EX-99.16 17 exhibit99-16.htm EXHIBIT 99.16 New Gold Inc.: Exhibit 99.16 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

Exhibit 99.16

Consent of Barton Stone

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 and readdressed to New Gold on August 26, 2009, included in the Annual Information Form of New Gold Inc. for the financial year ended December 31, 2009 and I consent to the incorporation by reference of such information in the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-160500) of New Gold Inc.

Dated this 26th day of March, 2010.

/s/ Barton Stone               

 
Name: Barton Stone  
Title: P.Geo and Chief Geologist for Pincock, Allen & Holt Inc.