International Millennium Appoints John P. Steele to Board of Directors
North Vancouver, BC – International Millennium Mining Corp. (“IMMC” or the “Company”) announced today the appointment of John P. Steele of Toronto, Ontario to IMMC’s Board of Directors, effective November 29, 2005. Mr. Steele is a mining industry advocate and brings to the Company an extensive background in mineral exploration, corporate governance and finance. Mr. Steele will serve as an Independent Director and will sit on IMMC’s Audit and the Corporate Governance Committees.
“John Steele is an important addition to the IMMC Board as we look to significantly increase the Company’s mineral property holdings, to the completion of significant financing and to our TSX Venture Exchange listing application. His direct involvement in the development and management of mineral exploration programs worldwide, together with his experience managing public companies brings valuable depth, perspective and strength to the Board,” said IMMC President John A. Versfelt.
Mr. Steele is a professional engineer and is currently President and CEO of Limerick Mines Limited which he co-founded in 1999. Mr. Steele is also the President and Technical Manager of Asian Tiger Resources which conducts mineral exploration and provides geological, geophysical, geochemical, drilling and IT interpretation services for mineral exploration projects in Canada, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union.
Mr. Steele is a former President and Co-chair of the Convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Co-Chairman of the Securities Committee and Director of the Advocacy Campaign to achieve a Single National Securities Regulator in Canada. He has also served as a board member of Golden Tiger Resources, Griffin Mining Ltd., Geotai Exploration & Mining, High American Gold Corp., Westgold Resources, Paron Resources/Tonghak Harbour PLC, Iriana Resources Corporation and International Dunlap Minerals. Mr. Steele was also Manager - Corporate Finance, Southeast Asia for Yorkton Securities Inc.
IMMC is a mineral exploration and development company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in the Americas. The Company has acquired and is exploring mineral properties in British Columbia, Canada; Nevada, USA; and Sonora State, Mexico. Emerging mineral targets include: silver, gold, zinc, nickel, copper and platinum group metals.
On Behalf of the Board,
(Signed “John A. Versfelt”)
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John A. Versfelt, President & CEO
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, potential mineral recovery processes and other business transactions timing. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
