Prime Mining Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Scott Hicks as Executive Vice President. Among other responsibilities, Mr. Hicks will assume day-to-day charge over the Company's marketing, communications and business development activities.

Andrew Bowering continues as an executive advisor to the Company and remains a member of the board of directors. Mr. Hicks, P.Eng., CFA, has a degree in Mining Engineering from Queen's University and a professional designation in finance from the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute. Mr. Hicks has over 20 years of experience in the mining business as a mining executive focused on creating shareholder value through effective strategic planning as well as rigorous financial evaluation and discipline.

Experienced in gold mining and base metals operations, he is equally comfortable in highly complex financial or technical problem-solving environments and spent two and a half years living in Indonesia and working at one of the world's large integrated nickel mining operations. Mr. Hicks recently worked as Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Geology and Mine Planning at Kinross Gold Corporation, where, amongst other duties, he was responsible for evaluating the geological and resource potential of numerous mineral deposits worldwide.