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Announces Changes to the Board of Directors

posted on Apr 08, 2009 02:00PM

April 8, 2009

High River Gold Announces Changes to the Board of Directors

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 8, 2009) - High River Gold Mines Ltd. ("High River" or the "Company") (TSX:HRG) announced today that John W. Crow has resigned from the board of directors of the Company. Mr. Crow joined the board of directors in May 2008 and was the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Management and the board of directors of High River thank Mr. Crow for his contributions and considerable efforts as a director.

High River is also pleased to welcome Alexey Khudyakov and Karl Glackmeyer to the board of directors. Mr. Khudyakov has also been named the Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Khudyakov is a Vice President at Altimo. Prior to his appointment at Altimo, Mr. Khudyakov held a Vice President position with Alfa Bank, managing the bank's investments in Golden Telecom and Kyivstar. He also worked for the Moscow office of McKinsey & Co. from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Khudyakov holds a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD and a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Mr. Khudyakov is presently a member of the board of directors of Turkcell and Kyivstar.

Mr. Glackmeyer has over 40 years of experience in the mineral resource business. From 1994 to his retirement in 2004, Mr. Glackmeyer was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairstar Explorations Inc., a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. From 1984 to 1991, he was president of Yorbeau Resources Inc., a mineral exploration company traded on the Montreal Exchange. Mr. Glackmeyer obtained a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree from Laval University in 1967.

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High River is a gold company with interests in producing mines, mines under development, and advanced exploration projects in Burkina Faso and Russia.

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