JOHN ELLIS

BARU GOLD CORP APPOINTS MINING EXECUTIVE JOHN J. ELLIS Vancouver, BC - Baru Gold Corp (“Baru Gold” or “The Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. John J. Ellis to the Company’s the Board of Directors. Mr. Ellis is a mining executive and engineer with significant experience in operations, open pit, start up management and capital markets over the last 50 years. From 1980’s he was Senior Vice President for Inspiration Mining Corp North American which produced over 3 million tonnes of coal per year in US and served as Vice Chairman of Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting. Group, looking after operations. By 1989 to 1994 Mr. Ellis would become Managing Director for Wester Gold Exploration & Mining (Inspiration Mining) and looked after all of the groups’ open pit, underground operations, mills, for gold/zinc/copper through to sales. In the late 90’s he was tasked to become Chairman and CEO of Anglo Gold North America, setting up Anglo’s gold mining ventures in Americas responsible for gold exploration, acquisition, and operation of projects in US, Canada, and Mexico. He has also provided guidance to Inco in Indonesia early 2000’s for a large nickel laterarte mine producing 160 million pounds of Nickel annually. He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for Hycroft Mining Corp (formerly Allied Nevada Gold) and Jaguar Mining Inc, two mid size gold producers in Americas. Previously, he has served as a director for International Tower Hills Mines, Queenstake Resources, Cashman Equipment, and also Sunshine Silver Mines. He’s been a consultant for several large scale multi-national mining groups including CRVD-Inco, BHP Biliton, AngloGold Ashanti and Anglo American. Mr. Ellis is a Professional Mining Engineer licensed British Columbia