John Cumming announced that J. Francois Lalonde has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Stellar AfricaGold Inc. Mr. Lalonde, a civil engineer, brings extensive African business experience to the leadership of the company after working more than 30 years with major engineering and construction multinationals such as SNC-Lavalin, Pomerleau and until now, with Bouygues Travaux Publics, where he served as international business development consultant for the last 15 years. John Cumming has been CEO of Stellar, he led the successful sale of the Balandougou Guinea gold project in an all-cash transaction to Rida Mining Ltd.