Foremost QT Target Closes $3.08-Million Financing

Foremost Ventures Corp. (“Foremost”) (TSXV: FMV.P) reported today that further to its news releases dated March 3, 2020 and May 4, 2020 announcing a proposed qualifying transaction (“QT”) with KWESST Inc. (“KWESST”), KWESST has completed a brokered private placement (the “KWESST Private Placement”) of 4,409,553 subscription receipts (each, a “Receipt”) at a price of $0.70 per Receipt, for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,086,678.10. Upon completion of the QT, each Receipt will automatically be exchanged for one common share of Foremost, as constituted following completion of a share consolidation. In connection with the KWESST Private Placement, PI Financial Corp. received a cash commission equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the KWESST Private Placement, and broker warrants equal to 6% of the number of Receipts issued under the KWESST Private Placement. The proceeds of the KWESST Private Placement will be used to fund the continued development of the business of KWESST, as well as for general corporate and working capital purposes. The KWESST Private Placement is a condition precedent to the QT. Foremost has submitted a filing statement to the TSX Venture Exchange for review and is working with KWESST to complete the required filings with the TSX Venture Exchange and to complete the proposed QT.

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None of the securities of Foremost or KWESST have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any state securities law, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, persons in the United States or “U.S. persons” 2 (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) absent registration or an exemption from such registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy in the United States nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

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