Houston Lake Mining Inc. announced the appointment of Ernie Marcotte, P.Eng, FCIM to the board of directors of the "Company." Marcotte has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry involving metallurgical and mining operations, environmental control, mineral processing, research and development, design engineering, plant commissioning and corporate management. He has extensive experience in gold, uranium, nickel-copper and platinum-palladium operations. He has served in various senior management and engineering capacities which include Mill Superintendent, General Mine Manager and Vice President.

Over a forty year period, Mr. Marcotte has worked for a number of successful mining companies: Denison, East Malartic Gold, Upper Canada Gold, Falconbridge, Pamour, MacIsaac (INCO Shebandowan Operation) and North American Palladium. As Vice President Mining for North American Palladium and Vice President and General Manager Mining Operations for the Lac Des Iles Mine, he was instrumental in the initial commissioning and progressive improvement of the mine and mill operations. Mr. Marcotte has served as Senior Metallurgist for SNC Lavalin, Engineers and Constructors.

He served as Vice President of Operations for Mustang Minerals Corp. where his primary focus was fast tracking the Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and Pre-Feasibility Study and initiated the Bankable Feasibility for the Maskwa Ni-Cu-PGE Project in Manitoba. Most recently, Mr. Marcotte served as Senior Process Engineer for Rubicon Minerals Corporation and was involved with design engineering and equipment selection for the construction of the Phoenix Project mineral processing plant.

He has served on a number of Boards and Committees in the communities in which he has resided and has served on the Board of Directors for Mining Companies. Mr. Marcotte currently serves on the Board of Directors of Numax Resources who are currently advancing an iron-titanium property in North Western Ontario.