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A very positive inflection point for FCM without a doubt. The backdrop appears to be strengthening on several fronts: Ontario pushing mining investment, major players increasing spending in the region, ongoing work at Sunbeam and North Hemlo, and a funded pathway to continue exploration. The market still seems focused on financing and dilution concerns, but if continued drilling can demonstrate scale and continuity, attention may increasingly shift back toward the underlying assets and discovery potential. DYOR IMO. :) :)

Loading up!! FCM looks firmly into bargain territory for me now.

You’ve got:

* 12 months funded drilling runway already confirmed

* Sunbeam continuing to expand with multiple structures

* Visible gold already encountered

* Roy only represents a tiny fraction of the overall structural system explored so far

* Ontario location with existing mining infrastructure nearby

* OJEP support helping reduce exploration burn

* Kerrs asset discussions/strategic options still sitting in the background, now at definitive agreement stage

* Market cap still extremely low compared to peers chasing lower scale targets

* Gold price massively higher than when many of these assets were originally acquired

* Historic workings across the district proving the system was mineralised long before modern exploration methods arrived

What stands out to me is the disconnect between:

1. the actual geological progress being made

2. and the current valuation being assigned by the market.

Most juniors never even get to:

* multiple kilometre-scale structures,

* repeated drilling campaigns,

* visible gold occurrences,

* and district-scale expansion potential.

Yet FCM now has:

* Roy,

* Sunbeam,

* Pettigrew,

* plus additional surrounding claims building out the wider land package.

The finance overhang narrative is still suppressing sentiment in my opinion, but if the company proves continuity and scale at Sunbeam, that becomes background noise very quickly.

The market also seems to forget that discovery rerates in mining can happen absurdly fast once perception changes. One strong sequence of assays or a credible resource pathway and suddenly people start comparing market caps to companies 5x, 10x or even higher.

At current levels, it feels like the market is pricing FCM as if nothing significant will happen. That’s exactly the type of setup that can become explosive if the drilling keeps delivering!

Get in lads https://firstclassmetalsplc.com/

Some good progress at FCM, good for pow who hold it

Worth remembering that the Kerrs discussion is potentially valuing just *one* non-core asset in the portfolio. That’s the bit the market seems to keep sleepwalking past.

When FCM IPO’d at 10p, the company had a much smaller asset base and very limited exploration progress compared to today. Since then they’ve added Sunbeam and Kerrs, increased their land position, and now also have additional claims near Sunbeam which appear to sit on the same mineralised structural trend.

That changes the picture completely.

Sunbeam alone is evolving into a sizeable district-scale story rather than a single isolated target. You’ve got Roy, Sunbeam and Pettigrew structures stretching across significant strike lengths, visible gold already encountered, historic workings, proximity to Hammond Reef, and ongoing drilling beginning to demonstrate continuity potential.

If Kerrs alone eventually attracts numbers even remotely close to the valuation bands being discussed above, then what exactly is the market assigning to the rest of the company? Because at current mcap levels it feels like the wider portfolio is being valued at next to nothing.

And that’s before considering what happens if Sunbeam develops into a genuine discovery-level resource story.

The market has seen this before with Ontario explorers. Once continuity, scale and resource potential start becoming clearer, valuations can rerate extremely quickly. Comparable junior explorers with credible multi-million-ounce potential have traded at £50m, £70m, even £100m+ market caps during strong cycles.

Not saying FCM is there yet, but the disconnect between current valuation and asset potential is becoming harder to ignore, especially with:

• stronger gold price backdrop

• 12 month cash runway confirmed

• district consolidation underway

• modern reinterpretation of historic data

• visible gold already demonstrated

• multiple structures still barely tested

Feels like the market is still pricing old FCM rather than what the company is actually becoming.

And dont forget Zigzag the lithium asset ...

Im buying this dip!

Post from advfn a sensible one :)

The work FCM has done since IPO has completely changed the scale of the business. They acquired Sunbeam and Kerrs, added multiple high-potential gold assets in Ontario, and all of this was during a much lower gold price environment than today.

Back when the company was valued around 10p and ran to 18p, gold prices were nowhere near current levels. Since then, the gold price has risen dramatically while FCM has continued progressing exploration, drilling, structural understanding, and asset development.

The company has also confirmed in recent RNS updates that it now has funding runway for at least the next 12 months, which is important for a junior explorer in this market.

What also stands out to me is Kerrs. They’ve now gone back to the original historic data originators to recover and rework the data using modern geological markers and modelling techniques. Companies do not usually spend time and money revisiting historical datasets unless they believe there is genuine value still sitting there. To me, that increasingly looks like the asset most likely being positioned for either tokenisation, partnership, phased transaction, or outright sale.

Sunbeam alone is starting to look increasingly interesting, especially with visible gold occurrences, expanding structures, and ongoing drilling success around Roy/Pettigrew. Kerrs already carries a historical resource angle that the market barely seems to price in at current levels.

