Castle Peak Appoints Darren Lindsay to Board of Directors

Castle Peak Mining Ltd. ("Castle Peak" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:CAP), is
pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Lindsay to the Company's Board of
Directors, following the approval of a shareholder resolution at the annual
general meeting last week.


Mr. Lindsay is currently Castle Peak's President and Chief Executive Officer,
and is a professional geoscientist with 15 years experience in exploration
geology for precious and base metals in North and South America. He played a key
role on the team involved with the expansion and feasibility level studies of
the multi-million ounce Madrid and Doris gold deposits in Hope Bay, Nunavut,
with Miramar Mining Corporation and later Newmont Mining Corporation. He has
also worked with other junior and senior companies, including BHP Minerals
Canada Ltd, Inmet Mining Corporation, and Kodiak Exploration Limited.


Chairman Brian Lock said, "Darren's experience developing gold deposits will be
of great benefit to the Company as we move forward with our exploration program
at the Akorade project. This appointment rounds out the Board's skill set with
advanced projects experience and will enhance our ability to deliver shareholder
value."


About Castle Peak

Castle Peak Mining Ltd. is a Canadian-based exploration and development company
focused on advancing greenfields and early stage gold projects. The Company
holds a strategic land package in the Ashanti belt adjacent to several producing
gold mines in Ghana, West Africa. The Ashanti belt is known as one of the most
prolific gold belts in the world with over 150 million proven ounces uncovered
and current investment in excess of $2.5 B USD. Castle Peak is now executing an
aggressive Phase I exploration program on identified gold targets.


On behalf of the Board of Castle Peak Mining Ltd.:

Darren Lindsay, President and Chief Executive Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions
that could cause actual results to vary materially from targeted results the
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