Nitinat Appoints New Director

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 7, 2013) - Nitinat Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NZZ)(FRANKFURT:04U) (the "Corporation") announces that Mr. Donald Padgett has been appointed to the board of directors.

Mr. Padgett is an experienced senior management leader with a proven track record of developing and executing successful strategies for profitable international business ventures. He has served as Chairman, President and director of several public and private companies. Mr. Padgett has also enjoyed a successful investment banking career in senior management positions including: Managing Director of the investment banking group at Canaccord Financial Ltd.'s Western Canadian office and more than 10 years as a senior member of the Investment Banking Group at Burns Fry, now Nesbitt Burns. Mr. Padgett holds a law degree from Dalhousie University, an MBA from McMaster and a BSc from University of Toronto.

Mr. Herb Brugh has resigned as a director of the Corporation but will continue to serve as President of the Corporation.

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