Orla Mining Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Rob Krcmarov as an independent Director of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Krcmarov is a geologist and an experienced international mining executive who has held mine site, regional, and corporate leadership roles. Mr. Krcmarov most recently served as a technical advisor to Barrick Gold Corporation, having previously served as an executive with that company for 13 years, and as Executive Vice President Exploration and Growth since 2016.

In these various roles, he led exploration teams which have discovered, drilled and delineated multiple value adding orebodies, including several world class greenfield discoveries. Mr. Krcmarov holds a Master of Economic Geology from the University of Tasmania and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Adelaide.