VANCOUVER, BC - Commander Resources Ltd. (CMD-TSX.V, "Commander") announces the appointment of Mr. Mark Lotz to the position of Director with the Company. Mr. Lotz will also serve as the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Lotz is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a joint major in Economics. He is a Canadian Chartered Accountant with 17 years of post-qualification experience, most of which has been in the minerals industry and minerals related securities business. Mr. Lotz has held CFO and other senior financial positions with several mining and exploration companies. He has also served as a senior executive officer for two Vancouver based securities firms. Prior to that, he served as a financial compliance officer for the Vancouver Stock Exchange, following four years as a Senior Auditor with Coopers and Lybrand, focusing on the mining and tax sectors.

Mr. Lotz has been granted an incentive stock option to acquire 400,000 common shares of Commander Resources Ltd. at a price of $0.10 per share, exercisable for five years under the Company's Stock Option Plan.

COMMANDER trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "CMD". For additional information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.commanderresources.com.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

David Watkins
Chairman

For further information, please call:

Cathy DiVito, Investor Relations
Toll Free: 1-800-667-7866
info@commanderresources.com

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