Forum Energy Metals Corp. announced that Dr. Rebecca Hunter has been appointed as Vice President, Exploration of the Company. Dr. Hunter has 15 years' experience as a uranium exploration geologist in Saskatchewan and Nunavut.

She began her career as an exploration geologist for Cameco from 2005 to 2016 and later as an independent geological consultant from 2017 to 2019. At Cameco, Dr. Hunter led the Turqavik-Aberdeen exploration project, which discovered the high-grade Tatiggaq and Qavvik uranium deposits adjacent to Orano's (formally AREVA) Kiggavik Project in Nunavut. From 2015 to 2016, Dr. Hunter worked on the Dawn Lake project team advancing Cameco's exploration northeast of Cigar Lake.

She completed her Ph.D. degree in 2021 at Laurentian University, which focused on the structural geology and uranium metallogenesis of the northeast Thelon Basin. Prior to joining Forum Energy Metals, Dr. Hunter spent 3.5 years as a Senior Minerals Geologist with the British Columbia Geological Survey focusing on the stratigraphy and structure of VMS, epithermal, and Cu porphyry mineral deposit systems in the Golden Triangle, northwest British Columbia. Dr. Hunter is a Professional Geoscientist (P. Geo.) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Northwest Territories/Nunavut.

Former VP, Exploration, Ken Wheatley will continue to focus his attention on the Company's exploration portfolio as Chief Geologist.