Mr. Ernest Mast reports

PRIMERO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF KEVIN JENNINGS AS C.F.O.

Primero Mining Corp. has appointed Kevin Jennings as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 19, 2016.

Mr. Jennings is an experienced international mining finance executive with an extensive background in financial management and reporting, international corporate transactions, strategy development, restructuring, and turnarounds. He led the African Barrick Gold initial public offering as chief financial officer and has held senior financial executive roles with Barrick Gold (vice-president, corporate development), Xstrata Nickel (director, business optimization), Falconbridge (director, business development), American Racing Equipment (chief financial officer), Sun Gold (chief financial officer) and most recently Banro Corp. (chief financial officer). He is a chartered accountant with a BA in administrative studies (honours accounting) from York University and a BA in economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Jennings will replace Wendy Kaufman, who is leaving the company, effective Sept. 6, 2016, to pursue other opportunities.

"I would like to welcome Kevin to the Primero team," stated Ernest Mast, president and chief executive officer. "He brings with him the experience necessary to assist us in improving the profitability of our mines and addressing the challenges faced by the company over the last year. Together, we will work on continuing to build a strong intermediate gold producer focused in the Americas. On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to thank Wendy for her contributions over the last two years. She has been instrumental in enhancing our corporate policies and overseeing our statutory and management reporting. Wendy delivered on her mandate of building a strong, Toronto-based finance team. The board and management team wish her well in her future endeavours."