Ecometals Announces Appointment of New CFO

  Ecometals Limited (TSX VENTURE: EML)(BERLIN: GDQ)(FRANKFURT: GDQ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Robertson as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 1, 2009.

Mr. Robertson is a qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK and a Business graduate with over 20 years experience in industry. He started his career with Laporte PLC at a time when it was involved in the mining of Titanium containing ores in Australia, which they processed into Titanium Dioxide, and also the mining of Bentonite in Brazil and Spain. He subsequently became Finance Director of its global pharmaceutical intermediates and polymer catalysts business based in Germany. More recently, he was part of an MBI team which bought the global inorganic mineral coatings business from Bayer with venture capital funding and syndicated debt. Based in Belgium as the CFO, he and the CEO grew the business both organically and by acquisition and eventually structured an exit to another fund. Immediately prior to joining the Company, he has been Group Finance Director of a UK publicly listed international group engaged in the manufacture of metallic foils for the packaging industry.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Francis Scola, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated, "We welcome Andrew to our team. With his experience and background, he will be a great asset to the management team of Ecometals Limited."

The former Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Mark L. Kesselman, will continue to serve in his role as Secretary of the Company.

About Ecometals

Ecometals Limited is a Canadian-listed mineral exploration and development company focused on mineral resources in Latin America. Ecometals also holds 44.4% of Atomaer Holdings Pty Ltd., a private Australian holding company.

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Contacts: Ecometals Limited Mark Kesselman Secretary Email: [e-mail] Website: www.ecometalslimited.com