 First Mining Gold Corp said it has acquired, from two individuals, 286,904 common shares of privately-held Beattie Gold Mines Ltd, which owns the mineral rights to mining claims of the former Beattie mining concession that form a large part of the Duparquet gold project in Québec. The company said it now owns 474,743 shares of Beattie Gold Mines, increasing its ownership to 25.3 from 10.0. 