TORONTO, Aug. 7 /EMWNews/ - Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth

Metals") (TSX: DM) (TSX:DM.U) is pleased to announce that Mr. Thomas F.

Pugsley has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Pugsley is known

for his long term senior management role with Falconbridge Limited, which

involved the development and construction of a number of worldwide large

scale copper and nickel mines. He is a Fellow of both the Canadian

Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and the Canadian Academy of

Engineering (FCAE), and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the

Royal School of Mines as well as a Masters Degree in Mining Engineering

from McGill University.



    Christopher Dundas, Chairman of Duluth Metals, stated, "Tom Pugsley's

appointment brings senior level mine development and construction expertise

to the Company from over 30 years experience with Falconbridge Limited

including former Senior Vice President of Projects and Engineering. His

experience with the Koniambo ferro nickel project, Gag Island nickel

project and the Collahuasi copper mine expansion will be a major asset as

the Company proceeds on the planning and development phase of the

copper-nickel-platinum group Nokomis Deposit near Ely, Minnesota."



    Thomas Pugsley held senior management positions with Falconbridge

Limited from 1977 onwards and retired from Falconbridge in 2004. Mr.

Pugsley managed Falconbridge's interest in the US$1.8 billion Collahuasi

Copper Project in Chile. He was also responsible for the implementation of

Falconbridge's $600 million Raglan Project located in Nunavik Quebec as

well as the design, planning and development of Falconbridge's US$3 billion

Koniambo Ferronickel Project in New Caledonia. Prior to Falconbridge, Mr.

Pugsley was Senior Mining Engineer and Mine Superintendent for Cominco's

Black Angel Mine in Greenland. Mr. Pugsley and the Falconbridge team were

awarded the PDAC Developers Award in 2000 for development of the Raglan and

Collahuasi mines.



    Currently Duluth Metals is moving forward into the pre-feasibility and

mine planning stage of the Nokomis Deposit which contains an NI 43-101

compliant resource of 449 million tonnes of Indicated Resources grading

0.624% copper, 0.199% nickel, 0.600 grams per tonne of total precious

metals (TPM = Platinum+Palladium+Gold), and an additional 284 million

tonnes of Inferred Resources grading 0.627% copper, 0.194% nickel, 0.718

grams per tonne of TPM.



    David Oliver, P. Geo. and Duluth Project Manager is the Qualified

Person, in accordance with NI 43-101 of the Canadian Securities

Administrators, and is responsible for the technical content of this press

release and quality assurance of the exploration data and analytical

results.

    About Duluth Metals



    Duluth Metals is committed to acquiring, exploring and developing

copper, nickel and platinum group metal (PGM) deposits. Duluth Metals'

principal property is the Nokomis Deposit located within the rapidly

emerging Duluth Complex mining camp in northeastern Minnesota. The Duluth

Complex hosts one of the world's largest undeveloped repositories of

copper, nickel and PGMs, including the world's third largest accumulation

of nickel sulphides, and one of the world's largest accumulations of

polymetallic copper and platinum group metals.



    This document may contain forward-looking statements (including

"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the US Private

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) relating to Duluth Metals'

operations or to the environment in which it operates. Such statements are

based on operations, estimates, forecasts and projections. They are not

guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that

are difficult to predict and may be beyond Duluth Metals' control. A number

of important factors could cause actual outcomes and results to differ

materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, including

those set forth in other public filings. In addition, such statements

relate to the date on which they are made. Consequently, undue reliance

should not be placed on such forward-looking statements. Duluth Metals

disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any

forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future

events or otherwise, save and except as may be required by applicable

securities laws.