Junior explorers are always risky, nobody sensible denies that, but today’s valuation versus the assets, land package, progress made, funding position, and gold backdrop feels disconnected to me. The market cap currently feels more like it belongs to a company at the starting gate, not one that has spent the last few years steadily building the runway.

Could it become the next GGP-style rerate? Nobody knows. But the ingredients for a major market revaluation are arguably more visible today than they were when this sat at far higher prices previously.

Comment from James Knowles regarding hole 6

Morning all. Just to clear up a bit of confusion in the posts above following Marc’s video update on Hole 6 at Roy yesterday.

Some investors appear to have interpreted the comments to mean the “wrong” section of core was sent for assay. That is not the case.

Under standard QA/QC and sampling protocols, the section selected for assay are determined prior to detailed logging and recording. We cannot simply pick and choose sections after visible gold (“VG”) is observed. The process has to remain systematic and compliant.

In Holes 5 and 6, only the specific “VG sections” were sent for photon assay testing. In Hole 5, that sampled VG interval ultimately returned the bonanza-grade result. In Hole 6, Marc’s point was that the visible gold observed during logging looked very encouraging and, had that particular section also been assayed, the result could potentially have been significantly higher.

At present, we are awaiting the full fire assay results from the sampled sections of Holes 5 and 6, along with the remaining holes from the campaign thereafter.

Marc’s comments in the video were intended to reflect that he is very much encouraged by what he is seeing geologically, and that remains the case. As always, the company will publish results once we have further assay data and information suitable for release.

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LSE:FCM - Insights with Marc Sale - the potential of hole 6 https://share.google/9ZuY8m88Ef99UGnWw

Overall assessment

Hole 6 strengthens the bullish geological case for First Class Metals. The presence of visible gold where assays appear modest suggests the system may be richer than early data implies.

Combined with bonanza grades in nearby holes, this is directionally positive news — though confirmation will depend on the full assay suite.

What Hole 6 Adds to the Geological Model

In practical terms, Hole 6:

Confirms the presence of gold in a structurally continuous zone.

Suggests the mineralisation may be more extensive than assays alone indicate.

Helps refine the geometry of the Roy vein system.

Supports the interpretation of a high‑grade system with coarse gold.

Adds confidence that the Roy structure has scale and exploration upside.

Summary

Hole 6 is geologically significant because it validates the continuity of the Roy gold system, reveals visible gold that assays understate, and provides structural data that strengthens the overall geological model.

Hole 6 strengthens continuity, the most important factor in resource modelling

Resource estimates require continuous mineralisation across multiple drill holes. Hole 6:

Intersects the same mineralised trend as Holes 4 and 5

Confirms gold is present along the 250–300 m strike already drilled

Adds data from a different angle, improving the 3D model

Continuity is more important than grade at this stage.

Hole 6 adds another datapoint that the Roy structure is not a one‑off vein but a coherent system.

. Visible gold suggests assays may under‑report grade

Coarse gold causes the nugget effect, where assays miss gold that is clearly present.

Hole 6 shows:

Visible gold in the core

Mineralisation stronger than the assay suggests

Similar coarse‑gold behaviour seen in Hole 5 (45 g/t over 0.3 m)

This means the true grade distribution may be higher, which increases potential ounces per metre — a key resource metric.

Summary

Hole 6 increases the resource potential at Roy by confirming continuity, revealing coarse gold, improving structural understanding, and supporting the interpretation of a multi‑vein, high‑grade system.

It’s not a standalone blockbuster hole — but it’s an important one for building a resource.

Same old story

I think your wrong. I see 5p fairly quickly then 9p sticky on assays if they are good, 10/11/12p on extraordinary, bonanza were back to 15p and above that takes into account the shares in issue https://x.com/i/status/2042490335511671263

Coming together nicely

https://x.com/i/status/2039320265767735367

"First Class Metal: The announcement of visible gold at the Roy structure quickly translated into renewed market attention. Now the important question is no longer whether gold is present, but how consistently it appears across the drilled intervals."

https://x.com/i/status/2033242616125337611

Im surprised people still bother with this one!

If you want a decent share read up on FCM

No joke you could be making your money back even from the crazy wsbn highs if you swap to fcm, first class metals, read up ...

Primed and ready, rude not to really ...

https://firstclassmetalsplc.com/first-class-focus

If you dont know why you should be buying the dips check out the section on Sunbeam, the past producing gold mine in the focus mag!

Historic Production & Sampling

1904 production records show a head grade of 12 g/t Au.

1981 government sampling reported 113.5 g/t Au in quartz veins.

