Amarillo Gold Corp. announced that Arao Portugal has joined the company's senior management as Director of Strategy (non-board, Brazil based), effective March 2015. In his new role, Mr. Portugal will be responsible for government and community liaison, with particular focus on expediting the environmental permitting of the company's Mara Rosa project.

Mr. Portugal has 35 years of diverse mining and mineral processing experience in Brazil, South America and Central America. Mr. Portugal most recently held the position of Co-Country Manager and Vice President at Yamana Gold Inc. Mr. Portugal also served as Vice President of Administration and Human Resources at Yamana Gold Inc. He joined Mineracao Fazenda Brasileiro and Yamana Desenvolvimento Mineral S/A, subsidiaries of Yamana, in July 2003 as General Manager and Administrative Director. Prior to his time at Yamana, he spent twenty five years working for Brazilian mining Company, Vale, where he gained invaluable experience as Maintenance, Raw material, Commercial, Logistics administration, institutional management and Supply Chain.