 VANCOUVER, BC, April 6, 2021 PRNewswire - First Mining Gold Corp. First Mining or the Company TSX: FF OTCQX: FFMGF FRANKFURT: FMG is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement the Agreement with Big Ridge Gold Corp. Big Ridge TSX-V:BRAU whereby Big Ridge may earn up to an 80 interest in First Minings Hope Brook Gold Project Hope Brook or the Project located in Newfoundland, Canada the Transaction. Pursuant to the definitive earn-in agreement, Big Ridge can earn an 80 interest in the Project through a two-stage earn-in over five years by incurring a total of 20 million in qualifying expenditures, issuing up to 36.5 million shares of Big Ridge to First Mining and making a cash payment to First Mining. 