Desert Star Resources Ltd. announced the appointments of Keith Henderson and Chris Taylor to the company's Board of Directors, and Guy Davis to the company's management team as Corporate Development. Mr. Henderson is a mining industry executive with 20 years' experience in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. After several years in consulting roles, Mr. Henderson worked with Anglo American Exploration in Europe and North America, leading a number of exploration projects and ultimately he was project manager for Anglo Coal as the company made its first entry into Canada.

Mr. Taylor is a mining industry executive with 15 years' experience across the Americas and in Asia. An economic geologist and explorationist, he has experience with porphyry copper gold, epithermal gold, and VMS deposits. Mr. Davis is a lawyer with approximately 10 years of experience in the legal industry, previously working in private practice at one of Canada's premier law firms, and most recently at a TSX and NASDAQ-listed mining company with operations throughout Latin America.