Middle Island Resources Limited announced that Mr. Brad Marwood will join the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Mr. Marwood, a Mining Engineer, brings 30 years of development, operational, managerial and corporate experience to Middle Island. Brad has participated in the construction and/or commissioning of some 26 projects internationally, with a demonstrable capacity to do so in a very practical and cost-effective manner. Middle Island looks forward to his overview of, and contribution to, the Company's planned transition from gold explorer to gold developer/producer.