PHOENIX, July 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silver Horn Mining Ltd. (OTCBB:SILV) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Eckersley and Joseph Wilkins, Jr. to the Board of Directors of Silver Horn Mining Ltd. (the "Board"). Mr. Eckersley has practiced law as a solo practitioner since 1999. His practice focuses on securities compliance, corporate governance and estate planning. He has also served as the Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs, of Passport Potash, Inc. (OTCQX:PPRTF) (TSX:PPI-V), a resource company engaged in the exploration and development of advanced potash properties, since December 2010. At Passport Potash, Inc., Mr. Eckersley's responsibilities include corporate counsel, corporate governance, securities compliance, land and mineral resource acquisition and permitting with local, State and federal agencies. Mr. Eckersley served as the Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of Digital Business Resource, Inc., a telecommunications company, from 1996 to 1999, where he was a founder, and was responsible for developing systems for office management, accounting, client services, vendor coordination and marketing. Mr. Eckersley served as the General Counsel of TIMI, a public finance advisory company, where he advised the company on corporate strategy and was responsible for the company's compliance filings.
Mr. Wilkins has over 45 years of experience in mineral exploration and development and has served as a consulting geologist on a broad range of exploration projects throughout North America and Australia. Mr. Wilkins has provided consulting geologist services to OZ Minerals Ltd. (AUST:OZL), an Australian copper and gold producer, since October 2010; to Continental Resources Group, Inc. (formerly American Energy Fields, Inc.) (OTCBB:AEFI), a uranium exploration company, from August 2010 to September 2010; to Aurum National Holdings, Ltd., a gold exploration company, from February 2010 to July 2010; to West Timmins Mining Inc., a gold exploration company, from April 2009 to November 2009; to Grand Central Silver Mining, a precious metals exploration company, in August 2009; to NPX Metals, a metal exploration company, from February 2008 to October 2009; to Newcrest Resources, Inc., an Australian copper and gold producer, from June 2007 to July 2007 and to Kennecott Exploration Co., a mineral exploration company, from May 2005 to November 2007. Mr. Wilkins has a BS in Geophysics and Geochemistry and a MS in Geosciences from the University of Arizona.
CEO Dan Bleak stated, "Today Silver Horn took two big steps forward. We are very excited about these appointments. The corporate and technical expertise and experience that both these men bring with them will be crucial to Silver Horn's sustained future progression in our mission to create greater shareholder value."
About Silver Horn Mining Ltd.
Silver Horn Mining Ltd. ("Silver Horn") is a mining and resources company focused on exploring and developing mineral resources, with an emphasis on silver. Silver Horn's corporate strength lies in its management's expertise in the natural resource industry. Silver Horn will target and acquire projects with previous production and/or exploration and work towards fully developing those projects to build core reserves and drive revenues.
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