SOUTH AMERICAN GOLD AND COPPER COMPANY LIMITED

Registered Office:
100 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 500
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5K 1H1
CANADA

New York Representative Office:
420 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
(212) 751-0083

Santiago Office:
LA CONCEPCION 266, OF. 704
PROVIDENCIA, SANTIAGO, CHILE
Telephone : 56-2-264-2295
E-Mail: sagc@sagchile.cl

For further information, contact:
Stephen W. Houghton
Chief Executive Officer
E-Mail: sagc@sagchile.cl
Telephone: 56-2-264-2295
Website: www.sagc.com


NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OR DISSEMINATED IN THE U.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 27, 2008


South American Gold and Copper Company Limited Voluntarily Corrects Number of Common Stock Options Outstanding and Exercisable Shown in its MD&A for its Six Month Period Ended March 31, 2008.


Toronto, Ontario, Canada - South American Gold and Copper Company Limited (the “Company”) (TSX: SAG) announced that it has voluntarily reissued its Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) for its six month period ended March 31, 2008, due to an error in disclosing the number of Common Stock Options outstanding and exercisable at April 30, 2008, under “Outstanding Share Information” contained in its MD&A for the period. The correct number as of April 30, 2008, should have been 110,000,000 share options outstanding and exercisable and not 132,145,000 share options outstanding and exercisable.
There has been no impact on the Company’s financial statements filed for the six month period ended March 31, 2008. The re-filed MD&A can be accessed at www.sedar.com or on the Company’s website at www.sagc.com.
South American Gold and Copper Company Limited is a minerals producing, exploration and development company with properties and activities currently focused in Chile.