Seafield Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of Amjad J. Ali as the new Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective Sep. 24, 2012. Mr. Ali replaces Antonio Pichardo, who has resigned to pursue other interests.

Ali is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Avanti Mining Inc., a development stage company with a past producing molybdenum project in British Columbia. He is a Canadian Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. To date, Mr. Ali has been involved with over $2 billion in project financings for global mining projects.

Before joining Avanti Mining, Ali served as the Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Centenario Copper Corporation until its acquisition by Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. He has held executive level finance and operations positions at a number of publicly listed companies prior to Centenario including: EuroZinc Mining Corp. between 2004 and 2006, Resource 21 from 1998 to 2003 and Vista Gold Corp. from 1992 to 1998.

Mr. Ali was also a Director and chair of the audit committees of Metallica Resources Inc. and Explorator Resources Inc. until Metallica's merger with Peak Gold Ltd. and New Gold Inc. and Explorator's acquisition by Sociedad Punta del Cobre. Additionally, he is a member of Financial Executives International and the Institute of Corporate Directors.