Big Gold Inc. announced that the Company has significantly expanded its property package located near Kenora, Ontario, The new claims increase the Company's holdings by an additional 6,100 hectares resulting in Big Gold now controlling over 10,000 Ha of highly prospective gold exploration land in Rainy River/Kenora Mining District of Ontario. Big Gold's expanded land position is now adjacent to and intertwined in a number of locations with First Mining Corp.'s Cameron gold project, purchased by First Mining in 2018. Their project hosts a currently defined resources of 5,530,000 tonnes containing 464,000 ounces of gold in the measured and indicated categories grading 2.61 g/t gold and 6,500,000 tonnes containing 533,000 ounces in inferred category at 2.54 g/t Au.

First Mining has continued to expand its holdings in the area, most recently by adding the Metalore property in late 2020. As part of the Property Expansion, the Company acquired mineral claims of approximately 4,700 Ha and staked open mineral claims totaling approximately 1,400 Ha. The mineral claims within the Property Expansion connect, expand, and fill in the property area around the Martin-Kenty Project and cover favorable areas for hosting significant gold mineralization.