B2Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Randy Reichert as Vice President, Operations effective June 1, 2019. Mr. Reichert has 30 years’ experience in the mining industry and has a long history of working with B2Gold’s management team, initially with Bema Gold Corporation at its Julietta and Kupol mines in Russia’s Far East and, most recently, at B2Gold’s Fekola Mine in Mali. Mr. Reichert spent the first 10 years of his mining career with Cominco Ltd. in various progressive roles in Canada before joining Bema Gold as the General Manager of the Julietta Mine in January 2002 and the Kupol Mine during its development between January 2006 and July 2007. Thereafter, he continued his mining career as an executive at various gold, copper and chrome operating and development companies in the junior mining sector and as a due diligence consultant for mine financings. Mr. Reichert subsequently joined B2Gold, which was founded by the Bema Gold management team, in August 2016 as General Manager of the Fekola Project, guiding the transition from construction to operations and into steady-state operation. Mr. Reichert will be responsible for overseeing the technical, health and safety aspects of the Company’s mining activities and will assist with various studies from due diligence through construction and project evaluations.