Antofagasta Gold Inc. welcomes Paul Matysek (P.Geo.) and Bruce Humphrey (P.Eng.) to the board of directors of the company. Mr. Matysek is a mining entrepreneur, professional geochemist and geologist with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. A Master of Science in geology graduate from the University of British Columbia, Paul has held senior executive and director positions with several natural resource exploration and development companies and is a proven company builder.

Mr. Humphrey has more than 35 years of experience in the international mining industry. He was formerly the President and CEO of Desert Sun Mining Co., which successfully developed the Jacobina Mine Complex in Brazil. The success of this project led to the acquisition of Desert Sun by Yamana Gold in April, 2006.

From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Humphrey was Chief Operating Officer of Goldcorp Inc. responsible primarily for the re-development, start-up and operation of Goldcorp's high-grade Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario.