Orofino Gold Corp. (ORFG.PK) Announces the Appointment of New Director

LIAONING, CHINA, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Orofino Gold Corp. (ORFG.PK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Salvador Rivero to the company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Rivero brings to Orofino a wealth of knowledge in the areas of business, corporate finance, and mining operations. After graduating from law school in Mexico, Mr. Rivero spent the next 25 years developing a thorough understanding of the processes necessary to successfully discover, acquire, and develop, mineral concessions with the potential of containing valuable mineral deposits. Considered by Orofino as an acquisitions specialist, Mr. Rivero has been involved in the development of various turn-key projects in mining, energy, fertilizer, oil and gas, and shipping sectors.

Mr. Rivero founded and directed Constructora y Perforadora Marina, S.A. de C.V., and Kaiser International, S.A. de C.V., Ultramar Bancorp Inc., Ultramar Capital Plc. and First Mercantile Bank Ltd. From 1998-2000, Mr. Rivero was responsible for acquiring, developing, and putting into production a silver mine in Sinaloa for Real de Panuco, S.A. de C.V. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian mining company Golden Temple Mining and the Mexican mining company Minas Kaiser, S.A. de C.V. Until recently, Mr. Rivero acted as the President and served as a Director of Oroco Resource Corp, a mining corporation trading on the TXS-V. During that time, Mr. Rivero was responsible for the successful acquisition of Oroco's mining properties in Mexico.

At Orofino, Mr. Rivero, a Spanish-speaking executive, will assist in overseeing the acquisition of new properties. In addition, Mr. Rivero will utilize his extensive international experience in development and selection of partners for the progression toward large-scale production. Mr. Rivero will play a key role in the development of the properties in Orofino's current Senderos de Oro gold camp in the mining area of central Sur de Bolivar, a project area comprised of more than 3000 hectares of mineral concessions in Colombia's highest producing artisanal mining region.

Orofino Gold is a China based gold producer, founded as a private company in 2009 by former executives with over 50 cumulative years in mining exploration, finance, and development expertise. Orofino's corporate objective is to continue to build shareholder value through the exploration and development of Senderos de Oro and additional accretive acquisitions, capitalizing on the extensive experience and relationships that management has developed over the past 25 years.

Forward-Looking Statements:

The statements by our officers, and other statements regarding optimism related to the business, expanding exploration and development activities and other statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, sees, estimates and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results could vary materially from the description contained herein due to many risk factors that affect the industry the Company operates in and other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings under "risk factors" and elsewhere. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

SOURCE Orofino Gold Corp.