JOSEPH KEANE

January 31, 2021 Trading Symbol: “TSX.V: BARU | OTCQB: BARUF” BARU GOLD CORP APPOINTS DIRECTOR & GRANTS OPTIONS Vancouver, BC - Baru Gold Corp (“Baru Gold” or “The Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Joseph Keane to the board of directors. Mr. Keane has held numerous engineering, technical, and managerial positions in the mineral industry worldwide, including positions with Chile Exploration Company in Chile, Molycorp in New Mexico, and Pincock, Allen & Holt. From 1982 to 2005, Mr. Keane was President and Principal Metallurgical Engineer with KD Engineering Co., specializing in process design development, equipment selection, and pollution abatement for global clients. Concurrently, from 1985 to 2005, he was President of METCON Research, supervising numerous mineral beneficiation test programs and pilot plant studies. SGS, a global analytical and engineering services firm, acquired both KD and METCON in 2013, renaming the combined companies SGS Metcon/KD Engineering. Notably, Mr. Keane has served as a director of Golden Cycle Gold Corporation, Rochester Resources, Mercator Minerals, and Stingray Copper Corporation. In addition, he was a consultant to the Mining & Petroleum Division of IMF (International Finance Corp), the Mining Foundation (Southwest Mining Hall of Fame), and the World Bank. Among his many mining operational achievements, Mr. Keane was instrumental in starting the first semi-autogenous copper sulfide flotation mill in the Philippines, doubling the production capacity of the largest gold mine in the Southeast Asian country. In addition, he was the project sponsor for China’s largest gold heap leach mine (30,000 tonnes per day and 133,000 ounces gold per year) in Inner Mongolia, which was subsequently acquired by China Gold International, and expanded to 250,000 ounces gold per year with a resource of over 3 million ounces. President & CEO of Baru Gold, Mr. Terry Filbert comments, “Joseph brings to Baru Gold decades of relevant global experience in heap leach and engineering. His wealth of knowledge and experience will be shared with our ground team, furthering our efforts to ensure the start up process at the Sanghie Gold Project goes smoothly.” Baru Gold Corporation 9th Floor 1021 West Hastings St Vancouver, BC V6C1L6 www.barugold.com The Company also announces that it has granted an aggregate amount of 7,200,000 stock options to certain officers and directors of the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Company's stock option plan. The grant of the options is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Each option entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the company at an exercise price of $0.11 for a five-year period.