Redstar Gold Corp. reported the appointment of Jacques Vaillancourt as Executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Vaillancourt has 30 years of experience in global financial markets.

He is currently the President of Mount Everest Finance S.A. Additionally he is an Executive Director of Mineral and Financial Investments Limited. Prior, he was with HSBC as Managing Director and Global Head of Metals & Mining. From 1992 to 2009 he was at BMO Capital Markets as Managing Director and Head of European Equity Products and was part of the team that made BMO a leading global mining investment bank.

Additionally, he has been a sell-side analyst at RBC Capital Markets.