Blackrock Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Carter to the Board of Directors. Dr. Carter has 30 years of experience in the mining and minerals exploration industry. He spent seven years working for Rio Tinto Corp. in South America and the United Kingdom, and in 1996, he became President and CEO of Balaclava Mines. Dr. Carter joined Billiton Plc in 1998 and in 2000 moved from ima, Peru, to Vancouver. Following the merger of Billiton with BHP, he assumed the role of Manager, Business Development, within the BHP Billiton Exploration Group, and was the Chief Operating Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. from mid-2004 to late 2006. Dr. Carter was President and CEO of Magellan Minerals Ltd., until its recent sale to Anfield Gold Corp. in May 2016. He is a director of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., and Anfield Gold Corp. To accommodate the appointment of Dr. Carter to the Board, Randy Minhas, the Chief Financial Officer of BRC, has agreed to step down as a director. Mr. Minhas will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer.