Stelmine Canada announces the appointment of Mr. Christian de Saint-Rome, an experienced mining executive, as interim President. This position will be filled during Isabelle Proulx's temporary interruption for reasons of a personal nature. Mr. de Saint-Rome has extensive experience of international mining exploration companies.

His appointment will ensure a smooth transition and continuity of Stelmine's strategy. During this period, Mr. de Saint-Rome will maintain his role as CEO of CopperZone Resources Ltd, for a few hours a week. Christian has over 25 years' experience in start-up management and international capital markets.

He is CEO, Director and co-founder of CopperZone Resources Ltd, a privately-owned Canadian company, generating projects in Africa. Over the past 12 years, Rio Tinto, BHP, Vale, First Quantum and MMG have been major partners in CopperZone, as well as three key global institutional investors. He was co-founder and CEO of Kalahari Copper Ltd, an exploration company in Namibia and Botswana, where he was involved in several major project negotiations.

Christian was also corporate development advisor to Northern Shield Resources (NRN-TSXV) and finally corporate advisor and president of Bearclaw Capital, then on the board of Scandinavian Minerals (SGL-TSX), which was sold for CAD 281 million. As a former Canadian investment advisor, he has taken several courses on the Canadian securities industry and is an alumnus of McGill University.