Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. announced that Paul Geddes has been appointed Vice President Exploration. Paul has more than 20 years exploration and development experience in Canada and the United States with a strong background in delineating structurally complex gold deposits and building mineable resources in a cost effective and timely manner. His most recent accomplishment with Rainy River Resources Ltd. was the nearly thousand fold increase in global gold resources for the recently permitted Rainy River Gold Project west of Fort Frances, Ontario prior to its takeover by New Gold in October 2013.