VANCOUVER, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mercator Minerals Ltd. ("Mercator" or the "Company") (TSX: ML) announces the appointment of Mr. John H. Bowles, FCA, FCIM, to the Board of Directors of the Company and the resignation of Michael D. Lindeman as a director of the Company, effective April 25, 2011. Mr. Bowles was a Partner in the Audit and Assurance Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (an accounting firm), where his practice focused on the mining industry, from April 1976 until his retirement in June 2006. Mr. Bowles has served as Treasurer, Mining Suppliers Association of British Columbia (an association of providers of equipment, products and related services to the British Columbia mining industry) since May 1999; and Director Emeritus, Ducks Unlimited Canada (a national, private, non-profit wetland conservation organization) since March 1996.