Gold Resource Corporation Appoints Dr. Gary Huber to Board of Directors

Gold Resource Corporation

(the Company) today announced that effective January 30, 2013, the size of the Board of Directors was increased from five members to six members and the Board of Directors appointed Dr. Gary Huber to fill the newly created vacancy on the board. Gold Resource Corporation is a low-cost gold and silver producer with operations in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Company has returned over $72 million to shareholders in monthly dividends since declaring commercial production July 1, 2010, and offers shareholders the option to convert their cash dividends into physical gold and silver. Dr. Huber is an experienced mining executive bringing over 35 years of diversified natural resource experience to the Board. He holds a Ph. D from the Colorado School of Mines. His past industry experience includes: president and CEO of Neutron Energy Inc., a private uranium development company, founder, CFO, and director of Canyon Resources Corp, a public exploration and mining company which operated 3 precious metal mines in the Western United States, president and director of CR Minerals Corporation, an industrial minerals mining and processing subsidiary of Canyon Resources, director of Capital Gold Corp., a public precious metal mining company operating in Mexico (which was merged into Gammon Gold) and manager of IRC Capital Group, an investment arm of International Royalty Corporation. He was also formerly a director of the Denver Gold Group, chairman of the Society of Economic Geologists' Investment and Audit Committees and chairman of the Audit Committee of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. He is a Utah registered Professional Geologist. Dr. Huber's extensive experience in the mining business includes operations management, business development, merger and acquisitions, financings, strategic planning, and minerals marketing, which brings additional depth to the Board of Directors of Gold Resource Corporation. In addition to increasing the total number of directors from five to six, Dr. Huber increases the number of independent directors on the Board to four. "We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Huber to the Board of Directors," stated Gold Resource Corporation's President, Mr. Jason Reid. "His tremendous industry experience adds greatly to the board and we look forward to working together as the Company continues to grow, generate cash and distribute meaningful dividends for the benefit of shareholders." About GRC: