Los Andes Copper Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Fernando Porcile to the Board of Directors of the Company and to serve as Executive Chairman. His primary role will be to apply his formidable international project experience to take the company through the development stage of its Vizcachitas copper project. Mr. Porcile has over 50 years of experience in the mining business. He has been responsible for the development, implementation, commissioning and operation of several new mining projects as well as managing various mining operations. His experience with engineering companies is vast and varied, as senior process engineer, and as client and consultant. Most of his experience has been in copper, but has also included nitrates, iodine and iron ore. During the period 2010-2014, he was Director of the Codelco Board and lately he has been consultant for other mining companies with developments of copper, iron and gold projects. Antony Amberg will remain as Chief Executive Officer, working closely with Mr. Porcile in the development of the Vizcachitas project.