Dr. Michael Rasmussen Joins Ximen Team
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 2, 2014) - Ximen Mining Corp. (TSXV: XIM) (OTCQX: XXMMF) (the "Company" or "Ximen") is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Rasmussen has joined the Ximen Team. In addition to sitting on the Advisory board, Dr. Rasmussen will be an active member of the exploration crew, assisting Linda Carron, M.Sc., P.Eng, in the advancement of the Brett Gold Project.
"We are honored to have Dr Michael Rasmussen on the Ximen Advisory Board," said Christopher R Anderson President and CEO of Ximen Mining Corp. "Dr. Rasmussen is a very well-known and respected geologist, who we're very pleased to have as an active member of exploration team. His years of experience in both epithermal and Mesozoic syngenetic gold deposits projects from green fields' exploration to production will be a significant benefit in advancing and growing all of Ximens projects."
During his 25 years in the mining sector, Dr. Rasmussen has served as VP Exploration for Mines Management Inc., and Endeavour Silver Corp., and has held senior roles at Echo Bay Mines and Kinross Gold Corp. From 1990-2004, Dr. Rasmussen acquired extensive experience in Tertiary epithermal and Mesozoic syngenetic gold deposits of the Boundary District of NE Washington-SE British Columbia. He is credited with the discovery of the Emanuel Creek epithermal gold deposit (Kinross' K-4 and K-5 deposits) for Echo Bay Mines. Since 2004 he has evaluated precious metal prospects and conducted exploration programs in Mexico, Peru, British Columbia, Quebec, and the western United States. Dr. Rasmussen earned a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Washington for his work on the Early Jurassic Overlook and Lamefoot gold deposits of the Republic, WA district. He is a member of several organizations including SEG, GSA, AME-BC, PDAC, and AEMA. He is licensed as a Professional Geologist by the Washington State Board of Geologists (#2692) and the American Institute of Professional Geologists (CPG 11187).
The Ximen Advisory Board has been created to provide additional strategic advice to management as the Company focuses on developing its precious metal assets .
About Ximen Mining Corp.
Ximen Mining Corp. owns 100 percent interest in its two projects, Gold Drop Project and Brett Gold Project located in southern British Columbia. Recently the company has entered into a due diligence agreement with Huldra Silver Inc. for the purposes of determining the feasibility, terms and conditions of a proposal for the acquisition of Huldra Silver. Ximen is a publicly listed company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol XIM, and is listed on the Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin Stock Exchanges in Germany under the symbol 1XM and WKN number is A1W2EG as well in the USA on the OTCQX under the symbol XXMMF.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"Christopher R. Anderson."
Christopher R. Anderson, President, CEO and Director, Ximen Mining Corp.
For further information, please contact Ward Kondas 604-488-3900 or by email at ward@ximenminingcorp.com.
This press release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future exploration drilling, exploration activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.
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