Amarillo Gold Corporation announced that effective July 1, 2019, Arão Portugal has assumed the position of Country Manager for Amarillo's Brazilian subsidiaries AMARILLO MINERAÇÃO DO BRASIL LTDA and MINERAÇÃO LAVRAS DO SUL LTDA. Mr. Portugal has been working half-time with the Company since 2015 as Director of Strategy and has been responsible for government and community relations. Arao's efforts were a key part of Amarillo's success in obtaining the Preliminary License (LP) for the Mara Rosa project in 2016. This is the first step in the mine permitting process in Brazil and is the social and environmental license required to operate a mine. With his guidance, the Company is now preparing to apply for the License to Install (LI) permit to build and commission the Mara Rosa plant. In addition to his ongoing social and regulatory responsibilities, Mr. Portugal will now manage the Company's day-to-day business in Brazil and will lead the commercial efforts to secure the many contracts required to successfully build and operate the Mara Rosa gold mine.