Tesoro Minerals Corp. Appoints John Gray as Chief Operating Officer

Tesoro Minerals Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TES) is pleased to announce
that it has appointed John Gray as its new Chief Operating Officer.


Mr. Gray is a geologist with 20 years of exploration experience working
throughout the Americas, Africa and Europe. He has spent nine years leading
startup companies in South America, Africa and Europe. Mr. Gray is currently the
Chief Executive Officer of Verde Resources Inc., a mineral exploration company
focused on copper opportunities in Peru and Chile. Mr. Gray is also the former
CEO of African Aura Resources, an iron and gold exploration company with
operations in Cameroon and Liberia, previously listed on the TSX-V and AIM.


About Tesoro Minerals Corp.

Tesoro Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TES) is a mineral exploration company with
major land positions in three of Colombia's most prolific gold regions including
Antioquia, Tolima-Quindio, and Santander-Norte de Santander. The Company has
assembled a team of experienced geoscientists with extensive exploration
experience in the Americas with the aims of advancing its assets towards
discovery.


On Behalf of Tesoro Minerals Corp.

Peter Tegart, President and CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Tesoro Minerals Corp.
Peter Tegart
[e-mail]