EX-99.8

Toronto Ontario,

Glen Cole [“signed and sealed”]

February 14, 2014

Glen Cole, P.Geo. P.Eng.

Principal Resource Geologist

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Exhibit 99.8

NI 43-101 Technical Report

Feasibility Study of the Rainy River Project

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CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFIED PERSON

This certificate applies to the technical report prepared for New Gold Inc. (“New Gold”) entitled: “Feasibility Study of the Rainy River Project, Ontario, Canada” signed on February 14, 2014 (the “Technical Report”) and effective January 16, 2014.

I, Glen Cole residing at 15 Langmaid Court, Whitby, Ontario do hereby certify that:

I am a Principal Consultant (Resource Geology) with the firm of SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. (SRK) with an office at Suite 1300, 151 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

I am a graduate of the University of Cape Town in South Africa with a B.Sc (Hons) in Geology in 1983; I obtained an M.Sc (Geology) from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa in 1995 and an M.Eng in Mineral Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in 1999. I have practiced my profession continuously since 1986. Since 2006, I have estimated and audited mineral resources for a variety of early and advanced base and precious metals projects in Africa, Canada, Chile and Mexico. Between 1989 and 2005 I have worked for Goldfields Ltd at several underground and open pit mining operations in Africa and held positions of Mineral Resources Manager, Chief Mine Geologist and Chief Evaluation Geologist, with the responsibility for estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves for development projects and operating mines;

I am a Professional Geoscientist registered with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of the Province of Ontario (APGO#1416) and am also registered as a Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Scientific Professions (Reg#400070/02);

I have personally inspected the Rainy River Project site and surrounding areas on a few occasions, most recently from April 30 to May 2, 2013;

I have read the definition of “qualified person” set out in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and certify that by virtue of my education, affiliation to a professional association and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a “qualified person” for the purposes of NI 43- 101;

I am independent of the issuer as independence is described in Section 1.5 of NI 43-101;

I am responsible for sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and Appendices C to E and contributed to Sections 1, 25 and 26 of the Technical Report;

I have had prior involvement with the subject property having co-authored previous technical reports prepared by SRK in April 2009, April 2011 and April 9, 2012 (amended June 4, 2012) and a mineral resource model in February 2010. I also contributed to a technical report entitled: “Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Rainy River Gold Property” prepared by BBA in December 2011; the “Preliminary Economic Assessment Update of the Rainy River Gold Property” prepared by BBA in October 2012 and the “Feasibility Study of the Rainy River Gold Project” prepared by BBA in May 2013 and re-addressed to New Gold in July 2013;

I have read NI 43-101 and the sections of the Technical Report under my responsibility have been prepared in compliance therewith; and

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That, as of the effective date of the Technical Report, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the sections of the Technical Report for which I am responsible for contain all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not misleading.