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Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:EEL)(FRANKFURT:EAT), ("Eaglecrest";
the "Company") announced that Director Carl Hansen has been appointed Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Hans Rasmussen has been appointed CEO, in addition
to his role as President and Director of Eaglecrest. 


"Since joining the Board in February of this year, Carl has demonstrated
leadership, energy and enthusiasm for our projects. He has embraced the
Company's direction and has proven himself to be a great asset to the Eaglecrest
team. His background as a geologist and experience in South America are of great
value to the Company," commented Hans Rasmussen. 


In addition to appointing Mr. Hansen Chairman, it is with enthusiasm that the
Board welcomes director Chris McKellar. Along with Carl as Chairman, the
appointment of Chris McKellar has added significant financial and corporate
development experience to the Board. 


"Eaglecrest has achieved solid exploration results at the San Simon gold project
over the past years leading to the Company's first resource estimate presently
being prepared by SRK of Vancouver, and available by October 2010," stated Carl
B. Hansen. "The establishment of a gold resource will create a strong platform
for further exploration at San Simon as well as the Company's goal of expanding
its exploration activities into Colombia."


Carl B. Hansen is currently the President and CEO of Atacama Pacific Gold
Corporation, a private company with exploration activities in Chile. Prior to
that, from December 2003 to January 2009, Mr. Hansen was President and Chief
Executive Officer of Andina Minerals Inc., a publicly listed company on the TSX
Venture Exchange (ADM) which he co-founded and for which he raised significant
investment capital through institutional sources. A geologist with over 20 years
of international experience in the exploration and mining industry, his career
has encompassed various exploration, mining and head office positions with
junior and senior exploration mining companies including INCO, TVX Gold, and
Kinross. Mr. Hansen graduated with a BSc (Hon) from Laurentian University,
Sudbury, Ontario.


Mr. Rasmussen has over 25 years of professional experience in the mining
industry as a geophysicist / geologist. He was appointed President of Eaglecrest
in January 2007, adding to his previous title of Chief Operating Officer and
member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rasmussen has held senior positions with
both major and junior mining exploration companies, focused in North and South
America, including Newmont Exploration Ltd. and Kennecott Exploration/Rio Tinto.
Mr. Rasmussen actively worked in South America, initially as Country Manager of
Argentina and Bolivia for Rio Tinto, for over 10 years. Mr. Rasmussen graduated
with a Master of Science from the University of Utah, and holds Bachelor of
Science degrees in geology and physics from Southern Oregon State College.


Mr. McKellar is President of Capella, a real estate development company based in
San Diego California. His developments have been constructed primarily in San
Diego, Orange County, Reno and Sacramento. In March of 2009, Mr. McKellar
established LightStream, L.P., a company manufacturing a product consisting of
ultraviolet cured resin reinforced with fiberglass, to reline large diameter
sewer pipes in need of rehabilitation or replacement. His current clients are
underground contractors in the U.S., Canada and Chile, working for
municipalities and public utilities. Mr. McKellar serves on the boards of The
Bishop's School, the Neurosciences Institute, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
(Director's Cabinet) and Pastors to Prisoners. He is a member of the Coastal San
Diego chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). 


The Company also announces the resignation as a Director of Dr. Odin
Christensen. Dr. Christensen, as a Director, has been a great asset to the
Company through its early development and will remain with the Company as its
Qualified Person and geological consultant. The Directors of Eaglecrest's Board,
which currently includes Carl Hansen, Hans Rasmussen, Paul Zdebiak and Chris
McKellar, commend Dr. Christensen on his contributions to the Company. 


About Eaglecrest

Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd.'s mandate is to increase shareholder value by
employing deep expertise both at the Board level and on the ground to
systematically explore, develop and monetize promising gold projects in Colombia
and Bolivia. 


The management and geologic teams at Eaglecrest comprise industry experts who
have experience with gold discoveries while working during the past two to three
decades for both junior and major mining companies. With this team and the
improving sentiment towards gold, Eaglecrest hopes to accelerate the evaluation
and capitalization of its Bolivian assets, as well as secure interests in, and
initiate its anticipated exploration programs at and around, the Fredonia
project, Colombia, located south of Medellin. 


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