Southern Legacy Minerals ("SLM" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LCY) reports that
Mr. Alvaro Fernandez-Baca has resigned as Vice-President Exploration of the
Company to pursue other business opportunities. 


Southern Legacy thanks Mr. Fernandez for his contributions to the Company and
wishes him well in his future business endeavours


About Southern Legacy Minerals Inc. 

Southern Legacy Minerals Inc. ("Southern Legacy") (TSX VENTURE:LCY) is an
exploration company with a portfolio of copper and gold projects in South
America. Southern Legacy is currently focused on advancing its flagship copper
and gold AntaKori project (formerly known as Sinchao), located in northern Peru
between Gold Fields' Cerro Corona and Buenaventura-Southern Copper's Tantahuatay
mines. The project currently has a NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource
estimate of 294 Mt with average copper and gold grades of 0.48% and 0.36 g/t,
respectively, containing 3.1 Blbs of copper and 3.4 Mozs of gold, at an average
copper equivalent grade of 0.92%. 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Southern Legacy Minerals Inc.
Fernando Pickmann
CEO
+011.511.208.4200
fpickmann@gbplegal.com
www.slminerals.com