Subsequent to the Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders held by the Fireweed Metals Corp. on June 11, 2024, Paul Harbidge was appointed by the Fireweed Board of Directors to take over as Chair in the place of John Robins. Mr. Harbidge is a geologist with more than 25 years of experience in mining exploration and development with a proven track record of discovering world-class gold deposits.

Mr. Harbidge is President, CEO and director of Faraday Copper Corp. Mr. Harbidge was previously the President and CEO of GT Gold and led the company to a CAD 456 million acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in May 2021.

Prior to this Mr. Harbidge was the Senior Vice President of Exploration at the multinational gold mining company Goldcorp Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in April 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Harbidge successfully led the exploration team at Randgold Resources Ltd., resulting in five major gold discoveries including the +5Moz Gounkoto deposit in the Loulo area of Mali and the +4Moz Massawa deposit in Senegal.

Mr. Harbidge is also a director of the gold exploration company Japan Gold Corp. is a technical advisor to Kalo Gold in Fiji and Gemdale Gold in Finland. He has a First-class Honours Degree in Geology from Kingston University, London (UK) and a Masters of Science in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from Leicester University (UK).