Monarques Gold Corporation announced the appointment of Lucie Desjardins as its Director of Legal Services and Corporate Secretary and Ronald G. Leber as its Chief Geologist, Exploration. This represents a return to the mining industry for Ms. Desjardins. In 2002, after more than 10 years of private practice in business and securities law with major law firms in Montreal, Ms. Desjardins joined the litigation department of Cambior Inc., where she remained until 2007 as Corporate Secretary and Director of Legal Services. She subsequently pursued her practice with international companies in other sectors of activity. Over the course of her career, she has gained extensive experience as corporate counsel. Mr. Leber has more than 30 years of experience as a professional geologist with various companies including Inco Gold, Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, Aur Resources, Niogold, Agnico Eagle, Wesdome Gold Mines, QMX Gold and IAMGOLD. He has worked in gold, base metals and nickel exploration and production in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He began his career in exploration, and alternated between mining and exploration, working as a supervisor for the past eight years.