NewOrigin Gold Corp. announced the appointments of Andrew Thomson as Lead Director and effective October 18, 2022. Andrew Thomson will continue as the Chief Executive Officer of NewOrigin and is replacing Elijah Tyshynski as Lead Director.

In addition, David Farquharson has stepped down as President and will continue in a consulting role with the Company and Alex Rodriguez Tovalino will be standing for election to the board of directors at NewOrigin's next Annual General Meeting on November 30, 2022, and will replace Alexandria Marcotte. Mr. Rodriguez currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Development overseeing strategy, business development and investor relations for O3 Mining Inc. Mr. Rodriguez is an economist with over 10 years' experience in the mining industry and capital markets, spanning both corporate development and equity research roles. He led a range of strategic and finance initiatives at Volcan Compañía Minera as Head of Business Development.

Prior to Volcan, Mr. Rodriguez worked at Kallpa Securities in metals and mining equity research. He holds an MBA from the University of Toronto ­ Rotman School of Management.