Candente Resource Corp. (TSX:DNT)(BVL:DNT)(WKN:GW4) ("Candente" and/or the
"Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Steven G. Dean as
Director and Chairman of the Board.


"We are very pleased that Steven has agreed to join our Board as Chairman,"
comments Joanne Freeze, President and CEO of Candente. "As we develop Canariaco
and advance our exploration portfolio, Steven's experience will significantly
enhance the Board and Candente's executive management team." Steven Dean states,
"I am very excited to be invited to join the Candente Board, and to have the
opportunity to contribute to the development objectives of the Company's key
property, Canariaco."


Mr. Dean is also Chairman and Director of Amerigo Resources Ltd. (TSX:ARG)
("Amerigo"), Spur Ventures Inc. (TSX:SVU) and Vannessa Ventures Ltd. (TSX
VENTURE:VVV) and is a director of GRD Ltd. (ASX:GRD). Mr. Dean has extensive
experience in mine finance, development and management. He was a founding member
of management of the Normandy Mining Ltd. Group in Australia from 1987 to 1994,
and was founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PacMin Mining
Corporation from 1995 to 1999. Following that, Steven was President of Teck
Cominco Limited until July 2002. Steven is a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Australia, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy and Petroleum.


Amerigo currently holds 13.2% of the outstanding common shares of Candente on an
undiluted basis. Dr. Klaus Zeitler, President of Amerigo, is also a member of
the Board of Directors of Candente and Amerigo and has an extensive track record
in successful mine finance, development and management. Dr. Zeitler led the
acquisition of the Antamina project in Peru first for Inmet Mining in 1996 and
later for Teck Cominco Ltd. in 2000. Antamina is one of the world's largest
copper and zinc mines.


Amerigo produces copper and molybdenum concentrates from tailings from the
world's largest underground copper mine, Codelco's El Teniente mine, a copper
producer for the past 100 years with remaining ore reserves lasting many more
decades. In 2006, total earnings reached US$39.3 million, up 119% from 2005, and
earnings per share were US42 cents.


About Candente Resource Corp.

Candente is a diversified exploration company with copper, gold, silver, and
zinc projects in Peru and Mexico. Candente subscribes to principles which ensure
that its exploration and development activities are beneficial to the local
communities.


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This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not
limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs,
geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral
recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such
statements. Candente relies upon litigation protection for forward-looking
statements.


CAUTIONARY NOTE TO U.S. INVESTORS

We advise U.S. investors that this news release uses terms which are not
recognized by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"),
including "mineral resources", "measured resources", "indicated resources" and
"inferred resources". The estimation of measured and indicated resources
involves greater uncertainty as to their existence and economic feasibility than
the estimation of proven and probable reserves. U.S. investors are cautioned not
to assume that mineral resources in these categories will be converted to
reserves. The estimation of inferred resources involves far greater uncertainty
as to their existence and economic viability than the estimation of other
categories of resources. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that
estimates of inferred mineral resources exist, are economically mineable, or
will be upgraded into measured or indicated mineral resources. U.S. investors
are cautioned not to assume that mineral resources in any of these categories
will be converted into reserves.
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