First Class Metals - Result of AGM
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First Class Metals PLC
03 June 2026
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FIRST CLASS METALS PLC
03 JUNE 2026
Result of the Annual General Meeting
First Class Metals PLC (LSE: FCM) ("FCM" or the "Company"), the Ontario focused gold exploration company, is pleased to
announce that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed. The results of the poll were
as follows:
Resolution For For % Against Against % Withheld
1 96,179,197 99.43% 550,000 0.57% 0
2 96,179,197 99.43% 550,000 0.57% 0
3 96,179,197 99.43% 550,000 0.57% 0
4 95,638,674 98.87% 1,090,523 1.13% 0
5 95,139,057 98.36% 1,590,140 1.64% 0
6 95,592,393 98.82% 1,136,804 1.18% 0
7 95,592,393 98.82% 1,136,804 1.18% 0
8 95,112,764 98.82% 1,136,804 1.18% 479,629
9 93,951,796 97.63% 2,277,401 2.37% 500,000
10 92,856,322 96.49% 3,372,875 3.51% 500,000
A total of 366,598,121 shares were eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed have been submitted to the Financial Conduct
Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
athttps://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will
also be available on the First Class Metals Plc website:www.firstclassmetalsplc.com.
For Further Information:
Engage with us by asking questions, watching video summaries, and seeing what other shareholders have to say. Navigate to
our Interactive Investor hub here:
https://firstclassmetalsplc.com/link/PbqQnr
For further information, please contact:
James Knowles, Executive Chair
Email: JamesK@Firstclassmetalsplc.com
Tel: 07488 362641
Marc J Sale, CEO
Email: MarcS@Firstclassmetalsplc.com
Tel: 07711 093532
AlbR Capital Limited
David Coffman / Dan Harris
Website: www.albrcapital.com
Tel: (0)20 7469 0930
Axis Capital Markets (Broker)
Richard Hutchinson
Website: Axcap247.com
Tel: (0)203 026 0449
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 owned by Hemlo Mining Corp., (>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 northwest 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
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performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
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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
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