Challenger Energy Limited Appoints Robert A. Willes as Managing Director, Effective April 08, 2013

Challenger Gold Limited is an Australia-based gold and copper exploration company. The Company’s projects include the Hualilan project, El Guayabo project, and Karoo Basin Gas project. The Hualilan project consists of 15 mining leases and an exploration license application covering the surrounding area of approximately 26 square kilometers (km2). The Hualilan Project is located approximately 120 kilometers (km) north-northwest of San Juan, the capital of San Juan Province in north-western Argentina. The El Guayabo Gold/Copper project is located within the El Oro Province of southern Ecuador, approximately 35 Kilometers south southeast of Machala. The El Guayabo project comprises four contiguous tenement groups, the El Guaybo, El Guaybo 2, Cerro Pelado 1, 2, and 3 tenements, and Colorado V tenement. The Karoo Basin Gas project includes application for the Cranemere project, a shale gas prospect located in the Eastern Cape Province. The application covers approximately 3,500km2.