SSR Mining Inc. and Alacer Gold Corp. announced the successful completion of the previously announced merger of equals transaction (the "Transaction") following the receipt of all regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of all closing conditions. SSR Mining Inc. announced newly constituted board of directors is comprised of five directors from each of the previous SSR Mining and Alacer boards for a total of 10 directors, including the CEO. Effective immediately, the SSR Mining board consists of Rod Antal, Thomas Bates, Edward Dowling, Alan Krusi and Kay Priestly as directors. Regarding the executive team, Rod Antal holds the position of President & CEO of SSR Mining and the executive team includes: Stewart Beckman, EVP as Chief Operating Officer, F. Edward Farid, EVP as Chief Corporate Development Officer and Michael Sparks as EVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer.