Newcastle Minerals Ltd
			Symbol			NCM
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			Close 2009-09-23			C$ 0.10
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Newcastle Minerals names Smulders as CFO

2009-09-23 14:29 ET - News Release

Mr. Michael Romanik reports

NEWCASTLE MINERALS APPOINTS CFO AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Newcastle Minerals Ltd. has appointed Jeff Smulders, BSc, MBA, CMA, as chief financial officer. Mr. Smulders is a certified management accountant and holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the University of British Columbia and a master of business administration degree from City University. He began his career with one of the large accounting firms in the early 1970s, then worked in the mining industry for Placer Development Ltd. for almost 10 years. For the past 20 years, Mr. Smulders has managed his own financial consulting company, assisting a wide variety of businesses, including public companies in the areas of financial management, taxation and accounting. Mr. Smulders has served on Newcastle's board as an independent director since June, 2007.

Newcastle Minerals has also, subject to regulatory acceptance, appointed Dr. Andrew E. Nevin, PhD, PEng, as a director. Dr. Nevin was educated at St. Lawrence University, University of California at Berkeley and University of Idaho. He previously worked with Phelps Dodge Corp., Cannon-Hicks Associates Ltd., Nevin Sadlier-Brown Goodbrand Ltd., and more recently as an independent consultant and developer, and president and chief executive officer of Pebble Creek Mining Ltd. Dr. Nevin has 44 years of global experience as a geologist and exploration manager. He has contributed to the discovery, development or augmenting of reserves of several mineral deposits around the world, including copper, gold and silver mines in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Colombia, and geothermal steam fields in Canada and Indonesia. Dr. Nevin has consulted for many leading companies and governmental agencies, and served on the boards of several junior Canadian companies. He is a fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, a member and past director of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, a professional engineer in British Columbia, and a registered geologist in Idaho.

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