Patagonia Gold announced that it has appointed Mr. Christopher van Tienhoven as Chief Executive Officer of the company and its subsidiaries. Bill Humphries remains as an Executive Director with corporate responsibilities. Christopher is an Argentine national who has worked in the mining industry for close to 25 years.

He worked for the majority of his career with the Anglo American group in various countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, UK and Venezuela, culminating as Country Manager and President of Anglo Gold Ashanti's Cerro Vanguardia mine. In the last few years Christopher has been dedicated to merger and acquisition opportunities in the junior mining sector in Latin America including Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Guatemala.