Canyon Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Frank Thorwald as Director to the Board of Directors of the company. Mr. Thorwald will also serve on the Advisory Board of the company's subsidiaries.

Mr. Frank Thorwald has served as Special Assistant and Acting National Security Advisor to U.S. Attorney Generals, as senior advisor to the Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence and Protecting the Children, and as Director of Public Affairs for the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime. He has also served as an advisor to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Executive Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education. He is Managing Director of the Thorwald Group.

He serves on several corporate boards of directors. Mr. Thorwald serves as Commissioner of the Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, is a former commissioner of the Arizona Commerce and Economic Development Commission and former Chairman of the Arizona Employers Advisory Council state board. He was also a part member of the Arizona Governor's Council on Workforce Policy.