QUITO, ECUADOR -- (Marketwire) -- 07/08/09 -- Quri Resources, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: QURI) welcomes independent members Edison Veloz and Duncan Bain to its Board of Directors.

Ing. Edison Veloz originally served on the advisory board and has now accepted a position on the Board of Directors as an independent director. Mr. Veloz comes to us from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Ecuador where he served as a mining Auditor. He has vast knowledge and experience conducting studies about environmental impact diagnosis and evaluation. Mr. Veloz has rendered his services for both the public and private sectors. Mr. Veloz has served as National Mining Director and Regional Mining Director of Ecuador. Within the private sector, he has consulted hundreds of local companies and some major mining companies such as: ARB Inc., COLISA, CULTEX and ODIN Mining International Inc. He has a post-graduate degree in Sustainable Development of Minerals from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and currently he is member of the advisory board of several mining companies wishing to enter into the Ecuadorian market.

Duncan Bain is a Director of several junior mineral exploration companies. He has been in the exploration and mining industry since he was an undergraduate student in 1975. He has run an exploration consulting firm since 1986 whose work has included supervision of grassroots to advanced stage programs which have included airborne and ground geophysics, mapping, geochemical sampling, trenching and drilling, and has worked in both underground and open pit operations. He has reviewed numerous gold, silver, base metals and diamond properties in a wide range of geological environments, both in Canada and internationally, in the southwestern U.S., Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, China and Papua/New Guinea. Mr. Bain has written numerous technical reports required for securities filings by Canadian and U.S. securities commissions. Mr. Bain has served as an advisor previous to this appointment and he had previously accepted a position in April but has not been available until now.

Jaime S. Gomez, CEO and President of Quri Resources, Inc., stated, "We welcome Mr. Bain and Mr. Veloz to our growing team. They have worked with us in the past, as independent consultants (in their respective fields of expertise), and having them accept positions on our Board of Directors, as independent directors, validates Quri Resources as a growing company with major potential. I look forward to working with them."

Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements, which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking statements that involve various degrees of risk. The following are important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.