Duran Ventures Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Alex Black and Mr. David Prins to its board of directors effective immediately. Alex Black lives in Lima, Peru and has 30 years' experience in the mining industry. Mr. Black holds a BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of South Australia and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Mr. Black is currently the President, CEO and a Director of Rio Alto Mining Limited, which operates the La Arena gold mine located in north central Peru. David Prins is a Civil Engineer with extensive experience in the evaluation, design, planning and subsequent development execution stages of mining projects, principally in Latin America. Mr. Prins' previous position was as President and CEO of Explorator Resources Inc. Prior to this he was the principal of his own Santiago, Chile, based consulting firm which provided project evaluation and management services to many precious and base metals mining companies.

Mr. Prins has also worked for Placer Dome Project Development Group directly and indirectly for a period of over 16 years which included a 10 year period at the Zaldivar Mine in Northern Chile.