SEMAFO Inc. announces the retirement of Mr. Michel Crevier as Vice-President, Exploration and Mine Geology and Qualified Person, effective June 30, 2018. Mr. Crevier will remain available to the Corporation on a consulting basis. As part of Mr. Crevier’s succession plan, Richard Roy, who is currently exploration manager, will be promoted to Vice-President, Exploration. Furthermore, François Thibert, manager of the reserves and resources estimation group, will assume the role of Qualified Person in addition to managing mine geology activities. The Corporation’s exploration manager, Richard Roy, has been appointed Vice-President, Exploration effective July 1, 2018. Mr. Roy, who joined SEMAFO in 2009, has 30 years of experience in the base and precious metal mineral resource industry across three continents including nine years’ experience with underground deposits.