Euro Sun Mining Inc. announced the appointment of Samuel Rasmussen as chief operating officer for its Rovina Valley project in Romania. In connection with the appointment Mr. Rasmussen has been granted 1,000,000 Euro Sun stock options. The options vest equally over four quarters, have an exercise price of $0.30 and expire five years from the date of grant. Since graduating from the Colorado School of Mines, Mr. Rasmussen has accumulated over 25 years of experience in building and operating large tonnage mines for international miners such as Glencore, Lundin Mining, Freeport McMoRan and Anglo American.