Big River Gold Ltd. announced that Mr. Beau Nicholls, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, will take up the position of Technical Director with immediate effect. Nicholls' shift to an executive role comes at a time when Big River plans to increase its exploration effort and geological team in Brazil in anticipation of a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions that have limited field activity in the country. In addition to his duties as a director, Mr. Nicholls will work at least six days a month overseeing exploration planning and the execution of programs in and around the Company's Borborema Gold Project and further afield in Brazil, as well as assisting in the assessment of projects and opportunities as they become available for acquisition. He will also provide geological oversight for mine production as Borborema gears up for production. Nicholls, a highly qualified geologist with 25 years' experience operating in South America, Eastern Europe, Australia and Africa, is uniquely skilled to carry out these duties. He spent nine years living and working in Brazil, where he initially set up and managed the Coffey International office in Belo Horizonte before moving into the management of exploration companies. He has worked on a number of projects, both exploration and production and speaks fluent Portuguese.