Highland Gold Mining Ltd. announced the appointment of four Executive Directors to the company's board. Valery Oif, Highland's Chief Executive Officer, Alla Baranovskaya, the company's Chief Financial Officer, Sergey Mineev, the company's Head of Exploration & Capital Projects Development and Andrey Solovyov, the company's Head of Human Resources & Administration have joined the Board as Executive Directors with effect from July 11, 2012. Valery Oif (48): since October 1, 2008 he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Highland based in Moscow. From 2004 until June 2008 Mr. Oif served as a senator representing the Omsk region, a Siberian constituency, in Russia's Federation Council. Alla Baranovskaya (42): since June 1, 2011 she has been the Chief Financial Officer of Highland based in Moscow. From 2006 to 2007 she was CFO and a Director of Slavneft a Russian Oil and Gas company and from 2008 to 2010 was CFO of Rusneft an oil and gas company. Sergey Mineev (51): since April 1, 2011 he has been Head of Exploration and Capital Projects Development of Highland based in Moscow. From 2004 to 2011 he was CEO and deputy director of different Russian companies - subsidiaries of Russian investment company Renova (Ural Minerals, UralPlatinum Holding, Zoloto Kamchatki where he was a Director, Interminerals). Andrey Solovyov (47): since September 1, 2003 he has been the Head of Human Resources & Administration of Highland based in Moscow. From 2001 to 2003 he was Head of Human Resources of Equant Russia. From 1997 to 2001 he was Head of Human Resources of Searle Pharma LLC, Russian entity of pharmaceutical division of Monsanto Group.