QC Copper and Gold Inc. announced that Joel Friedman has been appointed the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Joel is a finance professional with over 13 years of experience working in the mining and cannabis industries. Most recently, Joel served as the CFO of Khiron Life Sciences Corp, prior to this, he was Vice President, Finance at CannTrust Inc., and Director of Finance at Primero Mining Corp.

and senior finance roles at Banro Corporation and Iamgold Corporation. QC Copper and the Ore Group would also like to announce the departure of Kevin Canario, the Company's outgoing CFO. The entire Ore Group team thanks Mr. Canario for his dedication of service to the team and the Company's shareholders and wishes him the best in his future endeavours.