Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. announced that Ms. Elizabeth Lewis-Gray has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately. Since 1996, Ms. Lewis-Gray has been the co-founder, Managing Director and the Chair of Gekko Systems, a world leader in precious metal mineral processing with a speciality in low footprint, low energy processing plant solutions plus real time gold data instrumentation and automation solutions. Gekko System’s head office is based in Victoria, Australia. Ms. Lewis-Gray has previously served as a director and Chair of Austmine, the leading industry body for the Australian Mining, Technology and Services (METS) sector and served for eight years on the Australian Federal Government’s Innovation Australian Board. In 2015, she was asked to establish the Industry Growth Centre for METS sector, METS Ignited, where she is currently acting as Deputy Chair. METS Ignited is an industry-led, government funded, not for profit organization that works with Australian suppliers to the mining industry, global miners and research organizations to improve competitiveness and productivity within the Australian mining and METS sector. Ms. Lewis-Gray has a Bachelor of Economics degree from Adelaide University, a Financial Securities diploma from Financial Services Institute of Australia, and a Master of Business Management and Honorary PhD from Federation University, Australia. In addition, Ms. Lewis-Gray is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM) and the Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering (FTSE).