Apogee Appoints Doug Currie Vice President Exploration

TORONTO, ON January 4, 2006 Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX Venture Exchange: APE) has recently appointed Mr. Doug Currie as Vice President, Exploration to supervise the exploration activities of the company.

Mr. Currie, a geologist with over 30 years successful mineral exploration experience in North and South America, Australia and Africa, has been associated with Apogee since 2004, providing independent geological consulting services to the Company. His experience in management of diverse mineral exploration projects in developing countries and his record of discovery, definition and development of several precious metals deposits, particularly in Australia where he was Exploration Manager for Homestake Gold of Australia and Plutonic Resources, will be of significant benefit to Apogee as the Company’s projects advance towards resource definition and development during the forthcoming year. Mr. Currie is also President of Gwynva Resources Management Inc., a private geological consultancy, and President & CEO of Valencia Ventures Inc, a TSX Venture Exchange listed company involved in gold and precious metals exploration in Australia, Chile and the USA.

Apogee now employs 12 Bolivian graduate geologists working under the guidance of Mr. Currie and Exploration Advisor David O’Connor.

“Our exploration team and programs have grown both in substance and sophistication over the past twelve months” stated Apogee President and CEO John Carlesso. “Doug’s vast experience, combined with his knowledge of our projects, will allow us to increase the momentum of our exploration activities and continue toward our 2006 objectives of defining resources and producing Feasibility and Expansion studies to advance our three key projects and demonstrate dynamic production profile growth.”

Building the World’s Premier Emerging Silver Producer
Apogee Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol APE. The company is focused on advanced Silver-Zinc projects in South America that demonstrate the potential to receive capital investment and be rapidly developed to production. Currently all of its projects are located in the historic silver producing regions of central and southwest Bolivia. The company recently received regulatory approval for the acquisition of the Silver-Zinc-Lead producing La Solucion mine near La Paz, Bolivia.

Statements in this release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actualdevelopments or results may vary materially from those in these “forward-looking statements”.

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For further information contact: John Carlesso
President and C.E.O.
(416) 861-5881