Minera IRL appoints Jaime Pinto to its Board of Directors as Non-Executive Chairman

– PERU, Lima – Minera IRL Limited (TSX:IRL)(AIM:MIRL)(BVLAC:MIRL) is pleased to confirm that, further to the announcement on 27 August 2015, Mr. Jaime A. Pinto has been appointed to the board of directors. The board has also appointed Mr. Pinto as the Non-Executive Chairman of the board of directors.

Mr. Pinto has been practicing law since 1982 and is currently the principal partner of Estudio Pinto & Abogados law firm in Lima, Peru since October 2010. From August 2008 to September in 2010, Mr. Pinto was a partner at Lema, Solari & Santivanez, a law firm located in Lima, practicing corporate finance and restructuring, energy, telecommunications, privatizations and concessions. Mr. Pinto was also Peru’s representative at the Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from September 2001 until March 2007. In his capacity as Executive Director he also represented Chile and Ecuador, while at the IADB. Mr. Pinto has been on the boards of mining and energy-related companies in the past, and is currently on the board of Refineria la Pampilla SAA, Peru’s largest oil refinery, where he heads the Audit Committee, and is a director of Lupaka Gold Corp, a TSXV listed company.

About Minera IRL Limited

Minera IRL Limited is an AIM, TSX and BVL listed precious metals mining and exploration company with operations in Latin America. In Peru, the Company operates the Corihuarmi Gold Mine and is advancing its flagship Ollachea Gold Project towards production.

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