Explorator Appoints David Prins Chairman of Technical Advisory Committee

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 8, 2008) - Explorator Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: EXO.V) is very pleased to announce the appointment of David Prins to the position of Consulting Engineer and Chairman of the Company's Technical Advisory Committee.

David Prins is a Civil Engineer with extensive experience in guiding large mining projects from the pre-feasibility stage through to commissioning, as well as significant operations experience in Chile.

Mr. Prins is based in Santiago, Chile and is Principal of PrinZ Limitada providing Project Evaluation and Management services to the mining industry. Clients have included Kinross Gold, Bema Gold, Aur Resources, Teck Cominco, and Yamana Gold.

Prior to establishing PrinZ Limitada, Mr. Prins spent 12 years with Placer Dome Chile in a variety of positions with increasing responsibility. His experience at Placer Dome included managing multiple aspects of several multi-million dollar projects from the conceptual stage through to commissioning and handover to operational groups. This included significant contribution to the multi-functional team that developed and presented the feasibility studies in 2005 for the $1.4 Billion Pueblo Viejo Gold Project in the Domincan Republic and the $1.75 Billion Cerro Casale Gold/Copper Project in Chile.

Explorator Chairman John Carlesso commented: -A key objective for Explorator in 2008 is to advance the development to production of the Oxide Resource at El Espino-Venus as quickly as possible. In this regard we are very fortunate to have David Prins join our team. His experience and intimate knowledge of all aspects of the "path-to-production' process that Explorator is commencing will be extremely valuable to us. David is well-respected in the industry and his extensive network of professional contacts in Chile will be of tremendous assistance toward the achievement of our development objectives."

In addition, the Corporation has granted options to purchase 1,025,000 common shares of the Corporation at an exercise price of $0.79 and valid for a period of five years to directors, officers and consultants of the Corporation, subject to regulatory approval.

About Explorator Resources Inc.

Explorator Resources is a Canadian-based mining exploration company focused on building a strong position of copper-gold projects in South America. Explorator is initially concentrating its efforts in the mineral rich Cordillera de la Costa province in Chile. The Company's El Espino-Venus Project lies within this prolific copper-gold mineral area and is central to an important cluster of "Candelaria-style" copper-gold deposits. El Espino-Venus is located in the Illapel district, approximately 3.5 hours drive north of Santiago. The El Espino-Venus block covers 75 square kilometers and is host to major gold and copper mineralized structures on which nine small operating mines have been developed.

Contacts

John Carlesso
Explorator Resources Inc.
Chairman
(416) 775-7540
Email: info@explorator.ca
Website: www.explorator.ca