Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Gizman Abbas and Dr. Mohan Kaul to the Board of Directors of the company to become effective on February 1, 2012. Gizman Abbas is Managing Partner, DI Development LLC, which he founded in 2011 to take advantage of the opportunities resulting from the 2008 financial downturn. Before DI Development, Mr. Abbas was a Partner at Apollo Commodities Partners, L.P. Dr. Mohan Kaul is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC). Prior to this he served as a Director and senior member of the Commonwealth Secretariat; as a United Nations adviser; and a Professor and Dean at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.