Esperanza Appoints George Elliott Director

Esperanza Silver Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EPZ)(PINK SHEETS:ESPZF) is pleased to
announce that George Elliott has agreed to join its Board of Directors.


Mr. Elliott brings to the company over 35 years of experience in legal and
corporate affairs as well as broad mining knowledge. He served as Chairman and
CEO of Titanium Corporation from 2000 to 2007. Earlier he was senior counsel at
Gowling, Lafleur & Henderson, one of Canada's leading diversified law firms. He
also serves as Director of a number of other corporations including Gammon Gold
Inc. Mr. Elliott's extensive business and corporate finance know-how will bring
considerable new strength to Esperanza's Board. He will also serve as Chairman
of the Audit Committee.


Bill Pincus, Esperanza's President and CEO, said, "George Elliott's experience
and guidance will be tremendous assets as Cerro Jumil in Mexico and San Luis in
Peru - the company's two principal development projects - move forward. On
behalf of the Board I would like to welcome George to Esperanza."


About Esperanza

Esperanza is an emerging precious-metals producer focused on advancing the
development of its two principal properties: the San Luis high-grade gold and
silver and base metal joint venture in Peru and the 100%-owned Cerro Jumil gold
project in Morelos State, Mexico. It is also actively investigating 17 other
exploration interests in Peru and Mexico. 


SAFE HARBOR: Some statements in this release are forward-looking in nature. The
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. Such statements include
statements as to the potential of the Cerro Jumil and San Luis properties, the
ability to finance further exploration, to permit drilling and other exploration
and development work, the availability of drill rigs, the ability to develop and
finance any proposed mine, and the availability of equipment, supplies and
personnel at economic rates to make the property viable at then prevailing
metals prices. 


The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and other factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially, including those relating
to exploration and bringing properties into production. Please refer to a
discussion of some of these and other risk factors in Esperanza's Form 20-F
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking
statements contained in this document constitute managements' current estimates
as of the date of this release with respect to the matters covered herein.
Esperanza expects that these forward-looking statements will change as new
information is received and that actual results will vary, possibly in material
ways. 


Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, expectations and opinions
of management on the date the statements are made, and the company does not
assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or
management's beliefs, expectations or opinions should change. For these reasons,
investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.