Rio2 Limited announced the appointments of Kathryn Johnson as executive vice president - chief financial officer and corporate secretary and Luc English as country manager - Nicaragua. Both Kathryn and Luc will assume their new positions with the company on 1 June 2017. Kathryn Johnson is based in Vancouver and has over 10 years of experience in the mining industry, primarily in Latin America.

Kathryn brings extensive experience in accounting and finance, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, project development, internal controls and financial reporting. Kathryn held various senior positions at Rio Alto Mining Limited until acquired in 2015. Her last position was Chief Financial Officer and prior to that Vice President, Corporate Controller and Corporate Reporting.

Kathryn replaces David D'Onofrio as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Luc English is based in Nicaragua and has over 20 years' experience as an Exploration Geologist and Manager. He has spent the past 10 years in Nicaragua where he successfully led Condor Gold's exploration team from concession acquisition, through exploration and resource development to a pre- feasibility mining study on the La India Gold Project.

He also recently represented geological consultants CSA Global managing geotechnical drilling for a proposed interoceanic canal across Nicaragua.