Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. appointed John J. Sutherland as a new member of the Board of Directors. In addition to joining the Board of Directors Mr. Sutherland will also become the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Sutherland, CPA, CGA, is currently the CFO of Grande West Transportation.

Previously, he was Vice President and CFO of Goldgroup Mining for five years and has extensive knowledge of Goldgroup's operations, in addition to expertise in corporate finance in publicly traded resource and growth companies. He was previously Vice President, Finance of Arequipa Resources Ltd. leading up to its acquisition by Barrick Gold for $1.1 billion. Although the company accepted the resignation of Dr. David Webb as a director, effective April 10th.