Amerigo Resources Ltd. announced the appointments of Rob Henderson as Chief Operating Officer and George Ireland and Geoff Castle to the company's board of directors, effective June 4, 2012. Mr. Henderson has 28 years of international experience operating, building and acquiring mineral properties, and joins Amerigo after eight years with Kinross Gold Corporation where he attained the position of Senior Vice President Technical Services responsible for energy, mine planning, mineral resources and reserves. Mr. Ireland is the founder and portfolio manager of Resource Partners LLC. Mr. Castle is Manager, Group Investments with Kestrel Holdings Ltd. He also manages a proprietary investment fund for Vancouver-based Merlin Pacific Capital Corp. and jointly oversees the investment portfolio of the Sitka Foundation which supports environmental causes.