First Class Metals Attendance Resourcing Tomorrow

First Class Metals PLC

01 December 2025

 

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First Class Metals PLC

First Class Metals Attendance at Resourcing Tomorrow 2025

1 December 2025

First Class Metals PLC ("First Class Metals", "FCM" or the "Company"), the UK-listed exploration company advancing high-grade, district-scale gold opportunities in Ontario,  Canada, as well as critical metals, is pleased to announce its attendance at Resourcing Tomorrow, taking place from 2-4 December 2025 in London.

Chief Executive Officer, Marc Sale, Executive Chairman, James Knowles, and Company Secretary, Siddharth Muricken,  will be on-site throughout the event at the Business Design Centre, engaging with investors, industry leaders, and potential strategic partners.

Opportunity to Experience FCM's Ontario Portfolio First-Hand

First Class Metals will be exhibiting at stand C30, where attendees will be able to explore and discuss the Company's technical progress, strategic development plans and exploration catalysts for 2026.

Core from Three High-Impact Projects on Display

In a major highlight for the event, FCM will be showcasing drill core and geological samples from three projects. For those unable to attend, high-resolution photographs of the core samples are included below, ensuring full visibility for all shareholders.

·    North Hemlo (Gold) - A large, well-positioned gold-prospective land package where drilling is currently under way, supported by multiple identified targets and ongoing geological interpretation.

Figure 1 - North Hemlo

·    Sunbeam Gold Project (Gold) - A historically producing district scale gold property hosting documented high-grade vein occurrences, with recent work highlighting areas that remain under-explored.

Figure 2 - Sunbeam

·    Zigzag (Lithium & Critical Metals) Project - A lithium-bearing project where drilling completed in 2023 returned high-grade Li₂O intercepts, alongside additional critical-metal indicators that continue to be evaluated.

Figure 3 - Zigzag

These physical displays provide investors and stakeholders with a rare opportunity to examine the mineralisation style, geological setting, and technical quality driving FCM's exploration confidence.

James Knowles Executive Chairman commented:

"Our team is genuinely looking forward to connecting with the wider industry at Resourcing Tomorrow. It's an ideal moment to present the advances across our projects and to give attendees a first-hand look at core from North Hemlo, Sunbeam and Zigzag."

An Ideal Moment to Engage with First Class Metals

The Company continues to build momentum across its Ontario portfolio, and management welcomes the opportunity to meet shareholders, analysts and potential collaborators during the conference.

To arrange a meeting, please contact [e-mail]

For further information, please contact:

James Knowles, Executive Chair
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]

Marc J Sale, CEO, Executive Director
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]

AlbR Capital Limited (Financial Adviser)
David Coffman
Website: www.albrcapital.com
Tel: [phone]

Axis Capital Markets (Broker)
Lewis Jones
Website: Axcap247.com
Tel: [phone]

First Class Metals PLC - Background

First Class Metals listed on the LSE in July 2022 and is focused on metals exploration in Ontario, Canada which has a robust and thriving junior mineral exploration sector. In particular, the Hemlo 'camp' near Marathon, Ontario is a proven world class address for gold exploration, featuring the Hemlo gold deposit previously operated by Barrick Mining (>23M oz gold produced), with the past producing Geco and Winston Lake base metal deposits also situated in the region.

FCM currently holds 100% ownership of seven claim blocks covering over 250km² in north west Ontario. A further three blocks are under option and cover an additional 30km².FCM is focussed on exploring for gold, but has base metals and critical metals mineralisation. FCM is maintaining  a joint venture with GT Resources on the West Pickle Lake Property a drill-proven ultra-high-grade Ni-Cu project.

The flagship properties, North Hemlo and Sunbeam, are gold focussed. North Hemlo has a significant discovery  in the Dead Otter trend  which is a discontinuous 3.5km gold anomalous trend with a 19.6g/t Au peak grab sample. This sampling being the highest known assay from a grab sample ever recorded on the North Limb of Hemlo.

In October 2022 FCM completed the option to purchase the historical high-grade past-producing Sunbeam gold mine near Atikokan, Ontario, ~15 km southeast of Agnico Eagle's Hammond Reef gold deposit (3.3 Moz of open pit probable gold reserves).

FCM acquired the Zigzag Project near Armstrong, Ontario in March 2023. The property features Li-Ta-bearing pegmatites in the same belt as Green Technology Metals' Seymour Lake Project, which contains a Mineral Resource estimate of 9.9 Mt @ 1.04% Li2O. Zigzag was successfully drilled prior to Christmas 2023 and results have now been released.

The Kerrs Gold property, acquired under option by First Class Metals in April 2024, is located in northeastern Ontario within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the world's most prolific gold-producing regions. The project holds a historical inferred resource of approximately 386,000 ounces of gold, underscoring its potential as a meaningful addition to FCM's expanding gold portfolio. Kerrs Gold complements the Company's exploration strategy and provides exposure to a well-established mining district. FCM is currently reviewing plans to advance the project and further unlock its value.

The significant potential of the properties for precious, base and battery metals relates to 'nearology', since all properties lie in the same districts as known deposits (Hemlo, Hammond Reef, Seymour Lake), and either contain known showings, geochemical or geophysical anomalies, or favourable structures along strike from known showings (e.g. the Esa project, with an inferred Hemlo-style shear along strike from known gold occurrences).

For further information see the Company's presentation on the web site:

www.firstclassmetalsplc.com

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this announcement may contain forward-looking statements which are based on the Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as 'aim', 'anticipate', 'target', 'expect', 'estimate', 'intend', 'plan', 'goal', 'believe', or other words of similar meaning. These statements are not guarantees of statements. Given these risks future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of such statements and, except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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