First Mining Gold Corp. announces that the Springpole Gold Project has received its Federal Environmental Assessment ("EA") approval. The Honourable Julie Aviva Dabrusin, Federal Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, announced, on behalf of Canada, that the Company's Springpole Project may proceed. The Springpole Project is one of Canada's largest undeveloped gold resources and located approximately 110 kilometres northeast of Red Lake, Ontario.
"This is a monumental day for First Mining, the local Indigenous communities and municipalities who are positioned to benefit economically and socially from the Project, First Mining shareholders and all of Northwestern Ontario," stated Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining. "The Springpole Project approval by the federal government validates that this Project will be the biggest economic driver of Northwest Ontario in a generation, providing significant economic opportunity to the surrounding communities. The Project will generate billions of dollars in government revenue, deliver hundreds of jobs and careers in the local region, provide significant contracting opportunities for regional and Indigenous businesses, support regional infrastructure and services, and add billions of dollars to the gross domestic product at a critical time for the Ontario and Canadian economy. We would like to thank the Indigenous communities we work with, local municipalities and other stakeholders, our in-house team and external advisors for their significant contributions to the Environmental Assessment process."
The Decision Statement follows a thorough federal environmental assessment process carried out since 2018, with input from Indigenous communities, the public, federal government departments, and agencies including Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and Transport Canada.
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, a PFS-stage project where the federal Environmental Assessment for the Springpole Project was approved in June 2026, and the Duparquet Gold Project in Quebec, a PEA-stage development project located on the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone in the prolific Abitibi region.
