Columbia Yukon Explorations Inc. announced the appointment of Brian Kynoch and Paul Champagne as Directors, Edward Yurkowski as interim President and Chief Executive Officer and Jimmy Mah as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Brian Kynoch is the president and a director of Imperial Metals Corporation. Paul Champagne is the president of Champco Capital Corp.

Edward Yurkowski has been a director of the company since September 2008 and is a founder and the chief executive officer of Procon Mining and Tunnelling Ltd. During his 16-year career, Jimmy has held senior management positions, including chief financial officer, in a number of public and private companies. In connection with the appointments, Douglas Mason (former Chief Executive Officer and director), Ronald Coombes (former President and director), Sead Hamzagic (former Chief Financial officer and director) and Benjamin Ainsworth, Bruce Morley and Andrzej Kowalski (each a former director) have voluntarily resigned from these positions with the company. To assist the company following these changes in management, Ronald Coombes has agreed to provide consulting services to the new management team.