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Delta Mining and Exploration Corp. Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
PR Newswire - April 26, 2004 16:05

LEWISBURG, Ky., Apr 26, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Delta Mining and Exploration Corp. (Pink Sheets: DMXP) is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Barry Rayment, former President of Bema Gold Corp., as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Rayment is a mining geologist with 32 years experience in base and precious metal exploration and development. His talents have taken him throughout Europe, Central America, South America, the United States and some countries of the former Soviet Union. Dr. Rayment obtained his Ph.D. in Mining Geology at the Royal School of Mines, London.

Formerly an exploration manager for Gold Fields Mining and Amselco, Vice President of Glamis Gold and President of Bema Gold Corporation, he is currently President of Mining Assets Corporation, a private company providing consulting services to the mining industry, based in Laguna Beach, California.

During his tenure at Bema Gold, Dr. Rayment was responsible for the acquisition, exploration and development of the Refugio Gold Mine in Northern Chile operated by Bema Gold/Kinross Gold Corporation and of the Cerro Casale Gold/Copper Deposit in Northern Chile currently under joint venture with Placer Dome. Furthermore, during his tenure with Gold Fields Mining he was instrumental in the discovery of the Mesquite Gold Deposit in California. While with Arian Resources Corporation Dr. Rayment played a key role in the exploration and development of the Julietta Gold Deposit in the Russian Far East, now in production by Bema Gold.

He is presently a Director of Bema Gold Corporation, Arizona Star Resource Corporation, European Minerals Corporation and Latin American Copper plc.

Dr. Rayment's appointment will provide Delta with added credibility and positions the company right alongside its larger, more recognized peers in the industry. Dr. Rayment will also provide the strategic direction necessary to manage all Delta's exploration activities as well as the day-to-day operations. Chief Financial Officer, Robert Mathews, commented that "Dr. Rayment's experience at both grassroots level and producing mines will give Delta the expertise to mange their properties while lending the credibility to attract some of the larger participants in the diamond sector."

Delta Mining and Exploration Corp, http://www.deltamine.com , is a mineral exploration company with an extensive portfolio of diamond properties in Montana, USA and in Bolivia, South America. Delta controls some 7,500 acres throughout Montana located within the Wyoming Craton where much of North America's diamonds have been found. Another 10,000 acres of prospective diamond properties are controlled in Bolivia, South America.

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SOURCE Delta Mining and Exploration Corp.

Alex Livak, of Delta Mining and Exploration Corp.,
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