COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Oct. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Kimberly Gold Mines (Pink Sheets:KMGM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Warren Geiger as a director of the Company. Mr. Geiger has worked as an independent consulting geologist specializing in the evaluation and monitoring of mining and exploration projects, and as a principal in development, financing, property acquisition and management of exploration oriented mineral resource companies. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering, Masters and Ph.D. in Economic Geology. Mr. Geiger is registered as a professional Geologist and Engineer in Canada.
He has a wealth of experience having worked on numerous exploration and development projects, mainly in North America. Mr. Geiger has held prominent positions with several mining companies including as President of Aquarius Resources Ltd., Arizona Star Resource Corp, Nevada Star Resource Corp and Vice President of Alberta Star Mining Corp. Arizona Star developed a million tonne ore reserve on a detachment-related gold deposit in Arizona. Nevada Star has explored excellent mining properties in Nevada, Alaska and Sonora, Mexico. Alberta Star Mining Corp. undertook active exploration of two major properties in the Great Bear magmatic zone of Canada's Northwest Territories. The potential is for large tonnage polymetallic deposits containing such elements as gold, silver, copper, cobalt, bismuth, tungsten and uranium.
Kimberly Gold Mines is pleased by this new addition to its team and is confident that Warren will become a vital component to the Company's Board and an important contributor to its future success.
Kimberly Gold Mines is an aggressive gold exploration company focused on the historic mining districts of the Pacific Northwest. Active Kimberly projects include the Rescue and Kimberly Gold Mines in central Idaho, the Matthews property in the Wenatchee Gold Belt of central Washington, and the Empire Creek Project in the Republic Graben of northeastern Washington. Kimberly stock trades on the OTC Market under the symbol "KMGM."
Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results.