Focus Metals Appoints New CFO

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 28, 2011) - Focus Metals Inc. ("Focus Metals" or "Company")(TSX VENTURE:FMS) is pleased to welcome and announce the appointment of Judith Mazvihwa-MacLean as new Chief Financial Officer effective March 1, 2011. Mrs. MacLean is replacing Ms. Khadija Abounaim who has resigned her position as CFO on February 28^th, 2011 to pursue other interests.

The Board would like to thank Ms. Abounaim for her service and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavours.

Mrs. MacLean has over 16 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining, management, finance and senior leadership. Prior to joining Focus Metals Inc., Mrs. MacLean was the CFO for Logan Resources Ltd., and Acme Resources Inc. (formerly, International KRL Resources Corp.) from 2002 to 2010 and Golden Harp Resources Inc. from 2006 to 2009. She also served on the Boards of both Logan Resources Ltd., and Acme Resources Ltd.

From 2001 through 2002, Mrs. MacLean was the Exploration Geologist for Cumberland Resources Ltd. and Northgate Resources Ltd. in Canada. Previous to this, she was the Section Head and Section Geologist at Turk Mine and Queens Mine, Casmyn Mining Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. and a Field Geologist for Prospecting Ventures Ltd., a subsidiary of Anglo-American Corp. in Zimbabwe.

Mrs. MacLean has a Bachelor of Science (Geology) degree from the University of Zimbabwe, a Masters of Science from Brunel University in the United Kingdom and a Masters of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Canada. She earned the Certified Management Accountant designation from the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia, Canada, in 2008.

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Focus Metals Inc. is an emerging mid-tier junior mining exploration company with excellent discovery stage base metals and industrial minerals opportunities in Quebec. A determined management team with extensive mining and Technology business experience lead the Corporation.