Alder Resources Limited announced the appointment of Mr John Spurney to the position of Vice President, Exploration, effective immediately.

Mr Spurney is a geologist with over 30 years of diversified technical and managerial experience in mineral exploration, primarily in Latin America, the Western United States and Asia. He has evaluated a wide variety of precious and base metal deposits in metallogenic belts around the world.

Mr Spurney played a key role in the discovery of the Cerro Crucitas and Conchudita epithermal gold deposits in Costa Rica and the Cerro Casale porphyry gold-copper deposit in Chile. He has worked both as an independent consultant and an employee for such world class companies as Placer Dome, Barrick Gold, Kinross Gold, Brett Resources, Bema Gold and Getty Mining.

Mr Joseph Arengi president & CEO of Alder said that "I am personally very pleased to welcome John to this key position on the Alder team. John's wide range of experience in exploration and project evaluation in a variety of countries and geologic settings augers well for the company as we continue to explore and grow our flagship Rosita project. I would also like to thank Marcelo Albuquerque for his valued contribution to the company."