Fireweed Metals Corp. announced the appointment of Peter Hemstead, Director of Fireweed, as Interim Chief Executive Officer, replacing Brandon Macdonald, effective immediately. Mr. Hemstead has over 25 years of management and finance experience in the mining industry.

He was appointed as President, CEO and Chair of the Board of Bluestone Resources Inc. after serving as the CFO of Bluestone since 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Hemstead spent 10 years in a senior financial executive role at Capstone Mining Corp. (now Capstone Copper Corp.), leading the finance team through the successful expansion from an exploration and development stage mining company to an intermediate copper producer with multiple operations, including within the Yukon Territory.

Mr. Hemstead is a Chartered Professional Accountant with an Honours Bachelor Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.