EPZ Esperanza Resources Corp.

Esperanza Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:EPZ)(PINKSHEETS:ESPZF) ("Esperanza" or
the "Company) is pleased to announce the addition to the Company's management
team of Mr. Daniel O'Flaherty as Executive Vice President, Corporate
Development, Mr. Johannes J. Miller as Vice President, Operations and Ms. Kylie
Dickson as Chief Financial Officer.


Prior to his role with Esperanza, Mr. O'Flaherty was a Director in the
Investment Banking team of Scotia Capital focused exclusively on the metals and
mining sector where he specialized in providing advice to clients on
acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, and hostile takeover defenses as well as on
equity and debt financings. Over the past nine years, Mr. O'Flaherty has been
directly involved in more than $20 billion of successful mining transactions.
Mr. O'Flaherty holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with Honours, from the
University of British Columbia.


A mine engineer by training, Mr. Miller's experience combines engineering,
operations, and project management. He has worked in a range of positions in
open-pit and underground mines around the world, supervising all facets of mine
engineering, operations, construction and development. Mr. Miller most recently
held the position of Operations Manager for Minefinders Corporation Ltd.
("Minefinders") where he oversaw development and operations at the Dolores
open-pit heap leach gold mine in Mexico. Prior to that, Mr. Miller was a
Planning Manager with First Quantum Minerals.


Ms. Dickson is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and was the Corporate Controller
for Minefinders from 2007 through the acquisition of Minefinders by Pan American
Silver in 2012. Prior to her role with Minefinders, Ms. Dickson was an Audit
Manager with the mining group at KPMG LLP in Vancouver where she planned and
executed audit and advisory engagements for public mining companies. Ms. Dickson
will assume the Chief Financial Officer position following the completion and
publication of the Company's second quarter financial statements. Mr. David
Miles, an employee of Seabord Services Corp and the Company's current CFO will
assist with transition. The Company would like to thank Mr. Miles for his
contribution to the Company's success to date.


"I am very pleased to have Dan, Hannes and Kylie joining the Company as they
will play a significant role in the next stage of Esperanza's growth," commented
Greg Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, we also have
experienced personnel in permitting and community relations, technical services
and logistics and procurement joining Esperanza at this time. With the team in
place, we have a solid foundation on which to grow this company, with the
immediate focus on developing our principal Cerro Jumil gold project in Mexico."


About Esperanza Resources Corp.

Esperanza is focused on advancing the development of its principal property, the
wholly-owned Cerro Jumil gold project in Morelos State, Mexico.


SAFE HARBOUR: Some statements in this release are forward-looking in nature. The
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbour" for certain forward-looking statements. Such statements include
statements as to the potential of the Cerro Jumil property, the commencement of
commercial production at Cerro Jumil, the corporate development of Esperanza
Resources Corp., the ability to finance further exploration, permit drilling and
other exploration work, and the availability of drill rigs. 


The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and other factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially. Please refer to a
discussion of some of these risk factors in Esperanza Resources Corp.'s Form
20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking
statements contained in this document constitute managements' current estimates
as of the date of this release with respect to the matters covered herein.
Esperanza Resources Corp. expects that these forward-looking statements will
change as new information is received and that actual results will vary,
possibly in material ways. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs,
expectations and opinions of management on the date the statements are made, and
the company does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements
if circumstances or management's beliefs, expectations or opinions should
change. For these reasons, investors should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. 


We advise U.S. investors that while such terms are recognized and permitted
under Canadian regulations, the SEC does not recognize them. U.S. investors are
cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in the
measured and indicated categories will be converted into reserves.

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