Birch Mountain Resources (fka BHMNF)

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Joel Jarding Appointed New President and Chief Operating Officer of Birch Mountain

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Monday April 9, 7:27 am ET

CALGARY, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Birch Mountain" or the "Company") (BMD: TSX and AMEX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Joel Jarding as President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Birch Mountain effective May 1, 2007. Since 1982, Mr. Jarding has worked with all seven divisions of Baker Hughes Inc. ("NYSE - BHI"), fulfilling a multitude of operational positions that allowed him to conduct business on five continents. He most recently led Baker Hughes Canada as its Business Development Manager. Mr. Jarding earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Phoenix.

"The Board is pleased to announce Mr. Jarding will be leading our team," says Kerry Sully, Chairman of Birch Mountain. "Joel will be responsible for the overall leadership and operation of the Company and Doug Rowe, our current President and CEO will become Executive Chairman and CEO. In addition to being Board Chair, Doug will assist in the areas of public market development. Joel has recent experience in building the Canadian arm of a large worldwide operating company, expert knowledge of the oil sands business and an understanding of operating a public company. I'm confident in our go-forward position, working together to fulfill Birch Mountain's potential."

"This is a great opportunity to work closely with my established oil and gas customers," says Joel. "Birch Mountain's limestone aggregate and reagent grade limestone will play a significant role in the development and production of the Alberta oil sands. I believe many customers will choose to secure their supply of aggregate and reagent products through Master Service Agreements, a process with which I am very familiar. It is focused on building long-term relationships with a benefit for customers of priority access. As the President, and COO of Birch Mountain, I will have the opportunity to be a leader in the world's most rapid energy expansion at Fort McMurray."

"We now have the infrastructure in place to be one of the top aggregate producers in Canada, with aggregate productive capacity greater than 9 million tonnes per year" states Doug Rowe, President and CEO. "And our regulatory applications are well advanced to position Birch Mountain as a major lime products supplier. We believe Joel is the person to strengthen our capabilities as an operations company."

Based in Calgary, Birch Mountain is dedicated to developing its extensive mineral properties centered in the oil sands area of northeastern Alberta. Limestone is used by the oil sands industry for roads, concrete and flue-gas scrubbing to remove impurities in air emissions that is essential to the continued development and operation of this industry.