Mr. Christopher Anderson reports

XIMEN ANNOUNCES ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT

Steven D. Craig, MS, CPG, has joined Ximen Mining Corp.'s advisory board.

Christopher Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Ximen Mining, stated: "We are extremely pleased to welcome Steven Craig as a new member of our advisory board, which we will use to bring added technical and marketing depth to support our management team. He will advise and assist us as we develop the Brett gold project. He further shares our vision and enthusiasm for the Brett gold project. His decades of experience in volcanic-hosted epithermal gold systems will provide great stewardship, and his professional relationships throughout North America provide invaluable contacts as Ximen moves forward."

About Steven Craig

Mr. Craig's career spans 40 years as an economic geologist, specializing in mineral exploration and development in all types of metal deposits, and performing all aspects of mineral exploration, development and mine operations. Mr. Craig is credited with several gold discoveries, including Gemfield, Midway, Mary Harrison, Castle and El Tigre, and was a team member of two large exploration/development mine projects at Rawhide and Pipeline as well as smaller mines at Borealis and Mineral Ridge. Over his career, he has occupied leadership positions ranging from mid-management to executive within various companies and performed numerous advanced geologic evaluations of different deposits. He also co-authored National Instrument 43-101 reports, and examined hundreds of mineral occurrences and mine operations throughout North America, South America, Europe and Australia. He has wide experience in porphyry molybdenum and copper systems, massive sulphide deposits, epithermal gold deposits in volcanic, sedimentary and intrusive rocks, and mesothermal gold deposits.

The company also announced that it is proceeding with a shares-for-debt filing to pay accumulated consulting fees of $35,430. Approximately 177,150 shares in the capital stock of the company will be issued to pay these outstanding payables. This shares-for-debt agreement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

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