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Constitution Mining Appoints Team
of Leading Gold Experts
Lima, Peru – October 2, 2009 - Constitution Mining Corp.
(CMIN.OB) has appointed Mr. Gary Artmont of Quito Ecuador, to
serve as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
replacing Willem Fuchter. In addition, Steve McMullan has joined the Board
of Directors and Dr. Richard Garnett has been named Senior Technical Field
Coordinator.
“As the exploration program on our Peru GoldSands project advances, it
is imperative that our management team and field personnel are of the
highest caliber. Today’s announcement is an important step forward for the
Company. We are very pleased to have attracted these important additions to
our team which have proven their ability to develop large scale alluvial
deposits”, stated Dr. Michael Stocker, Chairman of the Company.
 In the late 1990s, as
Indonesian-based chief geologist for Freeport-McMoRan, Mr. Artmont was
responsible for the management and coordination of a large regional
reconnaissance program and detailed property evaluation program from
1989-1995. During the late 1990’s through until 2007, Mr. Artmont evaluated
acquisition opportunities in Eastern Europe, South America, Southeast Asia
China and Mongolia. His work focused on a wide range of commodities including
gold, copper, iron, coal and nickel. During his career, Mr. Artmont has
conducted over 150 site visits to producing mines located throughout the
world. Mr. Artmont was a director of Pac Rim (PRL) from 2000 to 2006 and
Prosperity Resources (PSP-ASX) from 2006-2008. Mr. Artmont is not a
director or officer of any other reporting company at the present time.
 In addition the Company has
appointed Mr. Steve McMullan of Gaborone, Botswana as a Director. Mr.
McMullan is an earth scientist specializing in geophysics, and has been
involved in exploration for minerals, groundwater, diamonds and engineering
studies in Africa, Asia, South and North America for nearly 30 years. Since
2007, Mr. McMullan has served as Vice President of Exploration of Ecometals
Limited, a Canadian public company listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange.
Mr. McMullan is responsible for all aspects of planning, execution, quality
assurance, quality control and regulatory compliance of exploration
programs conducted by Ecometals Limited. Mr. McMullan is also a member of
the Ecometals Disclosure Committee and is responsible for all technical disclosures
by the Company.
From 2004 to 2007, Mr. McMullan served as Exploration Geophysicist and
Project Manager for Jinshan Gold Mines Limited, a Canadian mining company
operating in China, where his responsibilities included regional project
generation and evaluation, exploration project management, and mining
experience including international standard ESIA (environmental and social
impact assessment), process water resources estimation, sampling protocols
and quality control for mineral resource estimation and mining grade
control, and managing the environmental, health and safety programs.
Mr. McMullan is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
South African Geophysical Association, Sociedad de Ingenieros del Ecuador
and is a Registered Professional Geoscientist with the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan, Canada. Mr.
McMullan is a Qualified Person under Canadian NI43-101 regulations.
 Constitution Mining has also
engaged the services of Dr. Richard Garnett of Oakville, Ontario as Senior
Technical Field Coordinator and consultant to the Company. Dr Garnett
brings to Constitution 51 years in exploration, production, senior
management, and consultancy to alluvial and hard rock mining companies in
numerous countries. He is a specialist is exploration, resource delineation
and evaluation, mining, and metallurgical recovery as relates to alluvial
deposits including marine alluvials and mineral sands.
Dr. Garnett is being enlisted to conduct a site visit to the company’s
alluvial gold sands property in northeast Peru. The objective is to inspect
the primary sites of gold mineralization in the concession areas to
determine if potential exist at these location for a large dredgeable gold
resource to review and comment on the drilling, logging and sampling
protocols currently being employed on site. He will review the
effectiveness of drilling and shaft sinking systems presently use by the
company to test the alluvial gold mineralization and to provide an overview
on the relative position of the gold mineralization as it relates to a
typical large scale gold alluvial system. Constitution is seeking specific
recommendations for future exploration whether it is drilling or
reconnaissance style exploration as well as comments on the effectiveness
of using remote sensing in basin analysis and the application of geophysics
for profile and stratigraphic basin analysis.
Some relevant highlights from Dr. Garnett’s extensive career include the
positions of Chief Geologist, and later Mine Manager of the Associated
Mines Group of tin companies in Malaysia and Thailand. Manager and Director
of ConZinc RioTinto Malaysia, Vice-President of P.T. RioTinto Bethlehem
Indonesia. Division Engineer in the Mining Economics Department of Anglo
American International, London, England. Division Manager, Base Metals
Division, Anglo-American Corporation of S.A., Johannesburg, South Africa,
during which time among other major duties, reviewed, advised or directed
international alluvial exploration and mining operations especially in New
Zealand, Australia, Brazil, and southern Africa. Vice-President (Technical)
of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, Canada. Technical and Operations
Director of WestGold (Anglo American/Minorco’s presence in the U.S.A.),
with overall responsibility for marine alluvial gold (dredging) operations
at Nome, AK., and the Yuba alluvial gold (dredging) operations in
California, together with all alluvial gold exploration in North America.
Dr. Garnett is a Member, (British) Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum a Chartered
Engineer (C.Eng.) in the European Economic Community and is accepted as a
Qualified Person for 43-101-compliant reporting and management (for all
alluvial deposits).
Mr. Gary Artmont added,” We believe our experienced team can bring much
needed additional expertise to assist with the development of the GoldSands
Project. We look forward to maximizing the potential of this great
opportunity”.
About Constitution Mining Corp.
Our goal is to locate a
commercially viable gold deposit and continuously increase the amount of
gold underlying each of our outstanding shares. To build such value, we are
focusing on the rapidly developing Gold Sands region of Peru, where we have
optioned 382 square kilometers (147.5 square miles) of mining properties -
the largest such block in the district.
The Gold Sands of Peru were laid down by eons of alluvial erosion. For
millions of years, the waters of the Santiago and the Maranon rivers have
been carving their way through the gold-rich mountain canyons of the Andes,
carrying off vast amounts of gold and depositing much of the treasure in
loose gravels and sands - Gold Sands - below the Manseriche gorge in
Northeastern Peru. There the rivers reach a broad flood plain, slow to a
crawl and release their cargo.
Historical drilling and sampling data from more than 500 test holes in
the “Discovery Area” located on Constitution Mining's properties indicates
the presence of significant alluvial gold in the region. We have designed
programs to confirm the accuracy of this historical data with the intent of
capturing the profit potential of the area by applying recently enhanced
mining technologies that are especially well suited to low-density,
near-surface deposits. These green-mining technologies are energy-efficient
and environmentally friendly -- features that support their profitable use.
For further details, please see today’s current 8K filing.
Further information about Constitution Mining Corp may be found at www.ConstitutionMining.com.
On behalf of the Board:
Dr. Michael Stocker - Chairman
Constitution Mining Corp.
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