Hunt Mining Corp Appoints Mel Klohn as Senior Technical Advisor
Liberty Lake, Washington, March 1st, 2011 ? Hunt Mining Corp. (the ?Corporation?) (TSX VENTURE: HMX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mel Klohn as the Corporation?s Senior Technical Adviser. With exploration and development drilling continuing in Santa Cruz Argentina, Mr. Klohn?s primary focus will be to assist in guiding the continued advancement of the Corporations core assets
Mr. Klohn, is a Licensed Professional Geologist with 44 years of experience in minerals exploration, discovery and research. He has worked on precious metal, base metal, uranium and coal projects in various countries throughout the world. After serving 25 years as a Professional Exploration Geologist and Senior Research Scientist with Exxon Corporation, Mr. Klohn spent 10 years as Argentina project manager and Exploration Vice President for Yamana Gold Inc. Most recently, Mr. Klohn served as Exploration VP for Aura Gold Inc. and Nevoro Inc. He has also acted as a senior geological consultant, director and technical advisor for numerous junior and senior mining companies. Mr. Klohn has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in geology, is a member of various professional geological societies, and is a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101.
Mr. Klohn states; ?I look forward to returning to Argentina where the Corporation?s President and CEO, Matthew Hughes, and I, working together with a few visionary others, were some of the pioneer explorers in Santa Cruz Province. This mineral-endowed region has now become an exciting precious metals province and a hotbed of exploration and development activity, which makes the work here all the more challenging and rewarding.?
About Hunt Mining
Hunt Mining Corp. has been an active and aggressive explorer in Santa Cruz since 2006. Since that time, the Corporation?s wholly owned subsidiary, Cerro Cazador S.A. (?CCSA?), has completed a large amount of exploration activity including more than 37,000 meters of HQ core drilling, 416 line kilometers of Induced Polarization geophysical surveys and more than 10,000 surface channel, chip, and trench samples. The company is currently engaged in a resource expansion drilling campaign at the flag-ship La Josefina project. Historical results and additional information can be viewed at www.huntmining.com.
Dean Stuart
Investor Relations
T : (403) 517 2270
E: dstuart@huntmining.com
Matthew J. Hughes
President and CEO
T: (509) 892-5287
E : mhughes@huntmining.com
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