Hunt Mining Corp.: Appointment of Mr. Jacques Perron to Board of Directors

LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - May 28, 2010) - Hunt Mining Corp. (the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:HMX), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jacques Perron, P. Eng to the Corporations board of directors effective May 25th, 2010.

Mr. Perron is President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (SAS on TSX), a Canadian based gold producer and mining company with an extensive land package in the Timmins mining district, Northeastern Ontario.

Mr. Perron obtained his B.Sc. in mining engineering at l'Ecole Polytechnique in 1984 and until 2000 he held engineering or management positions with Noranda Inc., J.S. Redpath and Cambior. Following the acquisition of the Cambior Quebec base metal assets by Breakwater, he was appointed General Manager of Breakwater's Quebec Operations. Between 2001 and 2004, he managed all business activities at the Campbell Mine for Placer Dome and subsequently the Key Lake/McArthur River operations, followed by the BPEP project (business process enhancement project) for the uranium producer, Cameco. In 2004, he returned to Cambior as Vice President, Canada and was in charge of the Canadian assets including three gold mines and one niobium operation. When IAMGOLD acquired Cambior in 2006, the South American operations were added to his responsibilities. In October 2007, Mr Perron joined St Andrew Goldfields Ltd.

Matthew J. Hughes, President and CEO of Hunt Mining states "We are extremely pleased with the addition of Mr. Perron to the board. His appointment will strengthen the board and he will be instrumental in guiding and expanding our Argentina exploration and development strategies. Mr. Perron's extensive experience in mine development, operations and oversight will be invaluable as we move towards production at our Flagship La Josefina project in Santa Cruz Province Argentina".

This appointment is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

About Hunt Mining Corp.

Hunt Mining Corp has been an active and aggressive explorer in Santa Cruz since 2006 during which time the Corporations' subsidiary, Cerro Cazador S.A. (CCSA) has completed more than 37,000 meters of HQ core drilling, 416 line kilometers of IP geophysical surveys and has taken more than 10,000 surface channel, chip, and trench samples. Historical results and additional information can be viewed at www.huntmining.com.

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For more information, please contact
Hunt Mining Corp.
Dean Stuart
Investor Relations
(403) 517 2270
dstuart@huntmining.com
or
Hunt Mining Corp.
Matthew J. Hughes
President and CEO
(509) 892-5287
mhughes@huntmining.com
www.huntmining.com

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