Yamana Gold, Inc. announced that Christiane Bergevin and Jane Sadowsky have joined its Board of Directors. Ms. Bergevin currently serves as Executive Vice President, Partnerships and Business Development, Office of the President at Desjardins Group. From 2009 to 2013 she was the Executive Vice-President, Strategic Partnerships, Office of the President at Desjardins.

Prior to joining Desjardins, Ms. Bergevin was appointed Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Corporate Projects, with SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. after having held increasingly senior executive finance positions with SNC-Lavalin subsidiaries over an 18 year period, including as President of SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc., its project finance advisory arm, between 2001 and 2008. Ms. Sadowsky currently serves as Managing Partner at Gardener Advisory LLC, based in New York, New York, which provides consulting and advisory services predominately in the electricity power sector to public and private sector clients in the United States and abroad. Ms. Sadowsky retired, after more than 22 years as a New York City-based investment banker, as a Senior Managing Director from Evercore Partners, Inc., where she started and ran the power and utilities advisory group.

Prior to Evercore, she was a Managing Director and Group Head at Citigroup's Investment Bank and began her investment banking career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. The appointment of Daniel Racine as Senior Vice President, Canadian Operations and Mine Planning and Development better aligned technical and jurisdictional expertise with a portfolio that now includes Canadian Malartic, Kirkland Lake and other Canadian exploration assets. Mr. Racine is responsible for the optimization and expansions underway at Canadian Malartic, and the development of Kirkland Lake.

The appointment of Barry Murphy as Senior Vice President, Technical Services increases the technical depth of management as the company continues to advance its development projects. Mr. Murphy will be responsible for all project development and construction, as well as the optimization of existing operations as the Company continues its focus on increasing returns and creating shareholder value. Mr. Murphy's initial focus will be Cerro Moro, Suyai, and Agua Rica.