Candelaria Mining Corp. announced that Mr. Mike Struthers will join the company's Board of Directors. The company also announced that Dr. Neil O'Brien will join the company board as a director. These appointments are subject to the closing of the Transaction planned for December 7, 2020. Mr. Struthers is currently Chief Executive Officer with Empire, and is a seasoned professional and Chartered Engineer with 40 years of international mining experience which includes: Executive roles in a London listed junior mining company, and a private Russian mining company; Seven years as Project Manager and Projects Director with Lundin Mining Corporation ("Lundin"), responsible for developing and executing a range of strategic medium and long-term brownfield growth initiatives at Lundin's operations in Portugal and Chile. Dr. O'Brien is a consulting economic geologist and former mining executive with the following experience: Over three decades of mining industry service including Board of Director roles in public and private mineral exploration companies; International experience on five continents in all stages of mineral exploration and development of economic mineral resource projects, mining project evaluation and strategic corporate development activities; Dr. O'Brien retired in 2018 from Lundin as Senior Vice President, Exploration &New Business Development after 13 years of service that saw Lundin grow from a small junior mining company into a leading international diversified mining company.