Tesoro Gold Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Alan Gibson as Non-Executive Director. Alan Gibson is an experienced and skilled M&A lawyer, with more than 20 years' experience in Corporate, Energy and Resources Law, including more than 10 years of that as part of the Gold Fields Corporate Development team. Alan is currently Vice President: Corporate Development ­ Head of Legal for Gold Fields and has played an important role in a number of the group's key growth transactions around the world, including the proposed joint venture between Gold Fields' Tarkwa mine and AngloGold Ashanti's Iduapriem mine in Ghana; the partnership with Osisko Mining at Windfall in Quebec, Canada; acquiring the Granny Smith, Lawlers and Darlot gold mines from Barrick in 2013; acquiring a 50% interest in the Gruyere gold mine in 2016; and evaluating the various funding options for Gold Fields' key development asset Salares Norte in Chile in 2020.

Mr. Gibson is an admitted legal practitioner holding a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics from Murdoch University (WA).