Seabridge Gold, Inc. announced that the company has hired Mr. Peter Williams, 53, to the new position of Senior Vice President, Technical Services. Reporting to the President, Mr. Williams will be responsible for managing the engineering of Seabridge's two main projects -- KSM in British Columbia, Canada and Courageous Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. Peter brings more than 30 years of mine engineering experience to his new post including 23 years at Newmont Mining Corporation.

His most recent position at Newmont was Group Executive, Mine Engineering. Functions reporting to him as Group Executive were: Geotechnical Engineering; Surface and Ground Water Hydrology (associated with stability); Technical and Scientific Software development; Underground and Open Pit Mine Engineering; and Mining Innovation. Peter has lived and worked on projects and operations in Australia, Nevada, Indonesia, South America, Ghana and Denver.