Rise Gold Corp. reported that Mr. Clynton Nauman has been appointed as a director of the Company. Mr. Clynton Nauman has more than 45 years of diversified operating experience in the mining industry ranging from exploration to mine construction and mine operations as well as business development, mine financing and senior management in the precious metals, base metals and coal sectors.

Mr. Nauman also co-founded and grew a successful industrial environmental services company focussed on reclamation of historical mine-related liabilities in Canada and the United States. Mr. Nauman was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alexco Resource Corp., Alexco Environmental Group Inc. and Asset Liability Management Group ULC until September 2022. He previously served as President of Viceroy Gold Corporation, Viceroy Minerals Corporation and was a director of Viceroy Resource Corporation, positions he held from February 1998 until February 2003.

Mr. Nauman also previously served on the Boards of Novagold Resources Inc, Nova Copper Inc. (now Trilogy Metals Inc), and Spectrum Gold Inc. Mr. Nauman was a General Manager of Kennecott Minerals from 1993 to 1998 where he oversaw the permitting, redevelopment, startup and operation of the Greens Creek Mine which lies within the Admiralty Island National Monument in Southeast Alaska. Mr. Nauman holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Geology from Otago University, New Zealand.