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AME Announces 2023 Award Recipients

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 30, 2023 /CNW/ - The Association for Mineral Exploration ("AME") is pleased to announce its 2023 Celebration of Excellence Award recipients.

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  • VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 30, 2023 /CNW/ - The Association for Mineral Exploration ("AME") is pleased to announce its 2023 Celebration of Excellence Award recipients.
  • This year's award recipients are as follows:
    Jack Milton and the Fireweed Metals Team are the recipients of the 2023 AME H.H.
  • Lynda Smithard of McCue Engineering Contractors is the 2023 AME Robert R. Hedley Award recipient for Excellence in Social and Environmental Responsibility, sponsored by ERM .
  • For more information about the award recipients, download the AME 2023 Award Citations .

Fireweed Metals Announces Mineral Resources for the Mactung Project: the Largest High-Grade Tungsten Deposit in the World*

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Mineral resource classification for WO3 was based primarily on an analysis of viability and risk, drillhole spacing and on continuity of mineralization.

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  • Mineral resource classification for WO3 was based primarily on an analysis of viability and risk, drillhole spacing and on continuity of mineralization.
  • Inferred and Indicated resources were defined as using increasing thresholds of continuity, confidence, and data density.
  • Mactung is a tungsten skarn deposit located on the eastern margin of the Selwyn basin in the Canadian Cordillera’s Tombstone-Tungsten Belt (“TTB”).
  • The Mactung deposit is associated with Tungsten Suite intrusions that intruded late Precambrian to Palaeozoic age, variably metamorphosed clastic and interbedded carbonate rocks of the Selwyn Basin.

Fireweed Starts Largest Ever Drill Program at Macmillan Pass Focused on Expansion of All Mineralized Zones

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

2023 will be Fireweed’s largest ever drill program with goals to expand all known mineralized zones at Macmillan Pass.

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  • 2023 will be Fireweed’s largest ever drill program with goals to expand all known mineralized zones at Macmillan Pass.
  • Macmillan Pass Camp expansion is progressing on schedule to add 48-persons to its capacity.
  • Commencement of year-round environmental studies to inform future assessment processes to advance Macmillan Pass towards production.
  • We are on track to complete the largest ever drill program Fireweed has carried out at Macmillan Pass.

Fireweed Announces Plans for 16,000m Drill Program at Macmillan Pass and Appoints New Vice President of Operations

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

as the new Vice President of Operations.

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  • as the new Vice President of Operations.
  • His skills and experience will be instrumental in what will be an exciting and busy season for Fireweed as we ramp up to our largest ever drill program with goals to expand all the known mineralized zones.
  • Perhaps equally exciting is the start of year-round baseline environmental studies as we begin our journey toward production at Macmillan Pass and Mactung.”
    New Vice President of Operations, Andrew Crook, P.Eng.
  • Preparations are well underway for the biggest drilling campaign in the history of the Macmillan Pass Project.

Fireweed Provides Update on Name Change to ‘Fireweed Metals Corp.’

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Monday, June 27, 2022

Fireweed will continue to trade under the same symbol FWZ on the TSX Venture Exchange and the number of shares outstanding will not change.

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  • Fireweed will continue to trade under the same symbol FWZ on the TSX Venture Exchange and the number of shares outstanding will not change.
  • About Fireweed Metals Corp. (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF; FSE:20F): Fireweed Metals is a public mineral exploration company on the leading edge of Critical Minerals project development.
  • Gayna River Zinc-Gallium-Germanium Project: Fireweed has 100% of the 128.75km2 Gayna River project located 180 kilometres north of the Macmillan Pass project.
  • The Company does not undertake to update forwardlooking statements or forwardlooking information, except as required by law.

Fireweed to Rebrand as ‘Fireweed Metals Corp.’ to Reflect Its Emergence as a Leading Critical Minerals Company

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Fireweed CEO Brandon Macdonald stated: Fireweed has quickly grown into much more than a zinc company.

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  • Fireweed CEO Brandon Macdonald stated: Fireweed has quickly grown into much more than a zinc company.
  • The purpose of this rebranding and the new website is to reflect that we are now a leading critical minerals company.
  • Our projects host major deposits of zinc and tungsten, each with unique supply dynamics and compelling demand growth.
  • About Fireweed Metals Corp. (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF; FSE:20F): Fireweed Metals is a public mineral exploration company on the leading edge of Critical Minerals project development.

