Chesapeake Gold Corp. announce the appointment of Erick Underwood as Chief Financial Officer to its senior management team. Mr. Underwood brings over 25 years of international experience in accounting, financial management and corporate development in the mining industry including 14 years while being based in Chile and Peru. Most recently, Erick was the Finance Director at Cia. Minera Zafranal SA owner of the Zafranal copper project in southern Peru.