EX-99.20 21 exh9920.htm EXHIBIT 99.20 New Gold Inc.: Exh 99.20 - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.

Exhibit 99.20

Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc Suite 501, 55 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5J 2H7
T (416) 947-0907 F (416) 947-0395
www.scottwilson.com

CONSENT OF RICHARD LAMBERT

I consent to the inclusion in this annual report on Form 40-F of New Gold Inc., which is being filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, of references to my name in connection with mineral reserve and resource estimates for the El Morro Project and to the use of information derived from the technical report entitled "Feasibility NI 43-101 Technical Report for the El Morro Copper-Gold Project, Region III, Chile," dated May 9, 2008, included in the Annual Information Form of New Gold Inc. for the financial year ended December 31, 2008.

Dated this 31st day of March, 2009.

"Richard Lambert"                 
Name: Richard J. Lambert, P.E.
Title: Executive Vice President