Fireweed Zinc Mobilizes Field Crews for $10M Drill Program at Macmillan Pass

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Monday, June 20, 2022

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FIREWEED ZINC LTD. (Fireweed or the Company) (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF) is pleased to announce that the first field crews have been mobilized to the Macmillan Pass Property, in Yukon, Canada to prepare for a large 2022 drill program.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FIREWEED ZINC LTD. (Fireweed or the Company) (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF) is pleased to announce that the first field crews have been mobilized to the Macmillan Pass Property, in Yukon, Canada to prepare for a large 2022 drill program.
  • It will be the largest and most ambitious program ever carried out by Fireweed at the Macmillan Pass Project.
  • The 2022 drill program will consist of 4 diamond drill-rigs, targeting approximately 8,000 m of drilling divided between the zones.
  • About Fireweed Zinc Ltd. (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF; FSE:20F): Fireweed Zinc is a public mineral exploration company on the leading edge of Critical Minerals project development.

Fireweed Zinc Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Depository Trust Company (DTC) Eligibility in USA

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Friday, June 10, 2022

The Company is pleased to announce that Fireweed shares are now eligible for electronic clearing and settlement through the Depository Trust Company (DTC) in the USA.

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  • The Company is pleased to announce that Fireweed shares are now eligible for electronic clearing and settlement through the Depository Trust Company (DTC) in the USA.
  • DTC is a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and manages the electronic clearing and settlement of publicly traded companies.
  • DTC eligibility compliments Fireweeds OTCQB Venture Market (the "OTCQB") listing (OTCQB: FWEDF) in the USA.
  • About Fireweed Zinc Ltd. (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF; FSE:20F): Fireweed Zinc is a public mineral exploration company on the leading edge of Critical Minerals project development.

Fireweed Zinc Acquires Mactung Tungsten Project

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Fireweed plans to follow this work with a new PEA on the project in 2023 and will also be evaluating synergies with the Macmillan Pass Project for the future.

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  • Fireweed plans to follow this work with a new PEA on the project in 2023 and will also be evaluating synergies with the Macmillan Pass Project for the future.
  • About Fireweed Zinc Ltd. (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF; FSE:20F): Fireweed Zinc is a public mineral exploration company on the leading edge of critical minerals project development.
  • Mactung Tungsten Project: The Company has a binding Letter of Intent to acquire 100% interest in the 37.6 km2 Mactung Tungsten Project located adjacent to the Macmillan Pass Project.
  • Gayna River Zinc-Gallium-Germanium Project: Fireweed has 100% of the 128.75km2 Gayna River project located 180 kilometres north of the Macmillan Pass Project.

Fireweed Closes Previously Announced Offering for Total Proceeds of C$13.1M

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Friday, May 27, 2022

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FIREWEED ZINC LTD. (“Fireweed” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQB: FWEDF; FSE: 20F) is pleased to announce closing of the second and final tranche of the non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) first announced March 17, 2022. The second tranche consisted of 2,885,715 Common Shares at a price of CAD$0.70 per share and 100,000 flow-through common shares at a price of CAD$0.99 per share for gross proceeds of $2,119,000. In total the financing comprised two tranches totaling 8,472,159 Common Shares at a price of CAD$0.70 per share and 7,300,000 Flow-Through Shares at a price of CAD$0.99 per share for total gross proceeds of CAD$13,157,511.

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  • In total the financing comprised two tranches totaling 8,472,159 Common Shares at a price of CAD$0.70 per share and 7,300,000 Flow-Through Shares at a price of CAD$0.99 per share for total gross proceeds of CAD$13,157,511.
  • The total Offering consisted of 8,472,159 Common Shares at a price of CAD$0.70 per share and 7,300,000 Flow-Through Shares at a price of CAD$0.99 per share for total gross proceeds of CAD$13,157,511.
  • The Offering also includes a large individual US shareholder who invested $3.5 million to significantly increase his position.
  • The proceeds from the Offering will be used for exploration and development of the Companys Macmillan Pass Project in Yukon, Canada, and for general working capital purposes.