PVG Pretium Resources Inc

Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX/NYSE:PVG) (“Pretivm” or the “Company”) announces that Dr. Nicole Adshead-Bell has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Pretivm, effective August 13, 2018.

Dr. Robert Quartermain remarks “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I wish to thank and acknowledge the contribution that Dr. Adshead-Bell has made to Pretivm and the Board during our transition from developer into a mid-tier gold producing company.  We wish Dr. Adshead-Bell success in her new role as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Beadell Resources Limited.”

About Pretivm

Pretivm is emerging as the premier low-cost intermediate gold producer with production at the high-grade underground Brucejack Mine in northern British Columbia now at steady state.

For further information contact:

Joseph Ovsenek	Troy Shultz
President & CEO	Manager, Investor Relations &
	Corporate Communications

Pretium Resources Inc.Suite 2300, Four Bentall Centre, 1055 Dunsmuir Street PO Box 49334 Vancouver, BC V7X 1L4 (604) 558-1784 (877) 558-1784 invest@pretivm.com (SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)