Aquila Resources Inc. announced that Cliff Nelson, a mining industry executive with 35 years of operational, metallurgical and mine management experience, has been appointed as Vice President of US Operations effective February 1, 2016. Reporting to CEO Barry Hildred, Mr. Nelson will be responsible for Aquila's day-to-day activities in Michigan'sUpper Peninsula and will be based in Stephenson, in close proximity to the Company's Back Forty project. Mr. Nelson has extensive experience with mine operations producing gold and assorted base metals, and previously worked with Comstock Mining, BHP Copper and EMC Metals Corp.

over his 35-year career.