Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. welcomed Morris Prychidny to the board of directors of the company. In addition, the company announced the resignation of Minaz Dhanani as Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of Andres Tinajero in his stead. Mr. Prychidny with more than 35 years of experience in the mining and real estate industries.

Mr. Prychidny brings strong portfolio management, accounting and financing expertise to the Company. He is currently a director and audit committee member of several public companies and private investment companies, including, Nighthawk Gold Corp., Northfield Capital Corporation, Corporate Catalyst Acquisition Inc., GC-Global Capital Corp., Orion Capital Corporation and Woodbine Downs Limited. Mr. Tinajero has over 20 years of business experience, having supported a broad range of industries, including mining, manufacturing and technology.

During this same period, he has served as CFO and Vice President of Finance of several medium sized public companies across Canada.