James Bay Resources Limited announced that it has appointed Jean Gauthier as a director. Mr. Gauthier is a retired member of Canada's Foreign Service with more than 35 years of experience including long career overseas assignments in Africa and the Middle East. From September 2009 to August 2012, Mr. Gauthier served as the first Deputy High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria with responsibilities for the Deputy High Commission of Canada in Lagos and Senior Regional Trade Commissioner for Nigeria and Central Africa.

From May 2006 to August 2009, Mr. Gauthier became Deputy Director for the African Great Lakes Region, Central Africa and Nigeria where he had special responsibilities for coordinating Canada's bilateral relations with Nigeria. This role was in addition to the responsibilities he took on in 2003 as Deputy to Canada's Special Envoy and Ambassador for the African Great Lakes Region. Mr. Gauthier has also had overseas assignments in Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen where political developments, trade relations, and oil policies were his daily focus.