Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment of Director

Mr. Hill is a geologist and accomplished mining industry professional with over 30 years of global exploration, mining operational and project development experience. He is the founder and President of Exploration Outcomes Ltd., a geological consultancy, and in July 2017, he was appointed to his current role as Advisor to the management committee of Jaguar Mining Inc.. Prior to that, from February 1986 to July 2017, Mr. Hill served as a geologist with Anglo American Corporation and with AngloGold Ashanti in a number of roles, most recently as a regional exploration manager. During his tenure at these companies, he was directly involved in the discovery of several world class projects within both greenfield and brownfield areas in the Americas and in Africa. His broad range of experience includes, exploration and development of projects including due diligence, corporate development, mine geology and management of interrelated departments including coordination and liaison with mine planning and reporting of mineral resources and reserves. Jon holds a BSc (Hons) Economic Geology 1988 (University of Cape Town), and a BAppSc. Applied Geology 1985 (Queensland University of Technology). He has been a member of the AUSIMM since 1986.

Mr Peter Mullens, Royal Road Minerals Chairman stated; "It is a great pleasure to welcome Jon to the Board of Directors, his depth of knowledge in regards to South American exploration and mining geology and his extensive network of valuable contacts throughout the continent will be of substantial benefit to the Company"

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Dr. Timothy Coughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer

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