Midwinter Resources NL announced the appointment of Eduardo Valenzuela to the Board of Directors. Eduardo will bring much needed local experience to the Board, and strengthen both the technical and commercial attributes of the management team. He has extensive mining industry experience in Australia, Latin America, USA, the Middle East and Asia, working with top-tier and junior mining companies and consulting organizations such as BHP Minerals, BHP Engineering, IFC (World Bank), Anaconda Nickel, SKM, and Sundance Resources.

Eduardo specializes in project management, mine management, and multi-disciplinary feasibility studies. Eduardo will bring extensive Latin American experience to the Midwinter Board. That experience includes management of BHP Engineering's Latin American office, management of the Phase IV expansion of BHP's Escondida copper mine (Chile) and Strategic Planning Manager for Escondida.

Eduardo's role at the IFC included technical participation in debt and equity project financing, responsibility for multi-disciplinary project assessment, due diligence, and technical reviews concerning mining projects in developing countries in Asia and Latin America.