Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Francisco Ramos as the Chief Operating Officer of the company and also update its shareholders and interested parties on the corporate activities that have taken place over the past couple months on the Rosario, Gavilanes and the San Felipe silver projects and the company's plans for the remainder of 2012. Mr. Ramos was a co-founder of Great Panther Silver Limited (GPS), finding and developing its first two mines. Mr. Ramos has worked with a variety of senior mining companies such as Penoles, IMMSA (Grupo Mexico) and Minera Autlan.