First Nordic Commences Top-of-Bedrock Drilling with More Than 180 Drill Holes Planned at Paubacken Project

First Nordic Metals Corp. (TSX.V:FNM) (OTCQB:FNMCF) (FRA: HEG0) announced the commencement of a top-of-bedrock (i.e. base-of-till (“BoT”)) drilling program on the Harpsund and Brokojan targets located in its 100%-owned Paubäcken project (“Paubacken” or the “Project”) area of the Gold Line belt, northern Sweden.

The multi-kilometric Brokojan target was identified last year from the Paubäcken project gold pathfinder till sampling program. When Brokojan was combined with the previously identified and adjacent Harpsund anomaly, a 5.5 km long target area (strike) emerged. To put this in context, the Company’s Barsele project resource footprint length is approximately 3.5 km. Also noteworthy is that the Company’s ~4 km Aida target, at the Paubäcken project and slated to start diamond drilling in a few weeks, is only few km south of the Harpsund-Brokojan target area. Our top-of-bedrock (“BoT”) drilling at Harpsund and Brokojan will provide us key geochemical information (gold and pathfinder assays of bedrock) for these targets, setting them up for diamond drilling later this year. BoT drilling has been a critical step for mineral deposit discovery and delineation in the Nordics and has a strong correlation with diamond drilling results.Taj Singh, President & CEO, First Nordic Metals Corp.

2025 Harpsund / Brokojan Target Top-of-Bedrock Drilling Program

The program is designed to investigate bedrock sources of the on-trend Brokojan and Harpsund anomalies (“targets”) that occur along the second order Harpsund structural corridor. The targets consist of two semi-contiguous anomalies over a +5 kilometre by up to 1 kilometer (“km”) wide gold, arsenic, copper and zinc (Au, As, Cu and Zn) glacial till anomaly oriented in the prominent ice flow direction.

The program will include up to 180 BoT drill holes and is designed to systematically test the bedrock along the 5 km zone interpreted to be the most probable source of the till anomaly based on interpretation of geophysical data and ice flow direction (see Figure 1). Analysis of historic airborne magnetic geophysical data identified a second order structural corridor that is coincident to the gold and pathfinder anomaly that will be targeted in the drilling campaign.

BoT drilling is an efficient exploration technique in glaciated terrains that provides high-quality geological data and allows direct analysis of underlying bedrock lithologies which have the potential to host mineral deposits. This technique reduces costs compared with conventional reverse circulation (RC) or diamond drilling, has a small environmental footprint, and increases the probability of identifying potential mineral deposits. It is a critical step in the exploration workflow when exploring under shallow glacial cover, bridging surface surveys and deeper, more targeted drilling programs.

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Duane Hope is a Partner at Capital 10X, he brings over 15 years of communications and research experience to the firm. His research and writing have appeared in publications for North American, European and Asian audiences.

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