Pacific Imperial Mines Inc. announced that it has appointed Licurgo Albuquerque as President of the Company, effective immediately. To facilitate this change, Chris McLeod has resigned as President but remains the CEO, Secretary and a director of the Company. Mr. Albuquerque is a business strategist with over 25 years of business management experience.

He specializes in strategic planning and negotiation of alliances and partnerships. Holding a civil engineer degree with an extensive background in geology, Mr. Albuquerque has been an advisor for several companies in Canada focusing on the development of mineral resources, oil & gas, new technology and other energy related projects. Through mineral prospect evaluation Licurgo has been successful identifying mineral deposits around the world.

Licurgo is fluent in Portuguese and brings Pacific Imperial Mines his unique experience in due diligence, project feasibility studies, public bidding, contract negotiation and project planning & execution.