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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December 2013

Commission File Number: 0-31100

KISKA METALS CORPORATION

Suite 575, 510 Burrard Street

Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3A8

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F þ Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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575-510 BURRARD ST. VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA V6C 3A8

TEL: 604.669.6660 FAX: 604.669.0898 WWW.KISKAMETALS.COM TSX-V: KSK

CONTACT: CANDICE RIDYARD (INVESTOR RELATIONS) or DAVID CAULFIELD

NEWS RELEASE

Kiska ~~Announces~~Files ~~Management~~Statement ~~Appointment~~of ~~and~~Claim against St Andrew Goldfields Ltd.

~~Exploration~~Vancouver, ~~Alliance~~BC – December 18, 2013: Kiska Metals Corporation (“Kiska” or the “Company”) announces that it has filed a Statement of Claim against St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (“St Andrew”) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice relating to a 2005 Net Smelter Royalty Agreement (“Agreement”).

~~Vancouver~~Pursuant to the Agreement, BCa –predecessor ~~December~~to 11the Company (Geoinformatics Exploration Inc.) compiled for St Andrew all available geological, ~~2013: Kiska~~geophysical ~~Metals~~and ~~Corporation~~exploration ~~(“Kiska”~~data orin the East Timmins Project Area and derived near-mine and “~~Company~~regional”) ~~reports~~exploration ~~that~~targets, ~~the~~in ~~Board~~exchange offor ~~Directors~~a ~~have~~0.5% ~~appointed~~NSR Drover the targets. ~~Michael~~According ~~Roberts,~~to ~~P.Geo.~~the Agreement, Kiska is entitled to receive NSR payments for as ~~Vice~~long ~~President~~as any targets within the East Timmins Project Area are operated as a mine from which ore is extracted by St Andrew, ~~Exploration.~~or its affiliates or successors.

~~Mike~~At ~~has~~the ~~over~~time 10of ~~years~~the ofAgreement, ~~experience~~Geoinformatics inwas ~~mineral~~recognized ~~exploration~~as ~~and~~an ~~research~~exploration intargeting ~~economic~~industry-leader ~~geology.~~utilizing ~~Since~~empirical, ~~2009~~statistical, heand ~~has~~sophisticated ~~been~~probabilistic ~~the~~methods ~~lead~~to ~~geologist~~electronically onidentify ~~the~~and ~~Whistler~~rank ~~Project managing~~ exploration ontargets. ~~Kiska's~~In ~~flagship~~2001, ~~property.~~Geoinformatics’ ~~Mike~~principals ~~was~~were part of the team that ~~discovered~~won the ~~Raintree~~“Goldcorp ~~West~~Challenge” ~~Deeps~~in ~~porphyry~~connection ~~prospect,~~with ~~Island~~ore ~~Mountain~~targeting ~~(Breccia~~at ~~Zone)~~Goldcorp’s ~~porphyry~~Red ~~prospect~~Lake ~~and multiple new porphyry prospects on the Whistler Project~~mine.

~~Joining~~Pursuant to the ~~group~~Agreement, ~~(then~~Geoinformatics ~~Rimfire~~identified ~~Minerals)~~a intotal ~~2005,~~of he19 ~~was~~near-mine ~~part~~targets ofaround ~~the~~St ~~team~~Andrew’s Hislop Mine that ~~generated~~include possible extensions of ore shoots and ~~executed~~prospective ~~grassroots~~structural ~~exploration~~zones. ~~projects~~In inaddition ~~Alaska,~~to ~~Yukon,~~these ~~British~~near-mine ~~Columbia~~targets at Hislop, ~~New~~81 ~~South~~regional ~~Wales~~targets ~~and~~were ~~Nevada~~identified in the project area. ~~Prior~~The toCompany ~~Rimfire~~alleges that, ~~Mike~~under ~~was~~the ~~involved~~Agreement, inSt ~~academic~~Andrew ~~research~~is obliged to make 0.5% NSR royalty payments in respect of ~~geology~~both the near-mine and ~~mineral~~regional ~~deposits~~targets. inCurrently, ~~Finland~~several of the identified targets relate to producing St Andrew gold mines (Hislop Mine, ~~South~~Holloway ~~Africa~~Mine) and ~~Southwestern~~exploration ~~USA~~prospects. ~~Mike~~However, the Company has ~~earned~~not areceived Bany NSR royalty payments to date and alleges that St.~~Sc.~~ inAndrew ~~Earth~~is ~~Sciences~~in ~~from~~arrears in the ~~University~~amount of ~~Victoria~~approximately $999,315, ~~Canada~~plus applicable interest, ~~and~~in arespect Phof NSR royalty payments under the Agreement based on Kiska’s understanding of St.D. inAndrew’s ~~Geology~~mining activity to date from ~~James~~publicly ~~Cook~~available ~~University,~~sources. The ~~Australia~~exact amount can only be determined once St. Andrew provides additional information about its tenure and production history as required under the Agreement.

~~This~~In ~~appointment~~connection ofwith ~~Dr.~~this ~~Robert’s~~action, ~~follows~~Kiska ~~the~~is ~~retirement~~asking ofthe ~~Mark~~Court ~~Baknes. The Board of Directors and Management wishes~~ to ~~thank~~determine ~~Mr.~~its ~~Baknes~~rights ~~for~~under ~~his contributions to~~ the ~~Company~~Agreement and ~~wish~~consequential ~~him~~damages ~~the~~relating ~~very~~to ~~best~~St inAndrew’s ~~his~~failure ~~future~~to ~~endeavours.~~remit ~~Mark~~NSR ~~has left an enduring legacy of excellence in project generation and geological mentorship that will help guide Kiska well into the future~~payments.

As part of our growing focus on developing high quality exploration projects, the Company has entered into an exploration alliance with Lefebure Geologic Ltd. Dave Lefebure brings 30 years of geological experience to the exploration alliance as an expert in Cordilleran geology, mineral deposits and is the former Chief Geologist for the BC Geological Survey.

The purpose of the exploration alliance is to generate numerous high-quality copper and gold exploration targets in a proven yet underexplored region of British Columbia. “We are very pleased to form this alliance with Lefebure Geologic Ltd.” stated Mike Roberts, VP Exploration of Kiska. “Dave and the Kiska team share the same enthusiasm for the project area due to the regional geology, continued infrastructure development and progressive relationships with First Nations. The alliance is capitalizing on the opportunity to prioritize and acquire projects in preparation for the next upward market cycle.”

About Kiska Metals Corporation

Kiska Metals Corporation is a mineral exploration company with a diverse portfolio of gold and copper projects available for option/joint venture throughout North America and Australia. Kiska has recently signed an option agreement with Teck Resources Limited to advance the Kliyul gold-copper porphyry in north central British Columbia. One of the more advanced assets is the Whistler property, Alaska, a district-scale gold-copper porphyry project with excellent exploration potential that contains a 2.25 M oz gold-equivalent indicated resource. Kiska has numerous gold and copper projects available for option-joint venture as well as an extensive royalty portfolio available for purchase.

On behalf of Kiska Metals Corporation

"David Caulfield"

David Caulfield, P.Geo.

Interim President & CEO

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements". Other than statements of historical fact, all statements included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of Kiska Metals Corporation, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Kiska's expectations are the risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by Kiska Metals Corporation with securities regulators. Those filings can be found on the Internet at http://www.sedar.com and http://www.sec.gov

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