Adventus Mining Corporation announce the appointment of two new independent board members as a result of the departure of two existing board members. This will result in a continuation of six directors, with a seventh to be announced shortly. Mr. Paul Sweeney is resigning for personal reasons as part of his retirement plans and Mr. Mike Haworth is resigning as part of other business commitments and also reallocating his time to Greenstone's larger investment exposure.

An extensive outreach process was run by Adventus Mining, with a view to the development of the Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in Ecuador. The two new independent board members are: Mr. Stephen Williams – Stephen is currently Vice President Corporate Development & Investor Relations at Bluestone Resources Inc, a Lundin Group company. He was previously a Director at Canaccord Genuity Corp.

in the metals and mining investment banking team. Stephen is a professional engineer by background and worked for Freeport-McMoRan in an operational and process development capacity. He holds a B.A.Sc.

in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. Mr. Leif Nilsson – Leif is currently CEO and Director of Surge Copper Corp., an exploration and development stage company with copper projects located in British Columbia. Prior to joining Surge Copper, he dedicated 15 years to a career in mining advisory and investment banking for various Canadian and international firms, most recently serving as Senior Vice President at the Australian multinational investment bank Macquarie Capital.

He has advised on many high-profile M&A and Canadian capital markets transactions and has built a reputation for excellence and integrity. Leif holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Physics and Exploration Geophysics from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Finance from INSEAD. The new Board will be constituted by five independent directors, including Independent Chairman, Mr. Mark Wellings, and with President and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Christian Kargl-Simard as the only non-independent director.