Pan American Gold Corporation Appoints New Director.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pan American Gold Corporation (OTCBB:PNAMF) ("Pan American") has appointed Ramon Farias to the board of directors.

Mr. Farias has a geological engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and a Masters of Sciences from the University of Arizona. He has over forty years of experience in resource exploration and development with a concentration in Mexico. Throughout those years, Mr. Farias has held various consultant, director, director general, and officer positions with exploration companies. His resume includes work on numerous ore deposits such as Las Truchas, La Caridad, El Arco, Metates, Porvenir-Oro, San Martin, Promontorio, Sonoro, and Tamara-San Nicolas-El Salvador. He is a member of the Society of Mining Engineers and has held notable positions in the Mexican mining community including National President of the Mexican Mining Engineers and Geologists from 1986-1988 and Vice President of the College of Mexican Mining Engineers and Geologists from 1995-1997.

Commenting on the board changes, Steve Bajic, President, said: "Pan American is delighted to welcome Ramon Farias to our board. His wealth of exploration and development experience will be a tremendous asset as he oversees Pan American's work at the Huicicila property in Nayarit State, Mexico."