Rise Gold Corp. announced that Director and Chairman, Mr. Alan Edwards, has resigned from the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Alan Edwards was appointed as a Director of Detour Gold Corporation on August 29th, 2018. To focus his attention on his new assignment as a Director of Detour Gold, Mr. Edwards has resigned as Director and Chairman of Rise Gold effective September 7th, 2018. Mr. Edwards will remain involved in Rise Gold and the Idaho-Maryland Gold Project with his appointment as a Technical Advisor.