Mr. John McCluskey reports

ALAMOS GOLD ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT, PROJECTS

Alamos Gold Inc.'s Han Ilhan will join the company as vice-president of projects effective Oct. 17, 2011. Mr. Ilhan has extensive experience providing engineering and environmental solutions to mining projects worldwide. As vice-president of projects, Mr. Ilhan will be based in Ankara, Turkey, and will oversee development of the company's Turkish projects, as well as future development projects.

Mr. Ilhan is a professional engineer and earned his bachelor of civil engineering degree from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, and master of geotechnical engineering at Oregon State University. Mr. Han has spent 26 years in progressive engineering, management and leadership roles at URS Corp., a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. Mr. Ilhan was most recently the vice-president and director of global mining business at URS, where he provided engineering and environmental services to the mining industry in over 20 countries. His experience includes project identification, evaluation, planning and development, with a strong emphasis on environmental risk minimization and sustainable development. Additionally, as a part of project evaluations and risk management studies, Mr. Ilhan has interacted with various stakeholder groups, in addition to technical auditing and due diligence of operating and closed facilities. His specific technical expertise in the mining industry includes engineering, environmental, social risk management and technical planning in the design and construction of heap-leach facilities, water supply and diversion systems, pollution prevention measures, waste storage facilities, and mine closure and reclamation projects.

Mr. Ilhan has composed numerous engineering and environmental publications, and is a distinguished speaker for various high-level mining industry conferences. Mr. Ilhan is fluent in both Turkish and English.

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