Jaxon Mining Inc. announced that, effective immediately, Dr. Yingting (Tony) Guo, a leading multidisciplinary, practical and skilled exploration geologist will serve as Chief Operating Officer to Jaxon Mining Inc. Dr. Guo will be responsible for all aspects of the design, budgeting and procurement for, as well as the execution of, all geological and geotechnical programs executed by the Company at Red Springs and across all of its projects. Dr. Guo already serves the Company as an independent director and will remain on the board as an executive director. In his role as COO, Dr. Guo will report to the Chairman and CEO. Under Dr. Guo's guidance, Jaxon is developing a targeted 1,500 metre diamond drill program that will allow the company to confirm its discovery of a major gold-rich, porphyritic tourmaline breccia zone (the Backbone Prospect) at the Red Springs area of Jaxon's Hazelton Project. Targets for this drilling program are being developed using a 3-D geological model.