Fura Welcomes Julián Garcia to Its Board of Directors

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 22, 2015) - Fura Emeralds Inc. ("Fura" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FUR) announces the appointment of Mr. Julián Garcia to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Mr. Garcia has more than 25 years of experience in the mining, energy and oil & gas industries. Mr. Garcia has held a range of progressively senior positions, technical and financial, at companies including Ecopetrol, BP Amoco, the National Hydrocarbon Agency, Emerald Energy Plc Colombia and Gran Tierra Energy Inc. Mr. Garcia holds a Bachelors of Civil Engineering and a Masters in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, a Masters in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University, USA, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham, UK.

The appointment of Mr. Garcia follows the resignation of Mr. Chirvani Abdoullaev as a director of Fura. The Board and Management thank Mr. Abdouallaev for his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavours.

Pursuant to Mr. Garcia's appointment, he has been granted a total of 250,000 stock options. The options have an exercise price of $0.14 and shall expire five years from the date of grant. The grant of options remains subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Fura is also pleased to announce that it has appointed Damian Lopez as the Corporate Secretary of the Company. Mr. Damian Lopez is a corporate securities lawyer who works as a legal consultant to various TSX and TSX Venture listed companies. Mr. Lopez previously worked as a securities lawyer at a large Toronto corporate law firm. He obtained his JD degree from Osgoode Hall and received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

About Fura Emeralds Inc.

Fura Emeralds Inc. is a natural resource company which is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of resource properties in Colombia.

Regulatory Statements

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