Blackrock Gold Corp. announced that William (Bill) Howald has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. William (Bill) Howald is a successful entrepreneur who founded several public companies and led the exploration division of a major mining company. He has extensive experience building effective exploration teams and delivering quality resources. As an executive, Mr. Howald provided strategic vision, planning, and implementation of many values creating programs for junior and senior gold producers. Most recently, he led the acquisition, build out and start-up of the Florida Canyon mine in west-central Nevada. To make room for the appointment, Catalin Kilofliski, Executive Director has stepped down from the Board.