Duquesne and Pitt gold projects, all advanced-stage gold projects in Ontario (in the case of Cameron) and Québec. Our portfolio of gold project interests also includes the Pickle Crow gold project (being advanced in partnership with Auteco Minerals Ltd.), the Hope Brook gold project (being advanced in partnership with Big Ridge Gold Corp.), an equity interest in Treasury Metals Inc., and a portfolio of 21 gold royalties.

First Mining was established in 2015 by Mr. Keith Neumeyer, founding President and CEO of First Majestic Silver Corp.