Arizona Tribune - Azarga Metals Appoints Matt Bolu to Board of Directors

Matt Bolu is a professional mining and minerals engineer with diverse experience in the global minerals industry. He has over 49 years of continued experience in operating, engineering and design, technical audits and due diligence studies of mineral processing plants and projects world-wide. He started his career in the mid-1970's at Ergani copper mine-mill-smelter complex and continued through to 1999 in various operating positions at Canada Tungsten, Uludag Wolfram and Tanco Tantalum-Lithium mines. His long operating career also included Total Energold, Noramco's gold/silver mine and Imperial Metals' Mount Polley copper mine.

Mr. Bolu's consulting engineering career included Cominco Engineering Svcs. and H.A. Simons (later Amec). Since 2000, Mr. Bolu has been the President of Bomenco Minerals Engineering providing independent consulting engineering services to the global mining industry within a team of highly specialized experts.

Mr. Bolu has worked as an active participant in the design and development of numerous metal and mineral projects around the globe that have gone to commercial production including copper, gold and silver, bismuth, tungsten and fluorspar.

Mr. Bolu holds a M.Sc. degree in Minerals Engineering from the University of Birmingham, England and meets the requirements for a "Qualified Person" as defined in Canadian National Instrument 43-101 rules.

Gordon Tainton, Chief Executive Officer of Azarga Metals, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Matt Bolu to Azarga's Board of Directors. Matt brings a deep understanding of metallurgy and engineering as the Company continues to advance its copper-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide Marg Project located in the prolific Keno Hill mining district of the central Yukon in Canada. We welcome his input and expertise as we move the project forward."

AZARGA METALS CORP.
Gordon Tainton,
President and Chief Executive Officer

For further information please contact: Ben Meyer, at +1 (604) 536-2711 or visit www.azargametals.com. The address of the corporate office of Azarga Metals is Unit 1 - 15782 Marine Drive, White Rock, BC V4B 1E6, British Columbia, Canada.

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SOURCE: Azarga Metals Corp.

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