Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. announced that Thomas Ullrich has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President Exploration, effective February 1, 2016. Mr. Ullrich has significant executive-level experience with both majors and juniors in the metals and mining industry. Mr. Ullrich has over 20 years experience in mineral exploration and geoscience.

He has been Chief Geologist North America for Antofagasta Minerals plc since 2011, investigating the region's copper potential through extensive property evaluations and management of drill programs in Alaska and Canada. The addition of Mr. Ullrich will greatly strengthen the existing Aston Bay team. Mr. Ullrich will be based in Toronto and will handle exploration and operations of the company.

Aston Bay thanks Mr. Bruce Counts for his nearly three years of exceptional service on the company's management team and Board of Directors. Mr. Counts did not stand for re-election as a director at the company's annual meeting of the shareholders in December 2015. His last day as COO of the company was January 31, 2016.