Rathdowney Resources Ltd. announced that Mr. J.R.H. (Dick) Whittington has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Whittington will also be joining the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Whittington's distinguished career spans over 40 years with a select variety of mining companies in Canada, Mexico, Panama, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

His experience encompasses senior executive and mine management roles that include numerous feasibility studies, mine evaluations, mine development, production, mergers and acquisitions and raising over $1.3 billion of major corporate financings. As former President and CEO of Farallon Mining, Mr. Whittington took the company from the discovery stage through to commercial production in less than four years.