REG - First Class Metals - West Pickle Lake (Pezim II)Joint Venture Confirmed

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FIRST CLASS METALS PLC

22(nd) August 2023

West Pickle Lake (Pezim II) Joint Venture Confirmed

First Class Metals PLC ("First Class Metals" "FCM" or the
"Company") the UK metals exploration company seeking economic metal
discoveries across its extensive Canadian Schreiber-Hemlo, Sunbeam and Zigzag
land holdings is pleased to announce that Palladium One Inc. (TSXV: PDM)
("Palladium One") has completed the requirements of the earn in rights to gain
an 80% interest in the West Pickle Lake Project ("West Pickle Lake Project" or
the "Project"). A joint venture will now be instituted with Palladium One
continuing to be the operator.

Highlights

·      Earn-in rights now completed by Palladium One which will now lead
to the formal creation of a Joint Venture Agreement ("JV").

·      The West Pickle Lake Project returned very high levels of
nickel/copper sulphide drill intercepts during the 2022/23 Palladium One
operated drilling campaign, including:10.4% Nickel, 3.4% Copper over 2.3m
(TK-22-070) & 10.3% Nickel, 2.9% Copper over 1.8m (TK-22-073)

 

Figure 1. The West pickle Lake Project area (formerly knowns as Pezim II), and
described by Palladium One as the 'West Pickle Zone' discovery (outlined in
yellow), includes the high-grade nickel-copper sulphide within the wider
Palladium One 'Tyko' project area extending to the east.

Marc Sale CEO Commented:

"The obvious merit of the exploration potential of the Pezim II block and
environs has been validated by Palladium One exercising their right to enact
the JV. With a robust field programme in progress, we share their enthusiasm
for the newly identified extensive anomalous nickel-copper zone. Furthermore,
FCM is actively exploring the contiguous 100% owned areas for similar
potential and this will include the OnGold area to the north."

 

Background

In July 2021, an 'earn-in' agreement with Palladium One was secured over
the West Pickle Lake Project (comprising 33 single cell mining claims).
Palladium One had the option to earn-in up to an 80% interest in the Project
subject to a three-year work program commitment. The JV sits on the eastern
flank of FCM's Flagship North Hemlo Project. See Figure 2

 

Figure 2. The original claim blocks that formed the 'North Hemlo Property'.
Note Pezim II (33 claims) is now the renamed 'West Pickle Lake Project'
constituting the Palladium One JV/earn in property.

 

Palladium One had the option to earn up to an 80% undivided interest in the
Project over a 3-year earn-in period by incurring aggregate C$325,000 as
exploration expenses. This earn-in agreement has now been completed and a
Joint Venture agreement with Palladium One remaining the operator will now be
instituted.

Palladium One has embarked on an ambitious work programme this season and we
wish them continued success. The initial results which they posted today are
very encouraging:

"Palladium One is pleased to announce it has discovered several highly
anomalous nickel, copper, and cobalt soil anomalies potentially linking the
West Pickle and RJ Zones, which are 2.5 kilometres apart."

An important aspect of the viability of WPL and the area in general is
confirmation of strike extent: volume.

 

Figure 3. Hemlo area FCM property map showing the West Pickle Lake Project
(formerly known as Pezim II), now Palladium One JV area in the eastern portion
of the 100% owned FCM North Hemlo Property. Also note the OnGold property to
the north, now under an Earn-In agreement.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

First Class Metals PLC

 James Knowles, Executive Chairman  JamesK@Firstclassmetalsplc.com (mailto:JamesK@Firstclassmetalsplc.com)  07488 362641
 Marc J Sale, CEO                   MarcS@Firstclassmetalsplc.com (mailto:MarcS@Firstclassmetalsplc.com)    07711 093532
 Ayub Bodi, Executive Director      AyubB@Firstclassmetalsplc.com (mailto:AyubB@Firstclassmetalsplc.com)    07860 598086

 

First Equity Limited

(Financial Adviser & Broker)

 Jonathan Brown     0207 3742212
 Jason Robertson    0207 3742212

 

First Class Metals PLC - Background

First Class Metals is focussed on exploration in Ontario, Canada which is
considered a top global destination for exploration with a robust and thriving
junior mineral exploration sector. Specifically, the Hemlo 'camp' is a proven
world class address for gold /VMS exploration. This geological terrane has
significant production, both base / precious metals and a prolific number of
exploration projects and numerous prospector's 'showings'.

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