VANCOUVER, Feb. 1 /CNW/ - Goldmember Minerals Inc. (TSX.V: "GMV") ("the Company" or "Goldmember") is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, it has appointed Douglas A. Perkins, B.Sc., FGAC., as Senior Vice-President.
Mr. Perkins' business background has included serving on public company boards for over 24 years including the promotion and representation of their geological properties. He has been involved in several start-ups of both public and private companies not only geological but including manufacturing, wholesale and developmental industries.
A 1979 University of British Columbia geology graduate, Mr. Perkins was hired by Cyprus Anvil Mining to work on the initial drilling and delineation of the Cirque deposit (30 mil.+ Tonnes lead, zinc) and subsequent discovery of related deposits in North Central British Columbia. Precious metal experience includes vein and bulk tonnage deposits in Nevada as well as mining placer gold deposits. Industrial minerals experience includes barite and garnet deposits. Mr. Perkins managed all the Cu/Pb/Zn/Au exploration in the St. Elias Mountains for Freeport/Stryker Resources on the extension of the geology hosting the Windy Craggy deposit as well as working on many other types of base metal deposit types. Experience with other cultures provided him with the expertise to be sole manager in Panama for Freeport Resources Inc. Mr. Perkins will work closely with Wesley Raven, P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration.
The Company also wishes to announce that it has retained Tydewell Consulting Inc. ("Tydewell") of Vancouver, British Columbia, to provide investor relations services. Commencing February 1, 2008, Tydewell will receive a monthly retainer of $3,000 for a renewable 6-month term, subject to termination by either party with 60 days written notice.
The Company also wishes to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has granted 250,000 options to various consultants of Goldmember. The options are exercisable at a price of C$0.25 per share. They will vest in accordance with TSX Venture Exchange guidelines and be subject to a four-month hold period.
Goldmember Minerals Inc.
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Goldmember Minerals Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused primarily on epithermal style gold and silver projects in central British Columbia. The Company is well financed having recently completed its qualifying transaction and concurrent financing of C$2,545,000. The Company has amassed a sizeable land position upon which it has completed an extensive amount of work to date. Recent exploration programs conducted on the 100% owned Nechako and Alexis Properties have successfully; identified several corresponding conductivity and related resistivity geophysical anomalies located at depth which display the characteristics of an epithermal style mineralized body; confirmed a positive correlation with MMI geochemical sampling and 3D Induced Polarization results within a favourable geological setting; and identified numerous priority targets within the claim boundaries that coincide with regional geophysical trends with coincidental geochemical anomalies suitable to host further epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold style mineralization.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Alistair MacLennan, President
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