Modern Drilling Success (Nuinsco & TerraX)

Hole NS-21-03: 93.3 g/t Au over 0.44 m

Hole SP11-12: 4.01 g/t Au over 1.85 m

Hole 57751 (Roy): 19.4 g/t and 15.17 g/t Au in separate intervals

2023–2024 Fieldwork

Stripping at Roy and Pettigrew exposed channel samples up to 18.8 g/t Au over 0.3 m.

Gold found within both quartz veins and altered porphyry, indicating a wider, disseminated mineralisation system.

Example: 4.98 g/t Au over 0.5 m within porphyry at Roy.

Soil geochemistry confirms gold halos beyond known veins, expanding the exploration footprint! Halos plural!

2026 ~ visible gold showings https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FCM/visible-gold-intersected-at-roy-sunbeam/17499132

And

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FCM/additional-visible-gold-at-roy-sunbeam/17506638

Why you should be looking and buying for sunbeam gold mine ... forget wsbn

From lse

v2_SUNBEAM_18.06.04.pdf https://share.google/SDsPsIJvijGGGCJkZ

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/additional-visible-gold-at-roy-sunbeam-pd4hu1vpto9aoxy.html

https://share.google/60fpZ7IcueVSytpDB

Needs cash before licensed

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And Kerrs paid up, that last 100k was paid on kerrs aswell, so both Kerrs and ZZ ready to move. Whether thats sell, finance, JV, further develop who knows yet but ita a good stable move and easy 10 bags from here now the CLN is out 90% approx, roll on tokenisation that will absolutely blow FCM out the park :)

# Independent-Style Comparison: FCM Core vs. Barrick Hemlo Core (Revised for Coarse Sulphides)

If a geologist unfamiliar with First Class Metals were asked:

> “Does this core look comparable to Hemlo core?”

—here is the type of balanced but strongly positive assessment they could give:

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# 1. Veining & Silica Flooding – Strongly Hemlo-Like

Hemlo deposits are famous for:

* Thick quartz–carbonate veins

* Multi-generation silica flooding

* Transposed and sheared vein networks

The FCM core exhibits:

* Long, continuous, strongly developed quartz–carbonate veins

* Multiple overprinting events, including late-stage brecciation

* Sustained silica flooding over tens of metres

These are hallmark structural and hydrothermal features of Hemlo-style mineralisation.

Verdict:

✔ *Veining architecture is directly comparable to Hemlo’s gold-bearing vein systems.*

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# 2. Presence of Coarse Sulphides – A Major Hemlo Analogy

Hemlo gold is intimately associated with:

* Pyrite (fine to coarse)

* Molybdenite in streaks and blebs

* Local chalcopyrite and sphalerite

* Sulphide-rich selvages around quartz–carbonate veins

The updated information — coarse sulphides throughout the FCM interval — is highly significant.

FCM core shows:

* Thick coarse sulphide bands and clusters

* Strong sulphide–silica association

* Sulphides concentrated along high-strain planes

* Disseminated sulphides within altered host rocks

This level and grain size of sulphidation is far more characteristic of productive zones within the Hemlo system than initially assumed.

Verdict:

✔ *Coarse sulphides dramatically increase the similarity to Hemlo’s gold-bearing horizons.*

✔ *This is no longer “upper, weakly sulphidic Hemlo-style” — this moves into the range of potentially fertile mineralised corridors.*

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# 3. Structural Preparation – Classic Hemlo-Style Shear Zone Geology

Hemlo gold occurs in polyphase ductile shear zones, producing:

* Mylonitic fabrics

* Sheared porphyry and basalt

* Repeated deformation of silica veins

The FCM core displays:

* High-strain fabrics throughout the interval

* Shear banding cutting major veins

* Quartz–carbonate lenses dragged into the foliation

* Sulphides aligned along deformation planes

These are textbook ingredients for Archean lode gold mineralisation and match Hemlo’s structural style extremely well.

Verdict:

✔ *The deformation intensity and geometry are strikingly consistent with Hemlo's ore-hosting shear sequences.*

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# 4. Alteration – Consistent With Hemlo’s Hydrothermal Signature

Typical Hemlo alteration includes:

* Silica–carbonate flooding

* Sericite–silica halos

* Hematite streaking in places

* Feldspar destructive alteration

FCM core shows

* Pervasive silica–carbonate alteration

* Pale alteration envelopes around veins

* Local sericitic textures

* Strong correlati

Waiting for 10p easy target

Going great guns, i liked the Mini presentation today https://firstclassmetalsplc.com/overview-page-2

Only way is up if they keep this strategy, buy, prove, sell, repeat. Find some serious gold and sell for x 10, feels like Christmas Is coming early

Just doing a bit of digging and DD on a potential extra investment here. Honestly looks proper undervalued?

I’m in WSBN and this company seems to have way more going for it. Had a nosey at the locals — now called Hemlo Mining — who bought the Barrick mine, and they’ve even got this listed on their company presentation as one of their spots already?

Here’s the link I found:

https://share.google/wqnGEONQgpVeZNDo3