Almaden Appoints Chief Financial Officer & New Director

Almaden Minerals AAU announces that Mark T. Brown, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since November, 2007, will be joining the Board of Directors of Almaden effective immediately, and is pleased to announce that Mr. Korm Trieu has been appointed as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer. "Mark, working on a part time basis, has accomplished a great deal during his time as Almaden's CFO. He has led our SOX compliance and recent early transition to IFRS. We are very pleased that he has agreed to join the Board and participate with the future growth of Almaden," said Morgan Poliquin, Almaden's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The success of Almaden now demands a full time CFO and we are excited to have Korm on board. He brings great experience and energy to this role."