Mr. Steven Dean reports

ARTEMIS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF VP FINANCE

Artemis Gold Inc. has appointed Gerrie van der Westhuizen as vice-president of finance for the company, effective Jan. 27, 2021.

Based out of the company's Vancouver office, Mr. Van der Westhuizen will be responsible for managing the finance function for the company in respect of strategic financial analysis and planning, treasury and debt management, budgeting, financial reporting, business processes and related controls, as well as building the finance team both at the company's head office and at the company's wholly owned Blackwater gold project as the company progresses to the construction and operations phases at Blackwater.

About Mr. van der Westhuizen

Mr. van der Westhuizen has more than 15 years of experience in the mining industry. During this time, Mr. van der Westhuizen held progressively senior positions in dual-listed resource companies operating in Africa and North America. He has played a key role in those organizations' debt and equity financings, and merger and acquisition activities, while leading initiatives on financial reporting, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, risk management, treasury management, tax planning as well as commercial negotiations. Most recently, Mr. van der Westhuizen served as vice-president of finance for Galiano Gold Inc., which constructed and operated the Asanko gold mine, a multideposit, 5.5-million-tonne-per-annum carbon-in-leach operation in Ghana.

Gerrie is a chartered accountant (designated in both South Africa and Canada) and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was a manager in its mining group. He holds an honours bachelor of accountancy degree.

Steven Dean, chairman and chief executive officer, commented: "We are excited to have Gerrie join Artemis as VP, finance. Gerrie is an important addition to our team, as we build our finance function with best-in-industry practices from development through to operations at Blackwater."

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