Altiplano Minerals Ltd. announced the appointment of Jamie Hutton as an independent director, effective immediately. Mr. Hutton's appointment expands the Company's Board of Directors to five. Mr. Hutton currently consults for various companies in the diamond drilling industry. For six years, his role was General Manager of Foraco Canada Ltd., Western Division, a position he held since Connors Drilling Ltd. was sold to Foraco International on February 1, 2007. He oversaw the bidding, operational and administrative activities of Foraco Drilling Ltd. which conducts contract diamond drilling operations in western Canada, NWT, Nunavut and Yukon. The first appointee to the Advisory Board is Mr. Eugene Puritch, President, P&E Mining Consultants Inc. Mr. Puritch is a professional mining engineer specializing in geological modeling and mine design with over 35 years experience in engineering and operations of open-pit and underground mines. Throughout his career, Mr. Puritch has worked in Latin America in addition to many other parts of the world.