Pretium Resources Inc. announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Tom Peregoodoff as an independent director of the Company. Mr. Peregoodoff has over 30 years of resource industry experience, much of it in greenfield and brownfield exploration and resource development. His last management position was President and CEO of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. where he led the company from the resource development phase through to the eventual sale to DeBeers Canada in 2018. Mr. Peregoodoff also serves as a director of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. and Tempus Resources Limited of Perth, Australia.