Gran Colombia Gold Corp. announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Lombardo Paredes Arenas as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gran Colombia Gold. Ms. Maria Consuelo Araujo will be appointed in a new role, as President of the company and focus her efforts on governmental relations and corporate responsibility.

Mr. Paredes assumed the role of CEO effective February 1, 2014 and brings to his position over 20 years of corporate leadership and operations management experience in the resource sector in Latin America.