Far East Gold Limited announced the appointment of Michael Thirnbeck as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Thirnbeck is a qualified geologist with over 30 years' experience in managing numerous mineral exploration and development projects in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. He has been a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy since 1989 and holds B.Sc.

(Hons.) degree from the University of Queensland.