EXHIBIT 99.8

CONSENT OF QUALIFIED PERSON

 

TO: British Columbia Securities Commission Alberta Securities Commission Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan The Manitoba Securities Commission Ontario Securities Commission Autorité des marchés financiers New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission Nova Scotia Securities Commission Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Prince Edward Island Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Service Newfoundland and Labrador

AND TO: Eldorado Gold Corporation

I, Jessy Thelland, P. Geo., Director of Technical Services for Eldorado Gold (Québec) inc., hereby consent to the public filing of the technical report titled “Technical Report, Lamaque Project, Quebec” dated March 31, 2022 and effective December 31, 2021 (the “Technical Report”) with the securities regulatory authorities referred to above.

I further consent (a) to the public filing of the Technical Report with any stock exchange and other regulatory authority and any publication of the Technical Report by them for regulatory purposes, including electronic publication in the public company files on their websites accessible by the public, and (b) to the publication of the Technical Report by Eldorado Gold Corporation on its company website or otherwise.

I have read the annual information form of Eldorado Gold Corporation dated March 31, 2022 (the “AIF”) and the news release of Eldorado Gold Corporation dated February 24, 2022 (the “News Release”). I hereby consent to being named in the AIF and News Release as having prepared the Technical Report and to the use of the Technical Report, and extracts from the Technical Report, or a summary of the Technical Report in the AIF and News Release.

I confirm that the AIF and News Release fairly and accurately represent the information in the Technical Report that supports the disclosure.

Dated this 31^st day of March, 2022.

Sincerely,

/s/ Jessy Thelland

Jessy Thelland, P.Geo.

Director of Technical Services

Eldorado Gold (Québec) inc.