First Mining Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Ken Engquist as the Company's new Chief Operating Officer, effective April 29, 2019. Mr. Engquist will be based at the Company's head office in Vancouver, British Columbia, and will be responsible for leading the technical and operations team at First Mining. Ken will take over the role of Chief Operating Officer from Dr. Chris Osterman, who will be transitionin to lead the Company's newly-formed Technical Advisory Committee. Dr. Osterman will remain a Director of the Company. In addition, Bill Tanaka will transition from his current role as the Company's Vic President, Technical Services to an advisory role on the Technical Advisory Committee. Ken brings over 25 years of engineering and project leadership experience to his role, and has extensive experience overseeing the advancement of assets through development. Most recently, he oversaw the development of a Preliminary Economic Assessment for Tinka Resources' Ayawilca project in Peru and the feasibility engineering study for Arizona Mining's Hermosa Zinc Project in the United States which was acquired by South32 Limited in the summer of 2018 for CAD 2.1 billion. Ken's prior roles include Vice President of Project Development for Nevsun Resources where he was responsible for the Timok copper project in Serbia, and roles with Oxygen Capital, where he was responsible for advancing a portfolio of projects within Oxygen's managed group of companies (True Gold, Pilot Gold and Pure Gold) through various stages of development from advanced exploration to the start of production. Ken will take over the role of Chief Operating Officer from Dr. Chris Osterman, who will be transitioning to lead the Company's newly-formed Technical Advisory Committee. Dr. Osterman will remain a Director of the Company. In addition, Bill Tanaka will transition from his current role as the Company's Vice President, Technical Services to an advisory role on the Technical Advisory Committee.