Dr. Elena Clarici reports

BARKERVILLE ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS

Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. has appointed Greg Gibson and Anthony Makuch to the board of directors of the company, effective Dec. 16, 2014.

Mr. Gibson has more than 30 years of mining industry experience in Canada, the United States and Australia. He was president and chief executive officer of Trelawney Mining and Exploration during the discovery and advancement of the Cote Lake South gold deposit near Timmins, Ont., and the subsequent acquisition of the company by Iamgold Corp. in June, 2012. Mr. Gibson is most recently chief executive officer of San Gold Corp., president and chief executive officer of Kerr Mines Inc., a director of Mag Copper Ltd., and a director of SGX Resources. He previously held the position of president and chief executive officer of Northern Gold, which raised $28-million in mid-2012 during tight market conditions. During his career, Mr. Gibson was mine manager at Yilgarn Star gold mine in Australia, copper mines of Tasmania and the Chester gold project in Timmins, Ont. He has been a contract manager, foreman and miner at various contractor mining companies, including J.S. Redpath and Dynatec Mining Ltd.

Mr. Makuch is a professional engineer (Ontario) with over 25 years of management, operations and technical experience in the mining industry, having managed numerous projects in Canada and the United States from advanced exploration through production. Since 2008, he is president and chief executive officer of Lake Shore Gold. Between 2006 and 2008, Mr. Makuch was senior vice-president and chief operating officer for FNX Mining Company Inc. From 1998 to December, 2005, he held several positions with Dynatec Corp., including operations manager and vice-president, operations. Mr. Makuch holds a bachelor of science (honours) in applied earth sciences from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, as well as a master of science in engineering and a master of business administration, both from Queens University in Ontario.

The board welcomes Mr. Gibson and Mr. Makuch aboard and would like to thank its shareholders for their continuing support.

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