Minaurum Gold Inc. announced that Dr. Ruben Padilla, PhD., has been appointed to the board of directors. Dr. Padilla has over 35 years of mining and exploration experience and has been a key member of exploration teams credited with the discovery of over 47 million ounces of gold at the Colosa and Gramalote deposits in Colombia, and the Lynx deposit in the Windfall camp in Quebec. Dr. Padilla was the first to propose the exploration concept that led to the discovery of the La Escondida East Cu-Mo-Au deposit in Chile.

Dr. Padilla is currently President and CEO of Sable Resources Ltd. and a board member of Minera Alamos Inc. He spent seven years with Anglo Gold Ashanti as the Country Manager, Peru and Colombia and Chief Geologist for South America, 13 years with BHP as Senior Geologist in Mexico, Chile and Peru, and 2 years as assistant to the global VP of exploration based in San Francisco. At the beginning of his career, he worked for 3 years as mine geologist in the Santa Eulalia district in Chihuahua, and 3 years as exploration geologist with Fresnillo in northern Mexico. Dr. Padilla holds a geological engineering degree from the University of Chihuahua, Mexico, and Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Arizona.