Alma Gold Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Jean-Marc Gagnon to the Corporation's board of directors effective immediately. Mr. Gagnon has more than 35 years of professional experience in the mining exploration sector. Mr. Gagnon has been involved in the management, evaluation and development of mining exploration projects for gold, mainly in West Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso &Guinea).

He has exercised his profession as a country manager, exploration manager and consulting geologist for a number of junior mining companies, including Roscan Gold Corporation, Merrex Gold Inc., Frontline Gold Corporation, Jilbey Gold Exploration Ltd., Ressources Incanore Ltee, EAG Inc. and Gold Star Resources Ltd. Highlights of Mr. Gagnon's career include his participation of the development of the Siribaya gold project (Merrex) and Kandiole gold project (Roscan) in Mali, which are both close to feasibility studies, and his participation in the evaluation of the Bissa Hill gold deposit in Burkina Faso, currently under exploitation. Mr. Gagnon has also assisted in project evaluations for gold in Gabon, chrome in Turkey, barite in Algeria, nickel in Canada and on gold projects in South America (Venezuela, Guyana and Peru), in addition to a prospecting campaign for diamonds in glacial terrain in Canada. Mr. Gagnon graduated from "l'Universit du Qubec Chicoutimi" (Qc) as a professional engineer in geology, he holds a master's degree in business administration from Laval University and he has been a member of "l'Ordre des Ingnieurs du Qubec" since 1980.