Rise Gold Corp. announced that Mr. Alan Edwards has been appointed a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company. The company also announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Vehrs as a Director of the company. For the past ten years, Dr. Vehrs held the position of Vice President of Exploration for Fortuna Silver Mines and was responsible for the development and execution of exploration programs at the Caylloma Mine in Peru and the San Jose Mine in southern Mexico. The company announced that Mr. Fred Tejada has resigned as President, Secretary and Director of the company and announced that Mr. Brad Scharfe has also resigned from the board of directors. Mr. Benjamin Mossman will remain as CEO and Director and has been appointed President of the company. Mr. Cale Thomas will remain as CFO and Director and has also been appointed Secretary of the company.