Copper Ridge Appoints new CFO and Corporate Secretary

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	    VANCOUVER, Jan. 21 /CNW/ - Copper Ridge Explorations Inc. (TSX-V: KRX)
(the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael O'Brien as
its new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. O'Brien brings
more than 25 years of experience to the Company's financial management and
regulatory compliance team. Since 2006 Mr. O'Brien served as Chief Financial
Officer of Africo Resources Ltd. a TSX-Listed mineral exploration and
development company with operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Prior to this Mr. O'Brien served as Chief Financial Officer of Irvin & Johnson
Ltd., an international fishing and seafood processing company, and as Manager
of Finance of Soekor Exploration and Production (Pty) Ltd. (now part of
PetroSA,). Mr. O'Brien qualified as a Chartered accountant in South Africa in
1986, and has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
since 1991.

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	    /For further information: Gerald G. Carlson, President & CEO, Suite 1100,
888 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3K4, Phone: (604) 688-0833,
1-888-278-2288, info@copper-ridge.com/