Chesapeake Gold Corp. Appoints Carl Edmunds as Special Advisor - Geology and Exploration

Chesapeake Gold Corp. is a Canada-based mineral exploration and development company. The Company is focused on the discovery, acquisition, and development of gold-silver deposits in North and South America. Its primary asset is the Metates project (Metates) located in Durango State, Mexico. The Metates property is comprised of approximately 12 mineral concessions totaling approximately 4,261 hectares in area. It also has a portfolio of exploration properties in Mexico comprising approximately 6,306 hectares in the states of Durango, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. The Company owns approximately 68% of Gunpoint Exploration Ltd., which owns the Talapoosa gold project in Nevada and the El Escorpion project in Guatemala. Talapoosa is a low-sulphidation gold/silver property located in the Walker Lane gold trend of western Nevada, approximately 45 kilometers east of Reno. It consists of 535 unpatented lode mining claims and seven additional fee land sections which cover approximately 10,780 ha.