American Potash Corp. announced that Mr. Jonathan George has stepped down as President of the Company. Mr. Dean Besserer, a director of the Company, has therefore been appointed as interim President.

Mr. Besserer has more than two decades of mineral exploration experience working in over 50 countries, leading projects with annual exploration budgets exceeding USD 20 million. He has served as Vice-President and Partner at APEX Geoscience Ltd., a consulting firm with offices in Canada, South America and Australia, and as a Director of Brilliant Mining, Niblack Resources and Sentosa Mining. Mr. Besserer also served as the Vice-President of Exploration of numerous junior mining companies and is a Professional Geologist and a "Qualified Person" as defined in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").